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Re: The Most Beautiful British Car?

To: Larry Daniels <ladaniels@sbcglobal.net>,
Subject: Re: The Most Beautiful British Car?
From: type79@ix.netcom.com
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:56:17 -0400 (EDT)
In my searchese on this car,, I did come across a hit for someone doing 
recreations. It was someone who also does C and D-types.

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jay fishbein
wallingford, ct

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-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry Daniels <ladaniels@sbcglobal.net>
>Sent: Aug 23, 2006 7:38 PM
>To: Spridget List <spridgets@autox.team.net>, Jay Fishbein 
><type79@ix.netcom.com>, Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: The Most Beautiful British Car?
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Ron Soave" <soavero@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: The Most Beautiful British Car?
>
>
>There was one at Road America in July.  It is the
>single most beautiful car I have ever seen.
>
>--- Jay Fishbein <type79@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>> http://www.spritespot.com/gallery/XJ13
>> -- 
>>
>> jay fishbein
>> wallingford, ct
>
>=====================================
>
>You know, it's kind of funny, Porasik, Soave, Peter C and I all just 
>salivated over that car at Road America.  It was absolutely drop-dead 
>gorgeous.  Why doesn't a car company (Jaguar, in this case) produce a car 
>like that for the road?  It would certainly be a huge hit.
>
>Also at Road America that day we saw Chuck Beck's Spyder.  He does great 
>work on his repros (ask Peter about the 550 Spyder Chuck had there).  Why 
>wouldn't he do a repro of the XJ13?  He is presently doing a repro of a 904. 
>As much as I like the 904, I would think an XJ13 would be every bit as 
>popular, if not more so.
>
>So many beautiful cars and concepts that the public goes ape over and they 
>don't produce them.  Hey, we are waiting here with money in hand just 
>waiting for them to make something we will buy.  I don't get it.
>


jay fishbein
wallingford, ct
http://home.ix.netcom.com/~type79/




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