tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196917305954604481.post8503682267451803931..comments2023-05-20T19:53:43.623+10:00Comments on Hot Rods of the Dry Lakes Era: El Mirage 1948-49 in ColourJimmy Barterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13138467489338214157noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196917305954604481.post-50749710197263401962010-05-06T11:58:56.590+10:002010-05-06T11:58:56.590+10:00Hey Jimmy,
Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm for...Hey Jimmy,<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm for the old lake racers with us others scattered around the world. I share your fondness for Paul Schiefer's '25 T roadster, and have a considerable amount of information on the car, graciously hosted by Sondre Kvipt at www.kustomrama.com <br /><br />The one thing I anticipated being very hard to obtain were the wing struts from a PBY-5A Catalina flying boat. But I have two pairs now; one for building the '25 version, and one for building the '27 version of that car. <br /><br />Think it's ironic they were easy to find? Get this; the wing struts came from the plane owned by Herb Shriner, who refitted it from warbird to flying yacht. Shriner was a radio star, humorist, pioneer of late-night variety TV, and famed car collector. Perhaps the most famous car he owned was the Phantom Corsair, aka "The Wombat."<br /><br />Sometimes, life is stranger than fiction. <br /><br />Thanks again for sharing your zeal for old hotrods.Mister Lackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07175748914417488540noreply@blogger.com