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Re: "Dearie, Do You Remember...."

To: Craig Wright <cwright@pdghightower.com>
Subject: Re: "Dearie, Do You Remember...."
From: Larry Paulick <larry.p@erols.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 08:34:26 -0700
Craig, luck you.  Fred Puhn wrote one of the best books on handling that 
I have read.  Only the tire info is dated.

Larry

Craig Wright wrote:
> Fred Puhn, the designer, builder and sometime driver of the Santee 
> Sports racer just gave a talk at our Shelby club meeting in San Diego 
> last week. A very interesting guy. He also wrote the book "How to make 
> your car handle", whose subject is self evident, and I would recommend 
> it to anyone interested in understanding and adjusting their 
> suspension. Can you say "akerman"?
> 
> Craig Wright
> 
> 
> sosnaenergyconsulting wrote:
> 
>>Thanks for the link, Steve!  Nifty cars.
>>Oh, I found this while messing about in there:
>>http://www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/SanteeSportsCar.html#Santee
>>
>>The Santee Special.  Built in Santee, San Diego.  What's interesting is 
>>when you look at the windshield.  Look familiar?  Early Sunbeam Alpine! 
>>  Can't say I figured that out for myself: it was mentioned in a 
>>magazine article :-)
>>
>>Thanks again.
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>David Sosna
>>
>>Steve Laifman wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Tigers and 'Pines,
>>>
>>>My son, Jay, was at the old Paramount Ranch (CA) movie site where I took 
>>>him for Renaissance Faires when he was a kid. He found it was used as a 
>>>sports car road course in the mid 50's and found a fine web site.  You 
>>>will notice a lot of my old acquaintances there, and it is a lot of fun 
>>>to see how it used to be. Yes, I was at that race.
>>>
>>>For a reminisce of the days I drove my new XK120M to watch my friends 
>>>race (I was outclassed by then), 
>>>
>>>See Ken Miles in action, and what the AC looked like BEFORE Shelby, take a 
>tour through:
>>>
>>>www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/ParamountRanch.html
>>>
>>>There are plenty of name links and even a home movie of the races.
>>>
>>>http://www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/tam_redo_102.mov Just for old car fans.
>>>
>>>Steve
>>
> 



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