Bruce I think you can consider a trivia deal on landracing.com a done deal, Jon
would love to host such a deal, and offer up treasures that have so graciously
been provided by the likes of usfra, scta, and many others, when he gets home
from his other job we should se a response. Anybody have a collection of
motorcycle mags, please email me if so I am looking for some articles from the
likes of cycle, motorcyclist 80's mostly Joe :)
FastmetalBDF@aol.com wrote:
> Tom, Glenn, List : Yes, those old rodding mags are like GOLD to many
> of us ! I started my collection in early 1951and have, in later years,
> obtained
> the earlier issues, and they make up the favorite section of my now fifty
> year
> collection of mags on rods, customs, and drag racing . GREAT READING,
> especially for those of us with GREY hair ....... or NO hair ! ( That was not
> directed at Delaware Joe ...... HONEST, Joe !!! )
> It would be cheating to run to my archives for the TRIVIA question
> answers,
> so I will try to answer three of the five questions without further research
> ......
> Who owned " Beast V " in 1954 ? Chet Herbert, I think.
> Who owned # 88 Olds powered Astra ? I say Bill Burke.
> Who owned & ran the # 76 roadster in ' 73 ? My guess : Al Teague,
> Bentley, and ( Sadd ??? ) Not sure on Al' s pals' names ......
> I read about the " College of the Redwoods " car, but memory fails me
> on this one ( and LOTS of other things nowadays ! )
> As to the 148 mph Sunbeam Tiger ....... I haven' t got a clue ......
> and that' s for Mayf, anyhow ! Keith knows 'bout those little cars, too !
> Thanks for the trivia quiz, Tom ...... I think the fun part is to come
> up
> with the possible answers WITHOUT going to our TREASURE TROVES
> of mags and books ! I might just come up with a trivia quiz of my own,
> but I think I' ll go back further in time . Maybe we could put a quiz on
> Jon' s
> website, since so many of us go there, and the winner could get a T shirt
> .......
> or ??? Jon ...... your thoughts ???
> Bruce
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