The "Must Post" Thread

[Ultra]

I like thongs.

[Rich]

Yaknow, it kinda depends; our old friend Falcon used to post some babes that were a bit on the, uhhh, plus side.  For them, I really dig caftans..........

[Ultra]

Falcon used to post some babes

And there our paths differ........

[Rich]

Well...his was certainly the road less traveled................ :-X

[Ultra]

Well...his was certainly the road less traveled................ :-X

Werd!!!!

[Tifosi]

I like thongs.

Me, too...ethpethially when they're well-thung...


Dan

[Rich]

Dan, I had to read that twice before I was sure you were pitching for the away team......

[Tifosi]

Rest assured that I am...


Dan

[Ultra]

Rest assured that I am...


Dan

AutoPuzzle hearts the world over have taken a mortal blow.

;)

[Rich]

SO....I've nothing to say.

[porridgehead]

I like dipthongs. Monopthongs are nice too.

[Ultra]

Play a song on your thong.

[Tifosi]

Rest assured that I am...


Dan

By the away team, you did mean not the HOMO team, didn't you...'cause I'm like the Mulsanne...straight with just a few kinks...


Dan

[Ultra]

Rest assured that I am...


Dan

By the away team, you did mean not the HOMO team, didn't you...'cause I'm like the Mulsanne...straight with just a few kinks...


Dan

No one was implying you were anything but chicaned.

[Tifosi]

Speaking of the Mulsanne, I've been reading Brock Yates' book Against Death And Time...got it from Amazon, along with Christopher Hilton's Le Mans '55.  Both are interesting, but I can't see why Yates tried to be a novelist...the book would have played out better as factual.  The best part, I think, was the story of Bill Vukovich.  Those drivers of the '50's were certainly a breed apart from the "professionals" of today...much more colorful and inventive...A.J. Foyt used to say that if a car didn't handle well, you MADE it handle.  Those guys certainly were courageous.

Reading Hilton's book, I was shocked at just how narrow LeMans used to be, especially the pit straight.  In one picture, the cars at speed were so close to the ones in the pits that there didn't look like there was enough room for more than 2 abreast, and they would have to be practically sideswiping each other. A pit worker could literally stand at the front of a parked car and reach out and touch a car going by at 150mph.

Those were character-building and romantic days, I guess; and I came of age in 1964, which was almost as bloody as 1955...but I wouldn't ever want to go back to them...

BTW, I asked awhile back what Yates was up to now, and I just found out he's written a book about Mike Boyle, Wilbur Shaw's car owner from '39-'41.  It looks like an interesting red, too.


Dan

[Ultra]

BTW, I asked awhile back what Yates was up to now, and I just found out he's written a book about Mike Boyle, Wilbur Shaw's car owner from '39-'41. It looks like an interesting red, too.


Dan

Thanks for the tip.

8)

[porridgehead]

 My favorite automotive novel remains "Stand on It" by Stroker Ace. It's a stinking great read that makes you want to go do really irresponsible things in cars.

Bummer about the movie though.

[Tifosi]

Yeah, it was kinda lousy.  Never read the book, but probably will soon.  Umbrella Mike is the name of Yates' latest.  It's on sale at Amazon.  Too bad I spent all my Christmas money, already...



Dan

[Ultra]

The last Brock Yates I read:

[Rich]

I have yet to read a book or see a movie that conveys the experience better than the experience itself.....so there.

[porridgehead]

Some experiences I'd much rather experience vicariously.

(*phew* - I misread the original post and responded in an utterly ridiculous fashion. I'm glad nobody saw that.)

[Tifosi]

I really enjoyed Yates' book on Enzo Ferrari.  He also wrote a book on early Indy 500 cars/drivers whose title escapes me, but seems to be a staple of most libraries in the area, at least central Indiana, if you don't mind looking in the Youth Section.  It had a very interesting and informative chapter on the Miller-Gulf cars of the late '30's.

As I remember, it was written in the mid '1960's and is probably long out-of-print.

Dan

[Otto Puzzell]

Happy Monday.

[Otto Puzzell]

I really enjoyed Yates' book on Enzo Ferrari.  He also wrote a book on early Indy 500 cars/drivers whose title escapes me, but seems to be a staple of most libraries in the area, at least central Indiana, if you don't mind looking in the Youth Section.  It had a very interesting and informative chapter on the Miller-Gulf cars of the late '30's.

As I remember, it was written in the mid '1960's and is probably long out-of-print.

Dan

There are six used copies available through Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0385263198/ref=dp_olp_2/102-0972966-3014507

[Arthur Dent]

MR2 limo ... it so obvious  ::)