[BLACKJACK]

BOB,

GREAT ARTICLE. GREAT PICTURE. THANKS VERY MUCH FOR REMINDING US.

AN OLD RACING BUDDY OF MINE - A LONG TIME AGO - SAID THAT THE BEST DRIVERS CAN RACE THEIR CAR AGAINST YOUR CAR - - BEAT YOU - - THEN TAKE YOUR CAR AND GIVE YOU THEIRS AND BEAT YOU AGAIN.

THERE WAS A REAL TOUCH OF CLASS IN THE DRIVERS OF THE 50'S & 60'S. SOME REALLY WEIRD - BUT LOVEABLE PERSONALITIES.

I LOVE THE OLD McCALL RACING HELMETS IN THE PICURE TOO. WHAT WAS LEFT OF MY OLD RELIC WENT UP IN SMOKE A FEW MONTHS AGO. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO FIND A REPLACEMENT FOR IT. DOES ANYONE KNOW OF ANYBODY SELLING "ANTIQUE" HELMETS???

BACK IN THOSE DAYS GUYS RACED IN TEE SHIRTS, KHAKI PANTS AND OLD BLACK "CHUCKIE" TENNIS SHOES.

I THINK I MIGHT CAST MY VOTE FOR THE OLD "IRON WRISTED" NUVOLARI AS A FAVORITE DRIVER THOUGH - ALBEIT FROM AN EARLIER ERA.

BOB, YOU MENTIONED THE "FABULOUS FIFTIES ASSOCIATION" MAGAZINE. IF THAT ARTICLE IS TYPICAL OF THEIR WORK, I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET A SUBSRIPTION TO IT. HOW MIGHT I DO THAT??

Y'ALL HAVE A REALLY GREAT DAY,

BLACKJACK