In a message dated 6/21/00 3:26:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Bkitterer@aol.com writes:
<< It is unfortunate that there are several glaring errors in the
presentation,
a problem that we have noticed with the History Channel. In this show while
talking about the M-B 190SL they show a M-B 300SL convertible. They also
stated that Jimmy Dean had raced his Porsche Spyder several times prior to
his fatal accident. Actually he had just taken delivery of the car. They
did have a printed correction on the Jimmy Dean statement at the end of the
segment. These are simple things to check and makes one wonder about the
accuracy of their other programs. We are just nit pickers I guess. >>
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Without us nit-pickers the world would soon fill up with nits. Somebody has
to correct the media when they make mistakes. If no one ever questioned the
information they present, it will soon become accepted as fact, even though
it is wrong. Many of our listers have done an incredible job of researching
their own cars just to make sure they are correct.
And BTW, it was James Dean's Porsche. Jimmy Dean is the sausage guy.
Allen Hefner
SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
'77 Midget
'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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