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Great day, as the sun came out! It was also a relatively short driving day. Here is the JagCam footage: We left Helena at the back of the pack, as we had some issues getting the JagCam mounted and running properly on the back shelf of the interior. Mark did a fine job taping it … Continue reading “2008 GTTSR, Helena to Whitefish: Going To The (SUN!) Rally.”
I’ll be frank: The weather today just plain sucked. It rained, and rained some more, and then it rained. Did I mention the rain? Thankfully, due to the wonders of information technology both Mark & I knew today was going to be like this, so we were prepared. Last night we battened down the hatches … Continue reading “2008 GTTSR: Going To The (Rain) Rally.”
Note: If you knew Jerry, please add to this memoriam by commenting. Feel free to share your “Jerry Stories” too. If you don’t want to login or create an account here send me an email “cg at goolsbee dot org” and I’ll add it in for you. I know a lot of folks in the … Continue reading “Some thoughts about the passing of somebody I knew… Jerry Nell, Jaguar Driver.”
I received an email earlier in the week from Philippe Reyns, who along with his wife Francoise and his Jaguar XKSS, I met at the Going to the Sun Rally last year. He let me know that they were going to be in the Seattle area for the Northwest Historics at Pacific Raceways. My plan … Continue reading “Nick & I visit the Reyns’ at Pacific Raceways”
Given the weather, perhaps we should be in THIS Jaguar! Yes, it has been a couple of weeks since the end of the 2008 CMR, but I’m finally getting around to posting the rest of the story. When we last left our heros, they were about to leave Port Townsend on a TSD leg… I … Continue reading “2008 Classic Motorcar Rally – Part Two.”
I (try to) post a “car photo of the day” at least once a week 😉 through the year for all my car guy friends to guess, talk about, tell stories, whatever. I figured I’d use one of the last days of the year to post my favorite photo of 2007. This is Philippe Reyns’ … Continue reading “(my favorite) Car Photo of the Year.”
Have a look here. Steve McQueen, the King of Cool, test drives eight of the best GT cars of the era at Riverside Raceway. A Jaguar E-type 2+2 (now considered to be the ugly duckling of the series, but at the time a very popular car), an Aston-Martin DB6, a Ferrari 275 GTS, an Alfa … Continue reading “Sports Illustrated article from 1966: Steve McQueen reviews cars”