Hi Marcel - I'll put the original regs in the mail and e-mail you a colour
shot of the plaque.
Don Elliott, 1958 TR3A
Montreal, Canada
Renault R8 #130 in the 1964 Shell 4000 Rally
----- Original Message -----
From: "marcel chichak" <chichm@telusplanet.net>
To: "elliottd" <elliottd@look.ca>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 11:51 PM
Subject: Re: Shell 4000 Rally Results for 1964
>
> >I have a copy of the regs plus an entry form for the 1964 Shell 4000
rally.
> >How would you do it ? What do you need ? Would a photocopy of my
original
> >regs do OK ?
>
> If it's OK with you, I'd like to get my mitts on the real thing so I can
> scan them at high res as I have done with the rest of the material I
> borrowed previously. I'll send it back after a week. My philosophy is that
> I may have room to put most of the stuff up on my page at 72 DPI, but I'll
> always have 300 DPI for reference and future use. I also clean up the
> images as much as I can. The paper from these events is getting on towards
> 40 years old and quite yellow. My scanner takes care of that.
>
> >How about a close-up colour shot of the rally plaque for 1964 ?
>
> Yes please! I have a crappy scan that I've cleaned up, but it doesn't look
> at all right. On my web page I hope to use a picture of each rally plate
as
> the button to go to that years documentation. Could take a while to track
> them all down.
>
> >Where would I mail them ?
>
> Marcel Chichak
> 9518-91 St
> Edmonton ALberta
> T6C 3P5
>
> >Were you aware that the 3 Works Triumph TR4's had 1991 cc displacement to
> >put them in the "Under 2 litre class" while the private entry had the
2138
> >cc normal engine displacement ?
>
> Hmmmm, it's information of that nature that I haven't been able to gather
> much of. I was kind of hoping someone would pick up my project after I
laid
> the ground work and write it up into a proper history, from a first-hand
> perspective.
>
> >Would you know anything about a film that Shell did of the 1964 rally ?
As
> >I understand it, a DC-3 flew from place to place to get film shots.
>
> No, I have a copy of the movie done in '68 but never heard of one from
'64.
> Colin McQurik never mentioned it.
>
> --Marcel Chichak chichm@telusplanet.net
> Edmonton Alberta Canada, eh?
> Peek into my world: www.telusplanet.net/~chichm
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