Right! This was 35 years ago, so I'm lucky to have even recalled a bit of it :-).
Paul via phone > On Jun 11, 2017, at 10:15 AM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > > Correction: > > Pat Moss (Stirling's sister) was Erik Carlsson's wife! > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- From: Paul Stenquist > Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 3:54 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO 2017 - W196 - GDG > > I first met Moss at a Saab press dinner at Hilton Head. Eric Carlsson, Saab's > rally star, was there, and would take the journalists for hair raising rides > the next day at a Georgia racetrack. (He put one car on its roof with a > scribe seated beside him and teased me because I politely declined an > invitation to try for rollover number two.) Anyway to get to the point, > Eric's sister was the wife of Stirling Moss, so Eric had invited them to the > Hilton Head bash. As journalists pressed Moss for tales of his days behind > the wheel he would steer the conversation back to Carlsson and Saab. And of > course there are plenty of Eric "on the roof" Carlsson stories out there. > Good guy, Moss. Carlsson too. > > Paul via phone > >> On Jun 11, 2017, at 9:02 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> On Jun 11, 2017, at 5:44 AM, Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>>>> Saw this gorgeous Mercedes-Benz W196 GP car this morning... >>>>>> >>>>>> https://flic.kr/p/VB3DeY >>>>> Looks a bit dim and yellow on my monitor >>>> >>>> Probably display calibration differences. I could brighten it a touch, >>>> but I kinda like the deep tones. I'll be making a couple of prints soon >>>> and might revise it a bit at that point. >>>> >>>>>> Gods, what a beautiful machine! >>>>> >>>>> I haven't seen that car there. I may have to swing by after lunch on >>>> Monday or something. >>>> >>>> I don't know when it arrived--it's on loan from Indianapolis. >>>> Do go see it if you get the chance ... It represents a significant piece >>>> of auto racing history. >>> >>> My claim to Sir Stirling Moss fame. Back in the 1990s I was filming at >>> McLaren HQ near London, packed room, lots of people. Camera was on >>> shoulder, filming interviews in close quarters, I swung around and felt >>> the back of the cam clobber something, turned slowly to see Moss nursing >>> a growing bump on his head!!!! >>> >>> Nice pics btw! >> >> Thanks Cotty! >> >> My 'moment with the star' was at the Goodwood Festival of Speed some >> miserable, pissing-down-rain day in the 1990s. I and my friends are slogging >> our way up through snot-slick muddy paths when a small scooter came zinging >> down the path towards us. It was moving way too fast and we jumped backwards >> off the path to get out of the way … Two of us fell down in the process and >> the scooter slid to a halt practially over me. >> >> "Sorry about that, chaps! It almost got away from me in this muck! Let me >> help you up!" and the hand of septeganarian Sir Stirling Moss reached down >> to assist me to my feet. I was covered with mud down my right side and I >> think all the dredgings of Istanbul were in my right shoe. "Thank you, sir! >> And could I have your autograph in the mud on my shirt, please?" I grinned >> at the man. We both laughed and he signed my program. He hung with us a few >> moments than raced off for whatever appointment he had already been late for. >> >> Somewhere in my mess I still have that program. :-) >> >> G >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
