[Fot] Group 44 car found

[Bill Dentinger]

My neighbor, two doors away here in Las Vegas, is from Pittsburg, and claims to have known Donna Mae as a neighbor growing up.  

I'll ask him what he knows.

Bill Dentinger



-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Tobin via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
To: Tim Suddard <tim at grassrootsmotorsports.com>; fot <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Fri, May 25, 2018 2:37 pm
Subject: Re: [Fot] Group 44 car found

 
Tim, I thought Donna Mae's car was found and restored a few years back. The car and Donna Mae herself were at the SVRA race at Mid Ohio a few years ago. I thought you were there too. Donna Mae was a hoot.
Did she drive more than one?
Good question about restorations too. It's sure to bring up a lot of discussion.
See you at Pittsburgh.
Cheers, Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Tim Suddard via Fot 
To: fot at autox.team.net 
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2018 7:16 AM
Subject: [Fot] Group 44 car found

And on another note, two more TR3s have just come into my life. Bill Emery has passed his late father’s two cars on to me, thinking I might be a good caretaker for them. 

After talking to Bill and Bob Tullius, and reading through his dad’s correspondence I am convinced one of the cars, (the very rough yellow one) is the Group 44 car that Bob Tullius built for Donna Mae Mims to race in the 1965. I have also found the original red paint and pink paint on the car.

So this brings up some interesting ethical and technical conversations… (also lots to write about in Classic Motorsports). Can this car be saved? Should it be saved? If you re-body some, or all of it, have you really saved it? While I know, from correspondence that some of the Group 44 parts are on the red car, much of the Group 44 stuff is long gone. 

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