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01-23-2012, 05:59 PM
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Re: Charley's 55
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01-23-2012, 06:04 PM
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Re: Charley's 55
Charley,'
I was routing for you and was sickened to see the drunks booing you. As others have said, you have nothing to be ashamed of. Stuff happens. I am sure that it will work out in the end.
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01-23-2012, 06:35 PM
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Re: Charley's 55
Charlie..
One thing we all know...Cars....errr I mean Airplanes...uhhhh , Carplanes can really suck sometimes... The guys booing really weren't car...carplane guys anyway..or they would have understood...
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01-23-2012, 07:02 PM
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This does suck Charley, but there will be another day. This car is still the worlds baddest build ever. Where the hell is Jay.. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]..it would fit in great in his Burbank Hangar.
It is impossible for most to understand how difficult it can become starting engines like this. The fuel air mixture has to be spot on, and a restart can be a real challange. To late now but special consideration might have been considered to fire Her up once and drive stright to the stage. Oh yea, and screw the booing drunks, they do not have a clue. Mike
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01-23-2012, 11:27 PM
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Re: Charley's 55
What a a fun time. Ya, people were booing, but they were mostly smiling at the same time. The excitement in the air was amazing, some cars just sold for a couple of million...... Jay Leno was in the building..... and I felt so bad for Charley, but people were pumped!.... me included! If that thing had fired, it would have blown the roof off the tent. Too bad, but nothing to be ashamed off. It just proved to me that watching on TV is great, but you need to be there to get the "full" experience. Every dog get his day, and it is yet to come, and I hope I am in the building yet again when that time comes! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/Can-I-Have-It.gif[/img]
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01-25-2012, 04:39 AM
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...I understand these auction are run on a schedule, since the car obviously didn't stay on the stage as long as anticipated would it have been that big of an issue to bring it back around again a short time later if it was running, especially for a high profile car like this?...
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01-28-2012, 07:20 PM
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Charley, i really felt for you when they showed you in the car and would not fire. That is the coolest car you have owned. I believe everything happens for a reason, you just don't know yet. I would love to see this car going down a strip at an abandon air force base, you just grinning ear to ear.
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01-28-2012, 09:02 PM
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Perfect example of the need for a reserve. Would have been ugly otherwise.
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Howard Growing old is a certainty, growing up isn't
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01-30-2012, 09:30 PM
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Re: Charley's 55
It seems that the guy that wrote the following article didn't like Charley's car. Read the 3rd paragraph.
James http://www.talladegaspoilerregistry.com/...ladega-is-sold/
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