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Re: Speedvision Movie

To: Michael Frank <mfrank@westnet.com>
Subject: Re: Speedvision Movie
From: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 16:39:09 -0800
If that's Jack Benny's Maxwell they're referring to, it would HAVE to be
a joke. According to Jack Benny, it barely ran! I think I've seen that
car. Wasn't it in the old Harrah's collection? Did it end up in Reno, or
at the Blackhawk?

Michael Frank wrote:
> 
> Shifting topics a bit. We just picked up a fun movie on video. It's the
> 1954 film, "The Fast and the Furious".
> 
...
> At one point, they attend a Vintage race...now, vintage racing in 1954 is
> something to see.....Mercers, Stutz's, a Stanley Steamer...the race is won
> by "Benny's Maxwell"....you'd have to be of an age to understand the joke.
>

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