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john843
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 607 Location: S.C. Lowcountry
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 6:33 pm Post subject: Need help linking a great Fireball site |
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Was wondering if someone here would google "Fireball Roberts, Welcome to Galaxieland" and post the link to it here. It is basically a month by month history of Fireball's time driving for H/M from when he joined them in '63 up to his crash at Charlotte. It has a lot of awesome color photos of the '63 1/2 lavender car (paint was called "wysteria"a mid '50s Lincoln color) and the darker purple metallic '64. I believe the crowd here will appreciate it.
http://galaxieland.com/fireball-roberts.html
I finally found how to link, but it takes a few seconds to load
John
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DaveVan
Joined: 27 Jan 2018 Posts: 1573
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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Tried....got site N/A |
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john843
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 607 Location: S.C. Lowcountry
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67 Fairlane
Joined: 31 Jan 2018 Posts: 125 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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Yep it's a SLOOOOW-LOADER alright, but worth the wait!
Just click the link and go get a sandwich, it'll be waiting for you when you get back!
Thanks for the link!!
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john843
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 607 Location: S.C. Lowcountry
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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actually timed how long it took to load several times. averages 18 seconds on my old pc .
John |
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29-Ford
Joined: 17 May 2018 Posts: 9
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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There were at least three colors in 1963.
The first was the non-pearl "Wisteria", as on the Bristol postcard.
A second was a pearl Wisteria. This was the color at the Firecracker 400 and some have said it was also at some track(s) (Atlanta? Charlotte?) prior to the Firecracker.
A third color was the darker lavender pearl/metallic at the Southern 500.
I was at the 1963 Firecracker and was totally caught by surprise by the "pearl" in the paint. It glowed at certain angles and looked non-pearl at other angles.
Lorenzen also had a pearl white Galaxie at the '63 Firecracker. It looked white at some angles and looked practically silver at others.
By Labor Day virtually all the factory Fords had much brighter colors than in the beginning of the '63 season. But, Lorenzen's car and Robert's car had the pearl paint at the Firecracker in 1963. |
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