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So I'm stuck in Jury Duty today, bored as all hell as is always the case, when I hear an interesting guy, a dentist with his own practice in fact, talking about his 'Old Yeller II' classic and famous Buick Special racing car. One of many points of interest is that it's been driven by Carroll Shelby himself back in 1960.
Anyway I thought he'd appreciate a look at the Seven, so I pulled out my laptop and using the last few percent of battery power showed off Fred.
He, of course, immediately recognized the style of car and asked if it was indeed a Lotus 7. I said it was a modern Caterham Super 7, and gave him the quick and dirty details. The guy sitting ahead of me then said jokingly "I hate you" and that a Seven, or an Atom, would be two of the cars he'd really like to drive someday. He rebuilds cars, with old Datsun Z cars being his specialty. Old, like 240's and 260's. Nice!
As usual, I don't remember any of their names, and we all probably didn't really introduce ourselves to each other either, but I did point him toward this website and mentioned that if he ever wanted to check out the cars up close and possibly climb in one, to lurk here and chime in when we have a meet happening, say a day at SCS and mulholland/rock store run as per the usual itinerary.
The Buick Special can be seen and read about at oldyeller2.com The picks right there on the front page with the helmeted driver is, if I heard correctly, the owner himself.
And to top it all off: I didn't get picked for a panel, so I didn't get on a Jury, which means Hooray I'm done!! :D
Anyway I thought he'd appreciate a look at the Seven, so I pulled out my laptop and using the last few percent of battery power showed off Fred.
He, of course, immediately recognized the style of car and asked if it was indeed a Lotus 7. I said it was a modern Caterham Super 7, and gave him the quick and dirty details. The guy sitting ahead of me then said jokingly "I hate you" and that a Seven, or an Atom, would be two of the cars he'd really like to drive someday. He rebuilds cars, with old Datsun Z cars being his specialty. Old, like 240's and 260's. Nice!
As usual, I don't remember any of their names, and we all probably didn't really introduce ourselves to each other either, but I did point him toward this website and mentioned that if he ever wanted to check out the cars up close and possibly climb in one, to lurk here and chime in when we have a meet happening, say a day at SCS and mulholland/rock store run as per the usual itinerary.
The Buick Special can be seen and read about at oldyeller2.com The picks right there on the front page with the helmeted driver is, if I heard correctly, the owner himself.
And to top it all off: I didn't get picked for a panel, so I didn't get on a Jury, which means Hooray I'm done!! :D
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