In a message dated 10/9/98 8:52:48 PM, lotus.tony@airmail.net wrote:
>I don't know Winkelman but I've heard good stories. I _can_ speak for the
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>fact that he had at least one outstandingly cool dealer: Rod Kennedy in
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>Texas. Rod's main enterprise was a sports car oriented nightspot called the
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>"Checkered Flag" in downtown Austin. All in the same building and in more
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>or less connected areas, there was a restuarant, live country and folk music
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>nightclub/bar, and a sport car "museum" which might be showing a Jim Hall
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>Chaparral, a '35 Maseratti Formula car, an RS Porsche and a Birdcage
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>Maseratti.
He had a great collection and put on some of the first vintage races I
remember seeing (in the 1970s) at the Austin races. He had at one time:
Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa (pontoon fender)
Ferrari 860 Monza (ex-Gonzalez)
Ferrari 250 SWB California (ex-Von Neuman Sebring car)
Jaguar D-Type
Porsche RSK
Maserati long-tail Birdcage
Maserati 4CLT F-1 car
Bandini
MG-TC (ex-Shelby)
MG-TA
Morgan SS Trike
and a number of Lancias and Winkelmans (he was a dealer for both)
Quite a collection!
Harold Pace
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