I've added that same photo to my TxFOT webpage with the collection of
others. I am always looking for good photos to put up on this page and the
one that follows it dedicated to old photos. Send them on and I'll give them
a place on the web.
Bob Kramer
rgk@flash.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Young" <cartravel@pobox.com>
To: "James Mcandrew" <mcandrew@pol.net>
Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: New to the list
> I've put a picture of Jim and his car at
> home.swbell.net/cartrip/TR3McAndrews.jpg. I'm sure you'll agree it's
> gorgeous.
> Larry Young
>
> James Mcandrew wrote:
>
> > Hi Friends
> >
> > Im new to the list and wanted to introduce myself. My name is Jim
> > McAndrew, I live in Tyler, Texas. I met Larry Young, Bob Kramer and
> > Brad Kahler at the Corinthian Vintage Auto Racing race two weeks
> > ago. What a blast! I was hoping to have my car read for that event
> > but the headers had not returned from Jet Hot. I hope to have it
> > ready for the April 4-6 CVAR School/Race. Enough about me, what
> > about my car.
> >
> > My car is a 1957 TR3. It is the Daytona winning car that Tim
> > Suddard found and wrote about in Grassroots Motorsports. The 5-year
> > restoration was finished last summer and I took the car to the VTR
> > Nationals in Minnesota (For those of you how were there, it was the
> > maroon car with #43 on the sides) and to the Autorama in Houston.
> > The car was restored as much as possible to the way it ran, and won
> > its class, in the 1964 Daytona Continental. It still has a 25
> > gallon fuel tank for the endurance race (although now converted to a
> > fuel cell). The cars show life is over and it is now time to race
> > it. The car will still be tagged and registered for the street.
> > Its former driver, Dana Kelder, used to drive it to and from the
> > race track.
> >
> > In only two weeks I found this board to be a wealth of information.
> > Tyler, TX is not the mecca of sports cars, so being part of FoT will
> > really help me keep my car running and racing. Ive already learned
> > more about suspension set up and cooling problems (yes, my
> > car tends to run hot) than Ive known in 20 year of Triumph
> > ownership.
> >
> > Thanks for including me. See you at the races.
> >
> > Jim McAndrew
> > 1957 TR3
> > Tyler, Texas
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