[Spridgets] Golden Age of Sports Cars thoughts

[lotuspilot at frontier.com]

Dean,
 
You should probably look into the 750 Motor Club.  I think that was a
major part of Englands Hot Rod scene.
 
Mike
To:
WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com 
Cc: Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> 
Sent:
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Golden Age of
Sports Cars thoughts

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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From: WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com [mailto:WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com]
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.