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    Winning: The Racing Life Of Paul Newman, by Matt Stone

    A Little Mixup On The Way To Barrett-Jackson

    Why Don't Datsun Zs Dominate The 24 Hours Of LeMons?

    What's It Like To Road Race An Automatic-Equipped Mitsubishi Mirage?

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    10/18/09

    In reply to Winning: The Racing Life Of Paul Newman, by Matt Stone
    Thanks to Murilee, I now know what "hagiography" is. Who says you can't learn anything on the Internet? #paulnewman
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    10/18/09

    In reply to Winning: The Racing Life Of Paul Newman, by Matt Stone
    And here I thought all he was good for was really good lemonade and Fig Newmans. What a man. #paulnewman
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    10/18/09

    In reply to Winning: The Racing Life Of Paul Newman, by Matt Stone
    That book rules! I never knew how much the guy raced. There is just tons and tons of cool photos. #paulnewman
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    10/18/09

    In reply to Winning: The Racing Life Of Paul Newman, by Matt Stone
    He was a living legend, and I had the pleasure of meeting him once, very briefly, at his Connecticut based Volvo dealer. Congenial, charismatic, a true gentleman.

    I'm afraid we shall never see another man of this caliber again, at least in my lifetime.
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    10/18/09

    In reply to Winning: The Racing Life Of Paul Newman, by Matt Stone
    Yaaay! Book Reviews! Thanks, Murilee! #paulnewman
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    10/18/09

    In reply to Winning: The Racing Life Of Paul Newman, by Matt Stone
    My goodness, anyone that has spent that much time behind the wheel of race Datsuns is a legend in my book.

    I once heard about him GT racing a few years before he died on a supremely outdated Corvette and snagging a win. The car was numbered something in the seventies, 78 I believe. That was his age at the time. #paulnewman
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    Image of ManicSquirrel is preparing for winter ManicSquirrel is preparing for winter
    09/20/09

    In reply to A Little Mixup On The Way To Barrett-Jackson
    Why has nobody mentioned the worst thing in this picture?? that little girl is sitting on the door with her shorts, possibly with buttons, making direct contact with the paint on a priceless superbird. come on man.

    on another note, i was never able to comprehend the magazines with the girls laying on the cars, I always thought, if that woman were to scratch my paint I swear...
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    Murilee Martin promoted this comment ManicSquirrel is preparing for winter was starred ManicSquirrel is preparing for winter was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/20/09

    @ManicSquirrel wants a Roomba with more torques: That's the daughter of the Superbird's owner, who was probably still flying high on his team's LeMons victory. He drives that car (yes, it's a real one, though not a Hemi) on the street very frequently.
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    09/20/09


    @Murilee Martin:

    The "Big Block Z" Nissan was in the garage bay next to ours at Lemons South. The owner, Justin, is a cool dude with a shop in Camden (next to Kershaw). He was a big help to us as we repaired, repaired and repaired our Milano... lending us advice, tools and beer.

    Anyway, one of the cool things about this car other than the awesome plywood wing is that Justin converted it to a carburetor intake. The fab work is awesome. See pic.

    I'm not sure about the amount of down force (or lift) the wing generated... but you could definitely hear it on the front straight. The other cars rumbled down the track... the Z whistled!
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    09/20/09

    @seatbelt123: Great picture and thanks for the info. Though it of course gives the rest of us an inferiority complex. Oh, yeah, he built this car. And he has an original superbird Roadrunner...and a nice family...and he's a nice helpful guy...
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    Image of ManicSquirrel is preparing for winter ManicSquirrel is preparing for winter
    09/20/09

    @Murilee Martin: that explains a lot actually, no harm done
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    09/19/09

    In reply to A Little Mixup On The Way To Barrett-Jackson
    Hey, it's Lemons-Lime!
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    09/19/09

    In reply to A Little Mixup On The Way To Barrett-Jackson

    If bigger is better, this ought to be the bestest.
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    09/19/09

    @skaycog:

    Some cars need registration...

