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9/24/04, 01:40 PM
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Lalo,
Why?
It looks like a rally car, and the racing stripe makes me think Swedish, but it doesn't look like any Saab I've ever seen. You got me on this one.
By the way, do any of you guys know the reason why cars have racing stripes? There are two, and I know them. Curious?
And may I ask why you have Napa in your location?
Why?
It looks like a rally car, and the racing stripe makes me think Swedish, but it doesn't look like any Saab I've ever seen. You got me on this one.
By the way, do any of you guys know the reason why cars have racing stripes? There are two, and I know them. Curious?
And may I ask why you have Napa in your location?
9/24/04, 02:34 PM
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Originally posted by scottie1113@September 24, 2004, 12:43 PM
Lalo,
Why?
It looks like a rally car, and the racing stripe makes me think Swedish, but it doesn't look like any Saab I've ever seen. You got me on this one.
By the way, do any of you guys know the reason why cars have racing stripes? There are two, and I know them. Curious?
And may I ask why you have Napa in your location?
Lalo,
Why?
It looks like a rally car, and the racing stripe makes me think Swedish, but it doesn't look like any Saab I've ever seen. You got me on this one.
By the way, do any of you guys know the reason why cars have racing stripes? There are two, and I know them. Curious?
And may I ask why you have Napa in your location?
what are the two reasons for having stripes?
i would guess for visability reasons and to separate different racing teams
i have Montebello in my locations because i live there, its a city right next to east L.A. I also have have Napa there because i visit Napa atleast 12 times a year to visit my girlfriend, so its like a second home city. and we're planning to move somewhere in the napa valley after I am done with University.
EDIT: oh yea, its not a SAAB
9/24/04, 09:26 PM
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Of course I know Napa. I'm two hours from there.
The two reasons for racing stripes are for team distinction and simple aesthetics. The other is that back in the 50's and 60's tires didn't have the adhesion they do today, and drivers found them useful when controlling a drift to get the cars pointed in the right direction. Have you over seen photos from that era of drivers in full opposite lock? It's truly amazing.
And I still don't know the car.
Oh. Evil said it's a Lancia. That sounds right.
By the way, way back in 1970 I came within a hairbreadth's of buying a Boss 302 like the one in your avatar, same color, but that's another story...
The two reasons for racing stripes are for team distinction and simple aesthetics. The other is that back in the 50's and 60's tires didn't have the adhesion they do today, and drivers found them useful when controlling a drift to get the cars pointed in the right direction. Have you over seen photos from that era of drivers in full opposite lock? It's truly amazing.
And I still don't know the car.
Oh. Evil said it's a Lancia. That sounds right.
By the way, way back in 1970 I came within a hairbreadth's of buying a Boss 302 like the one in your avatar, same color, but that's another story...
9/24/04, 09:36 PM
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I'm guessing a Maserati, maybe...
Not sure about the thin stripes like that car, but the 'Le Mans' stripes served to identify the nationally of the team(not the car) in a race...so red was Italian, Silver=german, White w/ Blue stripes=USA, Green=British and so on...
Just expounding on your team distinction, scottie1113
Not sure about the thin stripes like that car, but the 'Le Mans' stripes served to identify the nationally of the team(not the car) in a race...so red was Italian, Silver=german, White w/ Blue stripes=USA, Green=British and so on...
Just expounding on your team distinction, scottie1113
9/25/04, 09:15 AM
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Originally posted by scottie1113@September 24, 2004, 8:29 PM
Of course I know Napa. I'm two hours from there.
The two reasons for racing stripes are for team distinction and simple aesthetics. The other is that back in the 50's and 60's tires didn't have the adhesion they do today, and drivers found them useful when controlling a drift to get the cars pointed in the right direction. Have you over seen photos from that era of drivers in full opposite lock? It's truly amazing.
And I still don't know the car.
Oh. Evil said it's a Lancia. That sounds right.
By the way, way back in 1970 I came within a hairbreadth's of buying a Boss 302 like the one in your avatar, same color, but that's another story...
Of course I know Napa. I'm two hours from there.
