[Spridgets] Golden Age of Sports Cars thoughts

[Dean Hedin]

But I'm sure he knows somebody who can tell him about those days.

 

I ran into an elderly British woman at the car show at Westown Manor (near
King Of Prussia, PA) earlier this year.

She was telling me about how her brother made a "Special' out of an old
Ford.  This might have been around the late 50's

Most of the sports cars were for export.  So a young guy with little money
had to improvise.  

 

She was an interesting person to talk to.  Her brother eventually became a
physicist. 

She indicated that there was a big brain drain in the UK after the war and
he eventually ended up in the USA (as did she).

 

I've heard and read a lot about early US hot rod culture, but I'd like to
know more about what these young Brits were up to.

 

 

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Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 12:22 PM
To: dlh2001 at comcast.net; spridgets at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Golden Age of Sports Cars thoughts

 

I don't think he's that old!

 

In a message dated 23/10/2012 05:47:41 GMT Daylight Time,
dlh2001 at comcast.net writes:

Yeah, maybe Daniel can chime in on that.

I would like to know more about "Specials".  
By this I mean the sports cars that UK folks built up themselves
during the post war era.

Sort of like the US hotrod culture.