- 1. Re: RE: Inspirational movies, quotes (score: 1)
- Author: <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:00:07 +0000
- Re the alleged Hemingway quote about "three real sports", Rick Yocum asked: A Google search indicates that--apparently--no one can. The phrase that gives me the most comfort, as I put my aging Britis
- /html/vintage-race/2005-07/msg00045.html (8,155 bytes)
- 2. Re: Anybody have a '68 Bell Helmet?? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:17:38 -0500
- Gee, too bad they're not looking for a 1960 Bell TopTex helmet. I could help them with that, complete with the bubble-shield face mask. and no
- /html/vintage-race/2004-06/msg00033.html (7,390 bytes)
- 3. Re: Motorsports screwed by cable, again (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 21:00:15 -0500
- Which looks like it'll be shown at 7:00 pm (Central time) Wednesday, under the heading of "Autoerotica", "Behind the Headlights: Ole Yeller II: A Junkyard Dog" Jim Hill Madison WI
- /html/vintage-race/2004-04/msg00037.html (6,882 bytes)
- 4. Daytona 24 Hours (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 14:16:51 -0600
- Before a crowd of hundreds (and about a bazillion visibly empty grandstand seats), the Daytona 24 is now underway on the Speed Channel. Not a vintage race, of course, but these ARE the vintage cars o
- /html/vintage-race/2004-01/msg00058.html (7,380 bytes)
- 5. VSCR (Vintage Sports Car Racing) in Minnesota (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 19:57:00 -0500
- Can anyone on the list put me in touch with the Minnesota vintage racing group VSCR (Vintage Sports Car Racing)? The current issue of "Victory Lane" magazine has a story by a Jeff Johnk on a VSCR vin
- /html/vintage-race/2003-09/msg00040.html (7,084 bytes)
- 6. Replicars vs. Real ... and vs Rebuilds (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 16:46:57 -0500
- It was written: The automotive press has dubbed these as "Retro" cars (presumably a shortened form of "retrospective", as opposed to "retrograde"). Good enough for me. And as to the dilemma posed by
- /html/vintage-race/2003-08/msg00098.html (8,981 bytes)
- 7. Re: Powder Puff Racing (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 14:55:04 -0500
- It was written: Gee, one Powder Puff Derby and the long knives come out? I remember the "Ladies' Races" well -- and they may have originated in part because the men didn't want to race against women.
- /html/vintage-race/2003-07/msg00035.html (7,418 bytes)
- 8. Re: Action Photo (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 23:22:46 -0600
- I must have missed the start of this thread, but I can certainly venture out to Syene Road and take a look (although it's not at all clear what I'd be looking for). I might even be able to find someo
- /html/vintage-race/2003-03/msg00058.html (7,829 bytes)
- 9. Sad News - Ray McComb (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:30:24 -0600
- Shannon Murphy of the SCCA's Land O' Lakes region asked that the following message from Kathy Goettsch be forwarded to the Vintage Race group: AFTER A VERY LONG FIGHT WITH PARKINSONS, RAY MCCOMB, PAS
- /html/vintage-race/2003-01/msg00049.html (7,069 bytes)
- 10. Bill Walters or Monarch FF (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 03:58:36 -0600
- Although I raced a Caldwell FF with Midwestern Council in the early 70's, I don't recall the Monarch. There's a web page for the Council at: http://my.execpc.com/~mcscc/ They also have an email list
- /html/vintage-race/2002-12/msg00048.html (7,388 bytes)
- 11. Re: Weber parts (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 23:26:36 -0500
- In addition to Pierce Manifolds, you might also try: Advanced Performance Tech. (APT), 595 Iowa Ave, Unit C, Riverside, CA, 92507; 800-278-3278 http://www.aptfast.com/ And, of course, our own: Fat Ch
- /html/vintage-race/2002-10/msg00050.html (7,425 bytes)
- 12. Re: Looking for History / Info (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 02:09:08 -0500
- You might want to contact the email group maintained by the SCCA-Land O Lakes region to find out where their old records are (sccalol@yahoogroups.com). But they've lost the use of the Brainerd track
- /html/vintage-race/2002-09/msg00032.html (7,670 bytes)
- 13. Taki Theodoracopulos (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 13:28:47 -0500
- Does anyone remember a column in one of the sports car magazines written by "Taki" Theodoracopulos? That name (a hard one to forget) has recently surfaced as being associated with a new magazine, alt
- /html/vintage-race/2002-09/msg00050.html (7,733 bytes)
- 14. Re: "Competition Press & Auto Week" (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 10:33:17 -0500
- If you can't find the issue(s) of Competition Press you're looking for from the sources recommended by Joe, Greg & Bob, you might try searching on eBay. At the moment, someone has a rather large coll
- /html/vintage-race/2002-08/msg00015.html (8,907 bytes)
- 15. Trumpet Socks (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 13:37:49 -0500
- I'm looking for a product called "trumpet socks" - the removable (foam?) air filters that fit over the air horns of Weber carburetors. My car has DCOE40 Webers, and I'd like to use these filters when
- /html/vintage-race/2002-08/msg00041.html (6,933 bytes)
- 16. Re: Shocks (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 17:27:27 -0500
- While I agree that any rule that comes out of a committee is not necessarily "logical", going from standard telescopic shocks to adjustable telescopic shocks would presumably be a change in "type" b
- /html/vintage-race/2002-04/msg00123.html (7,443 bytes)
- 17. Re: 12 Hours of Sebring (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 04:33:49 -0600
- Beautiful cars, wonderful pictures. I just wish they had captions . . . What IS that red #26 sports racer pictured on the SVRA page? Jim Hill /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@auto
- /html/vintage-race/2002-03/msg00109.html (7,239 bytes)
- 18. Re: 12 Hours of Sebring (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 12:23:18 -0600
- Thanks to all for identifying "that red #26 sports racer pictured on the SVRA page" as the ex-Jim Kimberly 200SI Maserati, , now owned and driven by Jay Jessup. Perhaps they're unique to this particu
- /html/vintage-race/2002-03/msg00116.html (7,423 bytes)
- 19. Re: most beautifull. (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 15:51:34 -0600
- Hi Bruce - We are not in disagreement at all. The Lotus Elite, "built primarily as a road car" as you said, is without equal in that category (I'm assuming that we can skip over Chapman's comments at
- /html/vintage-race/2002-03/msg00120.html (8,041 bytes)
- 20. Re: Castrol "R" alternative (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 00:29:45 -0600
- It's not available from Castrol USA, but it's still being made and is available (or was the last time I bought it a year or so ago) from UK sources. I seem to recall that one of the US Triumph parts
- /html/vintage-race/2002-03/msg00210.html (7,267 bytes)
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