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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #285 on: Saturday,October 31, 2020, 08:28:43 AM »
Interesting Lou. I don’t know... it just seems wrong that it’s not black and gold.
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #286 on: Saturday,October 31, 2020, 12:50:16 PM »
Quote from: BDA on Saturday,October 31, 2020, 08:28:43 AM
Interesting Lou. I don’t know... it just seems wrong that it’s not black and gold.

Jim...Hope this makes you feel better!
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #287 on: Saturday,October 31, 2020, 01:45:41 PM »
I feel much better now, Lou. Thanks!  :)
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #288 on: Saturday,October 31, 2020, 04:39:31 PM »
Thanks Lou. Very interesting. The South Africa Championship itself is a bit of curiosity to me, so explains some of that story, too. Cheers.
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #289 on: Tuesday,November 17, 2020, 04:46:21 PM »
And now for something completely different...
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #290 on: Tuesday,November 17, 2020, 05:28:51 PM »
I like having the kids on the grid but I do miss the grid girls.   :D
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #291 on: Tuesday,November 17, 2020, 06:12:53 PM »
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I like having the kids on the grid but I do miss the grid girls.   :D

Yes . . . and at the risk of smiting the politics of it all, the grid girls taking a knee do it much better than the drivers.  ;D
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #292 on: Wednesday,November 18, 2020, 05:50:43 AM »
Thanks Lou, much appreciated. Grid girls go great with breakfast.
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #293 on: Wednesday,November 18, 2020, 09:34:39 AM »
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Thanks Lou, much appreciated. Grid girls go great with breakfast.

Especially if you met them the night before and they are making the breakfast! ......probably  :D
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #294 on: Tuesday,December 01, 2020, 04:12:10 PM »
One of my favorite men with pen and paper.
Remember all those great drawings from Road & Track...Werner Buhrer.
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #295 on: Tuesday,December 01, 2020, 04:19:59 PM »
I remember him and always enjoyed his sketches. I wish you could have posted it in English!  ;D
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #296 on: Tuesday,December 01, 2020, 04:40:56 PM »
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I remember him and always enjoyed his sketches. I wish you could have posted it in English!  ;D

BDA...Italian is easy...Motor=Motore, Gearbox=Cambio, Brakes=Freni
          Power=Potenza, Weight=Peso, Length=Passo....

And the most important phrase...What is behind you is not important!
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #297 on: Wednesday,December 02, 2020, 09:24:30 AM »
Quote from: Lou Drozdowski on Tuesday,December 01, 2020, 04:40:56 PM
Quote from: BDA on Tuesday,December 01, 2020, 04:19:59 PM
I remember him and always enjoyed his sketches. I wish you could have posted it in English!  ;D

BDA...Italian is easy...Motor=Motore, Gearbox=Cambio, Brakes=Freni
          Power=Potenza, Weight=Peso, Length=Passo....

And the most important phrase...What is behind you is not important!
Thanks for the translation, Lou. Very helpful for many things. Thanks too for the movie quote, which made me smile. Gumball was one of my first car movies as a youngster, and remains one of the best to this day.

As for Mr. Buhrer's illustrations, I loved these as a knowledge hungry, car crazy kid. I learned a lot, and the illustrations were always well captioned.
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #298 on: Saturday,December 12, 2020, 07:06:54 AM »
Happy Birthday!   Emerson Fittipaldi 12/12/46
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #299 on: Saturday,December 12, 2020, 07:59:10 AM »
 :happy-bday: Emmo!
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