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Old 06-26-2010, 08:06 AM
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A wonderful man who would be great to get to know!

He quit racing at the top of his game right after the 1955 lemans crash where a mercedes 300sl went into the crowd and killed a hundred or so people. Racing was really insanely dangerous in the fifties and sixties. The cars had advanced so they were very fast but there were no safety devices at all and you often sat in a bathtub of gasoline in tanks with no bladders.

John is a national treasure.
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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.
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