Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Seth - thanks for bringing this to our attention. "we" should try to get Upstate Luggers to meet here for a get together? I feel so left out when I read about PLUG, etc. ernie - dying to get out of Syracuse nitka At 03:08 PM 5/2/03 -0400, you wrote: >Hello all: > >Completely off topic -mea culpa - to inform those luggites in the northeast >corner of the U.S. that the Saratoga Automobile Museum tomorrow opens a new >exhibit, Ferrari Roadburners. I was there early this morning when a local >cable TV news channel did a short piece on the exhibit. The 1967 Ferrari >330/365 GTC that I bought in 1978 when it was just an old used sports car >and I could afford it, is one of the cars on loan. For cognoscenti, also on >exhibit are a 1949 Type 166 Barchetta, an F40, a 1962 type 250GT short >wheelbase, a Ferrari-engined Indy roadster prepared for Nino Farina, then >World Champion, to run the Indy 500 in 1952, the 365GTB4 Daytona that Dan >Gurney and Brock Yates drove during the first Cannonball Run, a 312 PB, the >model that won the world sports car championship for Ferrari in 1972. > >It's a lovely exhibit and only a part of what is on display. One of the >Museum' missions is educating visitors on the automotive history and >heritage of New York State. Who knew, for example, that from the late 19th >Century until World War II New York State was home to over 150 automobile >manufacturers. Most were tiny, building fewer than 100 cars. But the State >was the most important car producer until Henry Ford opened his first plant >at River Rouge near Detroit. Worth a visit for car-lovers in the area. > >The Museum is having a black-tie Gala Dinner the evening of Friday 16 May >that will be fun for anyone automotively inclined. Featured will be a >retrospective Ferrari reminiscence with Luig Chinetti, Jr., son of the man >who back in 1949 persuaded Enzo Ferrari to build road-going cars to support >his racing operation, Brock Yates and David E. Davis, two of the most >prominent Automotive writers in the U.S. > >For more info email me off-list or go to the Museum website: >www.saratogaautomuseum.com > >Seth LaK 9 > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html