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Re: Vintage mirrors

To: MHKitchen@aol.com, mhenry@uswest.net, carlmcle@saturnnet.com
Subject: Re: Vintage mirrors
From: "" <greenman62@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 10:10:38 PST
>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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