Saw it last week.
Taped it. (well, most of it anyway, lost a few mins getting a tape open
and into the VCR. !@#$ shrinkwrap)
Great shot of a TD towing at least 10 skiers
with interlocked poles down the ski resort driveway.
--Scott
--- KGROWLER@aol.com wrote:
> Who saw the back to back 'Legends of Motorsport'
> programs last night on
> Speedvision devoted to old MG promotional newsreels?
> One was on Goldie
> Gardner and EX179 in 1951 at Bonneville, one on the
> EX181 1957 runs at
> Bonneville with Stirling Moss and Phil Hill and a
> promo piece from 1951 with
> Ian Appleyard (of Jaguar NUB 120 fame) driving a
> fresh off the line TD from
> Abingdon to a ski resort on the French/Italian
> border - great stuff. John
> Thornley, Syd Enever and George Eyston all make
> appearances.
>
> Last week I watched several hours of tape of this
> year's Bonneville Speed
> week where some friends of mine set a class record
> with an Alfa Romeo Spider
> (with help from the Michigan team who runs the MGA
> that was in the latest
> 'Safety Fast!' and in 'MGB Driver' in the
> March/April issue). It was
> interesting to see the similarities after 40+ years
> and also differences in
> things like the pusher vehicles used now versus the
> MG Team in '57 with about
> 8 guys hand pushing the car to start it on its run.
>
> Kim Tonry
> Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
>
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Scott Hower -> howersl@yahoo.com
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