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Posted: Mon May 16, 11 1:40 am
by RobTwin
Les Szabo wrote:RobTwin wrote:Hi Les, here's a couple more to add to your scrapbook:
The third one, with Jason's Coronet, has a few faces (and backs) you may remember...
(r-l) Jason, Andy, Stu (my other half), you in the black jacket (did you wear anything else?!) talking to Spiro (had, and still has, a yellow 73/74 roadrunner)
I know I have some others, will have to dig out the old prints again....
thanks, thats a few more to add to the collection, yeah did like that jacket
...and is that Brian Patemans fast Pontiac in the background in pic 3...
Yes Les, and Brian's still running that Firebird. And still ably assisted by the lovely Julie
Posted: Mon May 16, 11 8:43 am
by Les Szabo
RobTwin wrote:Les Szabo wrote:.......And yes I remember the "Smoke City wheelers" nights at the Beehive, yourself, Graham barrs, terry Hollingsworth in the yellow AMX Javelin and Steve Rawlings, did he ever finish his 15yr project Supra?
Yes Steve did get some use out of that Supra but he's moved on now. We were chating to him a couple of months ago in a pub in Hitchin.... I think he's going ProMod next
I didnt hear too many details but a cam lift of 1.25" made my ears prick up
I guess there's still some money in fitted kitchens...
Steve and Pro-Mod?..well, how old is he now?..45>50?, yeah I reckon he's gotta sell a few thousand of them just to put together an engine, what are they £40k, anyhow if you see him again, wish him good luck from me.
Posted: Mon May 16, 11 8:45 am
by Les Szabo
RobTwin wrote:Les Szabo wrote:RobTwin wrote:Hi Les, here's a couple more to add to your scrapbook:
The third one, with Jason's Coronet, has a few faces (and backs) you may remember...
(r-l) Jason, Andy, Stu (my other half), you in the black jacket (did you wear anything else?!) talking to Spiro (had, and still has, a yellow 73/74 roadrunner)
I know I have some others, will have to dig out the old prints again....
thanks, thats a few more to add to the collection, yeah did like that jacket
...and is that Brian Patemans fast Pontiac in the background in pic 3...
Yes Les, and Brian's still running that Firebird. And still ably assisted by the lovely Julie
Blimey, talk about "DieHard", he must be running 8's now I would've thought, was well into the 9's back then, one quick car, and a nice guy.
Posted: Mon May 16, 11 4:19 pm
by R.RUNNER
Posted: Mon May 16, 11 5:03 pm
by Les Szabo
Hi, well post it up mate, just been talking to Tim and he says that car was originally something yellow with white interior.......you know I couldn't give that interior away at the time, whats it worth now?....
thanks for the welcome
Posted: Mon May 16, 11 5:12 pm
by Les Szabo
I just spoke to Rick Garrett (bought the '69 from), and he would be interested to try and find out where the shell of that car is. If anyone knows anything, or can find out, please post up on here and I will let him know or if you have his contact number please get in touch, thanks a lot, sadly I can't remember...too long ago
Les
Posted: Mon May 16, 11 5:42 pm
by Blue
My memory is that it went to Scandinavia, but I can't say for sure that that's correct. If you can't remember then I don't suppose we'll ever know
Posted: Mon May 16, 11 6:39 pm
by Mick
My old 440 came from Ricky Garrett, he had a challenger in his garage, apparently a friend of his had died and i think his mother was trying to sell it.
Mick
Posted: Mon May 16, 11 10:17 pm
by Guy
It ended up in Iceland Les, Owned by Thordur Ingvarsson now fitted with a 528ci Ray Barton Hemi
Posted: Mon May 16, 11 10:22 pm
by Guy
Posted: Mon May 16, 11 10:24 pm
by db
Blimey, Pinkie kicks ass! Glad someone's done her proud.
Posted: Tue May 17, 11 5:18 am
by jerry
Posted: Tue May 17, 11 12:32 pm
by Les Szabo
Well thats awesome, my dream really was for a Hemi Cuda, like most I guess...knowing those guys from the Pod when they were there, I bet that runs 8's.
Does anyone remember a guy called "dinger", I think blue will....he amongst other things ran for a couple of meets with a 64? Cuda with a Hemi, few and far between for UK race cars then. Sadly they never got it running right, tried to help some but the guys wouldn't listen to anyone, didn't see it again.
Posted: Tue May 17, 11 1:02 pm
by Mick
He's still racing in super pro i think, Ashley Bell, i remember the car had soldered copper pipe with fittings on the bulk head.
Mick
Posted: Tue May 17, 11 1:22 pm
by RobTwin
I did post some pics of Dinger's Barracuda from the late 80's, in the Archive - Past Events section, but the pics have disappeared
I'll post em here later this evening if I remember...
Saw him run that car a few times at the Pod, including the time he rolled it
