![]() ![]() Through the front door passed heroes I had only read about before I left Texas. Everyone who was anyone stopped by on the way to the track. A couple of years later Blandon hired me to produce a catalog for his little store and pretend to be the manager while he went off to make money. largest newspaper to say not a word about Ulmann’s event and only a handful of informed enthusiasts paid the gate. Unfortunately, Ulmann’s comment that the successful Los Angeles Times Grand Prix was not a grand prix at all and his would be the real thing, caused L.A. Bob owned a Maserati 250F and had no place to play with it, so the GP filled that void. Grand Prix to Riverside in November of 1960. It was a car guy toy shop owned by Bob Blandon, who had helped Alec Ulmann bring the U.S. ![]() A’56 Ford 2-door assured I could make the 6-mile commute to Automech on University Avenue.Īutomech was an interesting story. ![]() My project appetite was sated by an Abarth 750 GT Zagato powered by an 8500rpm John-Rich-parts Fiat 600+ and a Moretti 750 Tour du Monde spider with two dead SOHC engines and a Braje Crosley replacement already in residence. Harry sold his cleaned-up Ferrari to Mark Dees. The draft notice arrived on Wednesday and that money bought my pregnant wife the first Alfa Romeo Giulia Super in California, instead. He said he would clean it up and have it running perfectly when I came back the next Saturday with the money. The Crane back yard with a delightful stable of cars, circa 1965. Howard Payne College in central Texas didn’t take as I read more about the car life in California. Radiused rear wheel wells, flames and ’51 DeSoto grille teeth (each tooth had a single base bolt and a simple hole through the splash pan was the installation) made it mine. College was a ’54 Ford Victoria with a 312 T-bird engine and a 3-speed with overdrive. High school was a ’50 Ford 2-door with torched springs that virtually eliminated the suspension. It was the coolest image of driving I had ever seen and the car took my breath away — and changed everything.ĭad moved us to the gulf coast to avoid another lake-effect winter. The epiphany was a single black and white photograph of Richie Ginther road testing a Boano Ferrari 250 GT in the January 1958 issue of “Sports Car Illustrated.” An overhead shot of the side of the car and that elegant single sweep from headlight to taillight with Richie inside the tiny roof with his arms stretched to the steering wheel. ![]()
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