>From: MHKitchen@aol.com
>Reply-To: MHKitchen@aol.com
>To: mhenry@uswest.net, carlmcle@saturnnet.com
>CC: vintage-race@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Vintage mirrors
>Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 11:31:23 EST
>
>To all:
>
>This discussion has brought up the subject of mirrors. In my research of
>Lotus Cortinas, I could not find one vintage picture of a Locort with an
>outside rear view mirror installed!! ALL of the race cars only used the
>stock inside mirror! I found that most interesting. I don't know if the
>same is true for other vintage cars, but it would seem that mirrors were
>not
>a priority then. It reminds me of a scene from the old Gumball Rally
>movie,
>where the Ferrari driver ripped the mirror off the car and threw it out,
>saying something to the effect that "We don't worry about who's behind us,
>only in front!".
>
>Myles H. Kitchen
>1965 Lotus (equipped w/makeup mirror) Cortina Mk1 #128
It was the Late Raul Julia, the quote was"
"...Whatsa behind me isa not important!"
Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...
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