[DeTomaso] Back from Goodwood Revival?

[Asa Jay Laughton]

  Makes me want to write a book:
"My Vicarious Life as lived by Mike Drew"

:)
Thanks for the report Mike, it sounds like it was a great time.
Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 9/24/2010 23:30, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 9/24/10 21 33 32, julian_kift at hotmail.com writes:
>
>
>> So can I take it this spurt of list activity means you are back from
>> Blightey and the Goodwood Revival?
>>
>>>> Yes, now wading through 1000 e-mails!   Unfortunately e-mail access was
> quite limited over the past week.
>>
>>> How was it?
>>>> Spectacular as ever!   The best vintage racing in the world, on a
> fantastic track with literally 100% viewing access, unobstructed by fences, with
> classic warbirds (Spitfires, Hurricanes, a Lancaster bomber, a P-51 Mustang
> and a Bearcat) flying overhead, and 50K people all dressed in period costume,
> you just can't beat it.
>
> What made it better was being in the company of so many other De Tomaso
> owners.   Initially we stayed with John Braithwaite, who lives about 30 minutes
> from the track on a farm (actually a 500-acre estate), where besides
> boarding horses, he stores sports cars.   He himself has a Mangusta, Porsche 356A,
> Alfa Romeo Duetto, Marcos, and a very rare RHD Citroen Traction Avant
> drophead (convertible).
>
> He also rents storage space to other people; one of those folks we met
> briefly in Le Mans this summer, and he kindly loaned me a '59 Austin-Healey
> 3000, which made for a delightful drive to and from the track!   That
> straight-six with a crackle on the overrun is really evocative, on a winding lane with
> the top down on a cold fall evening.
>
> We also were fortunate to meet up with Charlie and Amaya McCall:
>
> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=25937
>
> Along with Roger and Melanie Coates, and Geoff Peters.
>
> Afterwards we went to visit Andy Prill, who I think you met at Le Mans.
> He runs this business, also located on a remote farm in the countryside:
>
> http://www.maxted-pageandprill.com/index.html
>
> As one of the world's foremost authorities on the Porsche 356 and early 911
> (neither of which I am particularly interested in), he had about eight or
> ten cars present, including two original 356 Speedsters, a 911 Carrera 2.7 RS
> lightweight, and a 911 ST (predecessor to the RS).   He also had two
> Porsche 904s, and was getting ready to go to Spa to race one this coming weekend,
> driving it for the owner.
>
> He also looks after the 50-plus car collection of rock star Jay Kaye of
> Jamiroquai:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamiroquai
>
> and he had his Mercedes 300 SL roadster and a Maserati A6/GCS super-rare
> Frua-bodied car (one of four made I think) on-hand.
>
> http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o37/SchumiFan777/Maserati.jpg
>
> Coincidentally, Jamiroquai is releasing their first album in five years in
> the next few weeks, and the video of the lead single consists of him flying
> a helicopter and singing, while chasing his 2.7 RS Carrera across a Spanish
> desert, with Andy doing the driving, sliding, drifting, doing donuts and
> blasting across the sand at up to 130 mph!   The video is due to be released in
> two or three weeks.
>
> The car got so filthy that Andy had to remove the engine and gearbox to
> clean it!   The car was up on the rack and the engine had just been fully
> detailed and was ready to go back in.
>
> Andy's partner is a high-end classic car broker (glorified used car dealer)
> who specializes in these same sorts of Porsches but also has sold more
> original GT40s than anybody; he had three of them in stock, two for sale
> (GT/111, the Bob Bondurant Targa Florio roadster, and P/1085, the last original
> chassis built in period by JWA), plus P/1080, the white one that he drove for
> the owner at Le Mans Classic.
>
> http://www.maxted-page.com/cars/default.aspx
>
> It was great to be able to spend Quality Time with three original GT40s,
> lifting the hoods, kicking the tires, sitting inside them and making vroom
> vroom noises while imagining rocketing down the Mulsanne straight at 200
> mph....
>
> Andy is also a dynamite chef and cooked us an amazing dinner, in his home,
> which was originally a bakery when it was built in around 1350 (!)
>
> Then back to Geoff's place the next night, where I got to play designated
> driver and bring us home behind the wheel of his '97 Bentley Turbo R, which
> is quite a ride indeed.   Fitted with the Mulliner package (Bentley's answer
> to Mercedes AMG or BMW's M-division), it is surprisingly quick and handles
> amazingly well for a car that is 5300 lbs.
>
> Finally home today, and planning on staying home for the entire week next
> week and banging out another Profiles, before heading to Afghanistan next
> weekend....
>
> The Goodwood Revival really is a fantastic event, well worth attending.
> With no Le Mans Classic on next year, it and the Spa Italia event with De
> Tomaso as the featured marque, Date TBA but probably in June, maybe even a week
> after the regular Le Mans, will be two events not to be missed!
>
> Mike
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