The two reasons for racing stripes are for team distinction and simple aesthetics. The other is that back in the 50's and 60's tires didn't have the adhesion they do today, and drivers found them useful when controlling a drift to get the cars pointed in the right direction. Have you over seen photos from that era of drivers in full opposite lock? It's truly amazing.
And I still don't know the car.
Oh. Evil said it's a Lancia. That sounds right.
By the way, way back in 1970 I came within a hairbreadth's of buying a Boss 302 like the one in your avatar, same color, but that's another story...
you were about to buy a grabber blue boss? wow
what made you almost get it, and what made you not buy it?
just a little curious ^_^
9/25/04, 11:12 AM
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I was a young Marine lieutenant and wanted to buy my first new car so I hit several dealerships in northern Virginia and Washington DC. Not much of interest there, but at one place in VA the salesman had a blue Boss 302--his own--that he was trying to sell. I had a 1967 Oldsmobile with a 425 ci motor, former CHP car, that was my trade. Had it been in dealer inventory, we would have done the deal on the spot but I was being transferred to Oklahoma in a week and I didn't have time to sell the car on my own. There were no other Boss 302's anywhere.
Originally I had wanted a 1970 Fiat Spider and had put a deposit on one, but the factory went on strike so I went looking for a brand new 240Z. The few dealers told me that it would be six months before they got one and I started searching for other rides.
So I ordered a new 1970 SS350 Camaro with all the options I wanted from Curtis Chevrolet in DC. Two days before I was due to leave and just before scheduled delivery, the dealer told me the plant had gone on strike (love those unions!) and my car would have to be shipped to me in Oklahoma. Since the deal included my trade, I left it with them and my beloved now ex wife and I took a long ride on Greyhound to Oklahoma and I got my car a few weeks later. On the way home I drove past a Datsun dealership and there were two brand new 240 Z's on the lot. Oh well.
The Camaro was a great car and I had no regrets about not getting the Fiat, Boss 302, or 240Z. From Oklahoma I was transferred to Camp LeJeune, NC, so I took the scenic route to visit my brother in San Francisco. I bought his Honda CB350, tore it down, and stuffed everyting into the car and rebuilt it when I arrived in NC. Two years later I drove the car from NC to CA and then up to Washington State where I left it before going to Vietnam. I traded it in on a 1973 Mazda RX3 wagon shortly after returning because I then had a son and another child on the way.
Little did we know that the next child would be identical twin girls! Pre sonogram days. The Mazda turned into a Volvo station wagon.
The years went by and now I'm driving my Mustang.
Maybe that's more than you wanted to know, but that's my abbreviated story, and I'm sticking to it. And if you want to know where that expression comes from, just ask. I know that too!
Originally I had wanted a 1970 Fiat Spider and had put a deposit on one, but the factory went on strike so I went looking for a brand new 240Z. The few dealers told me that it would be six months before they got one and I started searching for other rides.
So I ordered a new 1970 SS350 Camaro with all the options I wanted from Curtis Chevrolet in DC. Two days before I was due to leave and just before scheduled delivery, the dealer told me the plant had gone on strike (love those unions!) and my car would have to be shipped to me in Oklahoma. Since the deal included my trade, I left it with them and my beloved now ex wife and I took a long ride on Greyhound to Oklahoma and I got my car a few weeks later. On the way home I drove past a Datsun dealership and there were two brand new 240 Z's on the lot. Oh well.
The Camaro was a great car and I had no regrets about not getting the Fiat, Boss 302, or 240Z. From Oklahoma I was transferred to Camp LeJeune, NC, so I took the scenic route to visit my brother in San Francisco. I bought his Honda CB350, tore it down, and stuffed everyting into the car and rebuilt it when I arrived in NC. Two years later I drove the car from NC to CA and then up to Washington State where I left it before going to Vietnam. I traded it in on a 1973 Mazda RX3 wagon shortly after returning because I then had a son and another child on the way.
Little did we know that the next child would be identical twin girls! Pre sonogram days. The Mazda turned into a Volvo station wagon.
The years went by and now I'm driving my Mustang.
Maybe that's more than you wanted to know, but that's my abbreviated story, and I'm sticking to it. And if you want to know where that expression comes from, just ask. I know that too!