[Fot] Pete Lovely's Pooper

[WILLIAM TOBIN]

  Hi Greg, if my memory is right, Monte Sheldon used to race CanAm cars.
  Small world.
  Bill----- Original Message -----
  From: "Greg "Lunker" Hilyer" <Lunkercars at earthlink.net>
  To: "fot Triumph" <fot at autox.team.net>
  Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 12:15 AM
  Subject: [Fot] Pete Lovely's Pooper


  > On Mar 13, 2010, at 8:43 AM, Bill Babcock wrote:
  > >  a red one built by Pete Lovely and currently owned by Denny Akers
  >
  > WOW!! I used to sell Pete Lovely cars from the auto auction for his
  > VW dealership in Ballard Wa. [I think. .. Ballard... an area of north
  > Seattle]. Remember seeing a retired Porsche powered racer in the back
  > shop area. Never knew what it was until today. Definitely the Pooper.
  > I have to assume Denny Akers is of Akers Auto Acres  also from the
  > Seattle area. Used to sell him cars too - from the salvage pool.
  > As much as I've thought I knew about racing in those years, I missed
  > out on some gems. Peter Gregg, Hurley Haywood, Mark Donahue, Peter
  > Revson, et.al.,... those were the guys I had my teenage eyes on. But
  > missed a lot I could have learned in that time. Pete Lovely was a VW
  > dealer/customer. Same for Monte Shelton. But he had everything from
  > Lincoln/Mercury to Ferrari and Aston - Best story I can think of from
  > him is a friend who bought his wife a new RR Corniche convert from
  > Monty's guys. Deal was Monty Shelton Motorcars would install a hitch
  > [to tow a Ventnor V12 speedboat] and they would honor the warranty.
  > [If anyone wants a short dissertation on the early version of the RR
  > TH400 trans. fiasco, let me know].
  > Anyway, both Pete Lovely and Monte Shelton were customers . Actually
  > great, - no b.s. - easy customers. Though I do remember Pete's very
  > Swedish sense of humor - He had a great ludafisk joke.  Point is, I
  > knew both of these guys on a first name basis in the late '70's/early
  > '80's and knew nothing about who they were in any racing context. ,
  > Not certain but I think Pete is many years gone but Monty might still
  > be around. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm sure neither would
  > remember me, but I sure remember them - regardless of who they "were".
  > Also brings back memories of Carlos from Alfa of Tacoma - former
  > Ferrari F1 mechanic. Anyone know if he's still around? That saint put
  > up with me poking around his shop as a bored teenager and managed to
  > teach me a bit in the process.
  >
  > Sure does explain that little  red Sports Racer though. Now that I
  > think about it, I'm pretty sure I have pics of it at SIR maybe as far
  > back as '69.
  >
  > Greg "Lunker" Hilyer
  > TR4 #314
  > Albuquerque NM
  >
  >
  > P.S. Tomorrow is Pi Day - 3/14
  > 3.14 --- Pi, my Plum Pi's namesake number and Albert Einstein's
  > birthday.
  >
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