Day 2 ZL1

[Turbo_Jet]

That's a neat picture in front of the B-17. Those old war birds are cool! Where was that particular pic taken? Dan

[Eddie M.]

I figured out part of the trouble the camera was set for low light which made the shudder slow it only took me a day to figure it out when i get another sunny day i will post some better one's i hope it was foggy all day today
Pantera.....Thanks for the advice i didn't take it as a dis but if it was dis i would have deserved it anyway

[Eddie M.]

forgot to answer Daniel.... its in Tulare Calif. daniel its right on the main highway (hwy 99) going through calif its been here since the end of the war they flew it in. they been talking about restoring it to fly again i hope they do

[Pantera]

I am glad that you were not upset by my suggestions. They are some that I learned the hard way myself. My only problem is that that was back in 1972 and the pic of my 70 Baldwin motion vette are too far away and I used a polaroid which don't offer much to show the car and now I would give anything to find better pic of my cars from back then. If only I had been able to learn this from a forum like this then I would not have a pic like this one that you can just barely tell what the car is. Live and learn. I just wanted to try to help you not make the mistakes I made way back then. Glad you took it in a good way. Digital cameras offer the ability to get better pic that ever before. I am looking forward to seeing the new pic you take.

[Salvatore]

Great Car!!!! Is that white with gold?

[Pantera]

Yes it is. I am working on a new web page for it so that I can share it with everybody. I bought it in Mar of 74 and it only has 15,200 mi on it now. Motor has a rod tapping from running FTD at Hallett Motor raceway at a SCCA autocross. This is a bad pic of it but here it is toping the hill coming on the back straight. Should not have put such sticky tires on it. Ran it out of oil I guess? It had a LS-6 in it when I got it after the 2nd owner overheated the original LS-7 that Joel sold it with. Those motors don't like Dallas traffic. Either I had not put enought miles on it to have it broke in good or it ran out of oil.

I want to build it back with a LS-7 but the LS-6 that is in it now is more than enough to satisify anybody.

[427TJ]

Larry,

Love the small picture of your Vette's rear quarter under your name block! Love the mail-slot tail lights. -Bill

[Pantera]

That is pure Motion workmanship. I took that pic back in '78. I love that car. Actually I love both of them equally. Here is a bigger pic of it.

[427TJ]

Yeah, that B-17 was a VFW war memorial that was first put on display in the 1950s. Since day one vandals and scavengers have taken damn near everything of value out of the airplane. The airplane was moved to the Tulare airport several years ago and placed in a more secure display. I seriously doubt it will ever fly again but you never know. I fly the west coast alot and I've seen the polished skin of the Tulare B-17 from 33,000 feet up on a sunny day.

As for the blue COPO, what a great car. I prefer the steel wheels with the hubcaps but it is nice to have an alternate set of wheels for a change of look. I'll bet it's fun to wring it out on those valley farm roads eh?