    ...others need a building permit.
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    Andy Wallwhore- will part out promoted this comment LBJ's Love Child was starred LBJ's Love Child was unstarred
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    09/19/09

    In reply to A Little Mixup On The Way To Barrett-Jackson
    Absolutely pointless in either case.
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    Mike the Dog promoted this comment Echtbrummbaer was starred Echtbrummbaer was unstarred
    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    09/19/09

    @Echtbrummbaer: Actually, the wing on the Plymouth is functional and adjustable. It was so effective that NASCAR outlawed it.
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    Image of Echtbrummbaer Echtbrummbaer
    09/19/09

    @Mike the Dog: Somehow I knew this but was thinking more in terms of Joe Schmuck and his everyday driver. At any rate, you're right.
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    09/19/09

    @Echtbrummbaer: you clearly don't know how I daily drive. Which is well within the legal limits... of some countries.
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    09/19/09

    @Mike the Dog:

    Additionally, I believe it is the height it is so as to not interfere with the trunk opening.
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    09/19/09

    @Echtbrummbaer: Joe Schmuck doesn't drive a vintage Plymouth Roadrunner. I think he drives a -- what do you drive again?
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    09/19/09

    @so I goes to the local bar, y'know, people: That's correct!
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    09/19/09

    @MOPAR-MAN:

    I'm a MOPAR junkie, to a degree. I can't quote figures on cars/packages, but I know more than the average gearhead does about 'em...usually.
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    09/19/09

    In reply to A Little Mixup On The Way To Barrett-Jackson
    Wait, a Nissan? I thought I was bidding on the Superbird! I paid how much? No wonder the auctioneer looked so surprised.
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    Image of Thompson Dalton Thompson Dalton
    09/19/09

    In reply to A Little Mixup On The Way To Barrett-Jackson
    the spoiler is angled so that it LIFTS the rear. thats a waste. and is that PLYBOARD?
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    09/19/09

    @Thompson Dalton: but the force of lift offsets some of the weight force. this effectively makes the car lighter and thus quicker. heh...
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    09/20/09

    @TENGRAM likes adding a bunch of stuff to the end of his name because it makes him feel like he belongs: well played, er...
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    09/20/09

    @TENGRAM likes adding a bunch of stuff to the end of his name because it makes him feel like he belongs: And theoretically, if the wing were large enough, and using Archimedean principles, the car would actually become no mass/all energy and disappear into another dimension.
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    06/28/09

    In reply to Why Don't Datsun Zs Dominate The 24 Hours Of LeMons?
    We looked for a $500 Z and couldn't find one that wasn't a complete basketcase which is why we went with the $233 BMW 633CSI instead.
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    06/27/09

    In reply to Why Don't Datsun Zs Dominate The 24 Hours Of LeMons?
    This is clearly a Communist plot. Your commie has no regard for human life.
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    06/27/09

    In reply to Why Don't Datsun Zs Dominate The 24 Hours Of LeMons?
    My own personal experience with Z cars was when some 18 year old kid ran me off the road while he was driving a 280ZX. The early Z cars are basically too expensive to run at LeMons. Anything at LeMons will probably have been passed over for a parts car by a more serious race team. The ZX ones on the other hand have usually gone through a succession of mulleted, under 25, hoons by this point. The owners of these cars were looking for a "sports car" alternative to a Camaro and couldn't afford a Vette. Seeing as how a ZX is much more complicated than a similar vintage Z-28 the ZXs at the $500 level haven't fared too well. The one that hit me was doing about 80mph in a 45mph zone with his right side wheels on the center-line. The guy had just gotten it back on the road. It might be available in some junkyard still (7 years later), the most serious damage was where the rear bumper on my K-5 Blazer opened up the side of his car like a can opener.


    I see junk ZXs at the pull-a-part yards fairly regularly, the only time I have seen an early Z was at the scrap metal yard. A serious SOLO racer had junked an old race car body.

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