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Date:         Mon, 1 Sep 2008 15:48:00 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: In Passing
Comments: To: Al Knoll <anasasi@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <9f4608e90808301934p1fb0adfeiac3137844154dce2@mail.gmail.com>
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Bummer. We got to meet Phil and watch him drive the Ferrari that he drove in the Carrera Panamericana at SIR a few years ago.

Really nice guy...

On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Al Knoll <anasasi@gmail.com> wrote:

> The scream of the Ferrari Testarossa on the Mulsanne straight has > faded. The scent of castor based lubricants gone on the wind. > > Only rarely could one hear that sound in later years. These Ferrari > cars are the stuff of legend, and priced accordingly. I had the honor > of watchin Phil Hill pilot a Testarossa at Laguna Seca Raceway years > ago. The man was truly in his element during the race for that class > of car. The sounds...still raise the hair on my arm. > > Phil left us on Thursday at 81. The only American-born F1 champion. > > Sounds and fury long gone by. > > Good Speed, Phil >

-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" Crescent Beach, BC www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27


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