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Re: EARLY STU HILBORN LAKES CAR

To: "glen barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>, <FastmetalBDF@aol.com>,
Subject: Re: EARLY STU HILBORN LAKES CAR
From: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:48:18 -0500
That's not are friend Tim Cunha is it??

JB

----- Original Message -----
From: "glen barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
To: <FastmetalBDF@aol.com>; <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: EARLY STU HILBORN LAKES CAR


> Bruce
> and List
> All of the narrow body cars were clasified as streamliners in the
thirties.
> And someone in northern calif. claims to have it in their  collection. I
> think he's a friend of Costello's.
> Glen
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <FastmetalBDF@aol.com>
> To: <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 12:41 PM
> Subject: EARLY STU HILBORN LAKES CAR
>
>
> >        List : There has been mention here recently of the whereabouts of
> > the old Stuart Hilborn car ..... and it has been called a liner . There
> may
> > have been a streamliner that Mr.Hilborn owned and ran ..... but I am not
> > aware of this car . There was, however, a narrow little open wheel
> lakester
> > with an early flathead in it, and a stock appearing wheelbase, in an
early
> > issue of Hot Rod Magazine, when the covers were still in black and white
.
> >            Is this the missing racer we are talking about here ?
> >       It would be a shame if this historic speedster was hidden away in
> > some garage or shed somewhere, with no plans in sight for a restoration
> > or even some " as is " appearances at some of the better known large
> > west coast shows or hot rod reunions . It is a true one of a kind
racecar,
> > and I hope someone on this list might be able to ferret out some info
> > on where it could possibly be nowadays . Another piece of early dry
> > lakes history ..... let' s hope we might see it again before too much
> > more time goes by ......
> >
> >         Bruce      where the snow is melting a little bit
> >
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