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That's sad I remember him from Car and Driver!
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Good stuff Tenney!
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----I met D.E.D. at a Meadowbrook function one time about 5/6 years ago and he sure seemed like the real thing. A car guy to the Nth degree. R.I.P......Bill S
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GTO vs. GTO, 1964
"The hook on which we hung the magazine." I feel pretty lucky to have met Dave (as he introduced himself) last May. A legend whose editorials I'd enjoyed for years - he's Hemmingway to pretty much any automotive journalist you might come across - Dave couldn't have been more accommodating with my questions about my car and the road test (occasionally giving Mr. Wangers grief for slipping him a "ringer"!), while kindly sharing an anecdote or two of his own. Recalling his writing, our conversations over the course of that weekend (and a few eavesdropped upon), it's tough not to be left with the sense that Mr. Davis made the most of his turn. Good guy. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif[/img] |
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"...in purely visceral automotive terms, I remember only that the first Mustang I drove caused me to cut my finger on an exposed sheet metal edge in the trunk, while my first ride in a GTO left me with a feeling like losing my virginity, going into combat and tasting my first draft beer all in about seven seconds.
I remember that the GTO slammed out of the hole like it was being fired from a catapult, that the tach needle slung itself across the dial like a windshield wiper, that the noise from the three two-throat carburetors on that heavy old 389 cubic inch Pontiac V-8 sounded like some awful doomsday Hoover vacuum God sucking up sinners." - David E. Davis A gifted man. R.I.P. |
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I really like the 64s, cool to see such a documented car
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"Best Paint & Finish" (kinda cool and surprising as we'd registered "display-only") among some pretty nice stuff - Go, Scott!! -
http://www.elegantcars.com/events/20...ta-barbara-ca/ Got to drive this time, too ... http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/ss319/TenneyF/11.jpg |
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Awesome!
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Thanks, Bruce! All credit due Mr. Tiemann (and JW for giving him the canvas!).
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Cool Tenney is that Jim with you?
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<span style="font-size: 14pt">That's AWESOME Tenney! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] Congrats!</span> [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]
Nice to see ya drivin' [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: COPO 70 RS/Z28</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Cool Tenney is that Jim with you?
</div></div> Indeed, Carl - letting me drive, for a change! |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MrsBillyBobcat</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-size: 14pt">That's AWESOME Tenney! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] Congrats!</span> [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]
Nice to see ya drivin' [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] </div></div> Thanks, Rita - always a banner day at the helm 'o that rascal! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif[/img] |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tenney</div><div class="ubbcode-body">"Best Paint & Finish" (kinda cool and surprising as we'd registered "display-only") among some pretty nice stuff - Go, Scott!! - </div></div>
Congrats, Tenney - Nice to see that little red car mixin' it up with the big dogs... Mr Wangers seems to be having a nice time as well (as always), even if he wasn't driving [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] K |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Keith Seymore</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Congrats, Tenney - Nice to see that little red car mixin' it up with the big dogs... Mr Wangers seems to be having a nice time as well (as always), even if he wasn't driving [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] K </div></div> Much appreciated, Keith. Glad to have been invited to share. Woodward, Van Nuys Blvd. - Mulholland, even - and now making quick work of the damp lawn on a polo field (can't even let the clutch out in the AM - hope they invite musclecars back next year!). btw, as the merit was for "Best Paint & Preparation", and my daughter vacuumed the carpets before the car left, thus "preparing" it - she's gone ahead and nationalized the award. A few pics she snapped on Mulholland - |
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You don't see many of those. Good story too.
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http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...ursDay2-52.jpg
Getting the grass off the tires ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_3xEPACPVQ |
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Jim and Dean (and Musso and Frank) ...
Mr. Wangers and the feller he hired to build the Monkeemobile, Dean Jeffries. Good fun sitting at the grown-ups table today - http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...F/IMG_0002.jpg |
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That's great!
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Found a spot ...
http://www.speedandmotion.com/pictur...012/index.html w/some more cool stuff in Burbank last weekend ... http://www.speedandmotion.com/pictur...012/index.html |
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Wow...that's really cool!
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----Hey! Vic likes it......Bill S
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Guess the car's not stock in that shot, Bill!
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tenney</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Amidst cool stuff at Palos Verdes ...</div></div>
That lil' red Pontiac is in some pretty highfalutin' company, Tenney [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] K |
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That lil' red Pontiac is in some pretty highfalutin' company, Tenney [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] [/quote] Just said we were with Mr. Wangers, Keith! There were some nice musclecars on hand, too; good balanced diet of stuff ...! http://www.speedandmotion.com/pictur...012/index.html |
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Needs a 421 ...! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif[/img]
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...1_first_drive/ |
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Jim at Palos Verdes (and some other cool cars and folks!) ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZfvO1NNBwo |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tenney</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Jim at Palos Verdes (and some other cool cars and folks!) ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZfvO1NNBwo </div></div> Thanks for posting; Mr Wangers is still 'the man'; Guess which car was my favorite? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] K |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Keith Seymore</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Guess which car was my favorite? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] K </div></div> The Voisin? (though maybe not once that feller turns the interior into a jacket and underpants!) [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif[/img] |
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50th Anniversary of the GTO and the Muscle Car at the Petersen (coincidentally, the Car and Driver GTO turns 50 just a few days after the event). Swing by if you're local ...!
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tenney</div><div class="ubbcode-body">...(coincidentally, the Car and Driver GTO turns 50 just a few days after the event).
</div></div> Looks like fun! My car also has a birthday coming up; it turns 49 a week from today! K |
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[/quote] My car also has a birthday coming up; it turns 49 a week from today! [/quote] Awesome car, Keith - standing the test 'o time (and never been under the knife!)! |
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My first car was a Burgundy 64 GTO 4 speed hardtop I bought from a high school friend. $125.00. I was stoked when I finally went to pick it up. It ran but had a spun bearing. There was an old guy that worked as a mechanic at the gas station up the street from my parents house that had a 65 Tri-power and he helped me, actually, I helped him install a 67 400. Drove it for awhile and got into too much trouble with it growing up in Atlanta and my dad took it to work one day where he managed a business that shredded cars and that was that. My flavor is Chevy, but owning that 64 GTO opened my eyes to all hotrods and factory muscle 60's and 70's. That Jim Wangers car has always left a mark on me. What a nice piece of musclecar history. Thanks for those pics and story.
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Your Dad shredded your Goat?! One of the fun parts of looking after this car has been the memories it'll sometimes stir in others - sorry about that one, though! Credit due for getting his point across, though, I guess!
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Yes, he did make his point. Shortly after that, I hit the bricks and didn't talk to any family members for 30 years.
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