A most perfect Trident day!

[Oishi]

Good afternoon chaps, Mrs. Oishi and I enjoyed a killer day out in our Spyder GT.
Started out with a local car show..
Dodge Daytona..


Shelby Daytona Coupe


One for the Mustang fans...

And one for you Healey fans....

Then it was up the coast via back roads to the island...
and a little seafood place for some great food.
It was a superior day, low humidity, 76F and sunny.
And the Spyder purred like a big cat the whole way. Hope you guys had a great one too!

 

[CatmanV2]

Good for you!

C

 

[Oneball]

Love the Daytona. Any car with a beer tray at shoulder height gets the thumbs up from me.

 

[Wattie]

Is that spoiler for real?

 

[Oishi]

^ Yep Wattie, they were built for the high speed NASCAR tracks, a number had to be built for road use to be legal (like homologation). If a real one, they go for big money. The Shelby is a Factory Five, and is for sale. Lots of cool cars at the show.

 

[Oneball]

 

[Phil H]

A cracking vid, and beautifully shot.

PH

 

[Oishi]

Thanks for the vid 1B, I've not seen that one. Growing up in Charlotte, as a teenager I would hang out at Ralph Moody's shop, and learned a lot from the old men there. Those guys were the equivalent of your "garage-ists", Chapman or McLaren. I knew several of the people mentioned in the vid, brings back fond memories. I can't remember who on here was thinking of a GT40 as next car, but Lee Holman (John's son), now owns Holman Moody, and is building an exact copy of the GT40..

 

[Oneball]

Thanks for the vid 1B, I've not seen that one. Growing up in Charlotte, as a teenager I would hang out at Ralph Moody's shop, and learned a lot from the old men there. Those guys were the equivalent of your "garage-ists", Chapman or McLaren. I knew several of the people mentioned in the vid, brings back fond memories. I can't remember who on here was thinking of a GT40 as next car, but Lee Holman (John's son), now owns Holman Moody, and is building an exact copy of the GT40..

Although a lot of Europe likes to look down on American racing, the likes of Holman and Moody, Penske, Mark Donohue and Dan Gurney in the late Sixties and early Seventies created modern motor racing as the business it is today. They brought a level of professionalism into car preparation that was unheard of in Europe.

 

[Lozzer]

Gawd got to love a Daytona..or two.

 

[PaulCambio]

Had a drive on the beach in Daytona a good few years ago. Got to be done when there.