Yeah, I noticed. I got the wrong car. Try this one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=593215768
----- Original Message -----
From: <S800Racer@aol.com>
To: <mcobine@earthlink.net>; <vintage-race-digest@autox.team.net>;
<vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: Vintage race cars built today
> In a message dated 7/10/01 9:40:40 AM, mcobine@earthlink.net writes:
>
> << It doesn't have to be a Roger Penske car or a works car or a famous
winner.
> There were lots and lots of club racers, that ran weekends, that are real
> race cars. And I doubt that buying an old MGB production car from the
'60s
> or '70s would break the bank any more than the one you built.
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=593202841
>
> Go look at this one and tell me you built yours for less than a $1000. >>
>
> This does not appear to be a very good example. The ad material seems
to
> indicate that this car does NOT have any racing history.
> Furthermore, while someone might be able to find MGBs and Spridgets
that
> do have race history, where would I find an available Honda S800 with
period
> history at a reasonable price? The race history requirement would wipe
out
> the entire population of Honda S800s vintage racing in the U.S. (mine and
one
> on the west coast that is being readied for vintage.) I don't think it
is
> good for vintage racing to eliminate rare and unusual production cars
based
> on lack of period race history.
>
> Doug Meis
> '67 Honda S800
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