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Re: [Fot] TRIUMPH TR3A tangent in the movies...

To: "Steven Belfer" <colordog.1@earthlink.net>, <BillDentin@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] TRIUMPH TR3A tangent in the movies...
From: "RACER BUD" <budscars@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:33:35 -0800
The publisher, Thomas Nelson, is a religious book publisher..
Racer Bud
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Belfer" <colordog.1@earthlink.net>
To: <BillDentin@aol.com>
Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] TRIUMPH TR3A tangent in the movies...


> http://product.half.ebay.com/Flywheel-DVD-2007_W0QQtgZinfoQQprZ62333947
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> http://product.half.ebay.com/Flywheel_W0QQtgZinfoQQprZ64427678
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>
>
> ~Steve
>
> On Jan 30, 2011, at 9:27 AM, BillDentin@aol.com wrote:
>
> Amici...
>
> I've not watched it yet, but...
>
> My nephew was killing time in a shop in a Florida airport, when he saw 
> this
> DVD with a white Triumph TR3A on the cover.  He thought of me and bought
> it.  It is called FLYWHEEL.  The panel write up says, "Jay Austin  (tsk) 
> wants
> to sell used cars in the worst way...and that's exactly how he does 
> business
> at his dealership.  Promising much more than he can ever deliver,  he'll 
> do
> whatever it takes to sell a car.  His manipulative ways permeate all  of 
> he
> relationships...even his wife and son know they can't trust him.  But  as 
> Jay
> works on restoring a classic convertible (the TR3A, I assume) he comes 
> face
> to face with reality of how he truly conducts himself."  I have to  assume
> this is a 'movie with a message' because it was produced by the 
> moviemaking
> ministry of a church in Georgia.  It has a favorable critique from Zig 
> Ziglar,
> a well known author and motivational speaker.  But for folks who are
> interested in such TRIUMPH related items, know that it is out there. 
> Produced by
> Sherwood Pictures.
>
> I am not sure when or if I'll get around to watching it.  #1 I'm getting
> too old to be motivated and #2 I just discovered several dozen Betamax 
> video
> tapes from the early 1980s in the back of a cupboard in my shop.  I also
> found an old Sanyo Betamax player/recorder.  Takes some fiddling to  get 
> some of
> them to play, but once I get them playing, they are in remarkably good
> condition considering they're all 25-30 years old.  So far I've not  found 
> many in
> car shots, but I know why.  The camera I took these tapes with was HUGE
> compared to the tiny hand held ones we mount on the roll bar these  days. 
> In
> addition, I remember that the power pack (battery) was bigger and  heavier 
> than
> a car battery.  Great fun & memories.
>
> Bill Dentinger
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