Comments on: Sports Illustrated article from 1966: Steve McQueen reviews cars http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/494       goolsbee.org, serving useless content from an undisclosed location since 1997 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:35:59 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: gondwana http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/494/comment-page-1#comment-1336 gondwana Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:59:07 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/494#comment-1336 loved the comment about the Jag 2+2 and how a man can accept a compromise... "He can put his two kids in the back, run his wife in the front and take off for his vacation." thanks Jerome loved the comment about the Jag 2+2 and how a man can accept a compromise… “He can put his two kids in the back, run his wife in the front and take off for his vacation.”

thanks

Jerome

]]> By: sophistical http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/494/comment-page-1#comment-1333 sophistical Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:17:46 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/494#comment-1333 Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed the read. Also, congrats on Autoblog picking it up! Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed the read. Also, congrats on Autoblog picking it up!

]]> By: vrooomie http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/494/comment-page-1#comment-1332 vrooomie Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:18:23 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/494#comment-1332 For all you'se car geeks on this here blog... I'm rereading a *fascinating* book, by one of the BEST chroniclers of the "Golden Age' of racing; it's titled "By Brooks Too Broad For Leaping," written by Denise McCluggage. She knew Steve McQueen, (he was a housemate) long before he became *THE* Steve McQueen. Ah, by the way? Keenan Wynn introduced McQueen to the world of racing bikes and cars...:) Google it! Were it not for the Zeitgeist of the day, Denise would well have been counted among the world's best drivers, such as Moss, Hawthorne, and Fangio. She did the level best she could given the exigencies of the day, and gave us the gift of Competition Auto Press (nee "Autoweek") co-founded with Chris Economaki. Her writing is simply *stellar.* For those of us this far into car history minutiae, I can recommend *no* better book! You can order it through Denise's' own concern, Fulcorte Press, Tower Suite 400, Sante Fe, NM 87501. P.S. Chuck, regarding 'sloppy handling crap?" Go drive a Cadillac STS 2-seater. Get back to me....:) You will be *astonished!* You know me to be no apologist for the (largely) crappy 'Murrican cars 'Murrican car makers continue to foist upon a largely clueless 'Murrican public, but in this case, they hit a home run! Now, I don't really like the way it looks, but it beats the hell outta the "Bangle-ized" Z4 Bimmer! For all you’se car geeks on this here blog…
I’m rereading a *fascinating* book, by one of the BEST chroniclers of the “Golden Age’ of racing; it’s titled “By Brooks Too Broad For Leaping,” written by Denise McCluggage. She knew Steve McQueen, (he was a housemate) long before he became *THE* Steve McQueen.
Ah, by the way? Keenan Wynn introduced McQueen to the world of racing bikes and cars…:) Google it!
Were it not for the Zeitgeist of the day, Denise would well have been counted among the world’s best drivers, such as Moss, Hawthorne, and Fangio. She did the level best she could given the exigencies of the day, and gave us the gift of Competition Auto Press (nee “Autoweek”) co-founded with Chris Economaki. Her writing is simply *stellar.*
For those of us this far into car history minutiae, I can recommend *no* better book!
You can order it through Denise’s’ own concern, Fulcorte Press, Tower Suite 400, Sante Fe, NM 87501.

P.S. Chuck, regarding ’sloppy handling crap?” Go drive a Cadillac STS 2-seater. Get back to me….:) You will be *astonished!* You know me to be no apologist for the (largely) crappy ‘Murrican cars ‘Murrican car makers continue to foist upon a largely clueless ‘Murrican public, but in this case, they hit a home run!
Now, I don’t really like the way it looks, but it beats the hell outta the “Bangle-ized” Z4 Bimmer!

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