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hipperson · 01-13-05, 07:11 AM

What wonderful photographs.
May I add this one with 2 very important fellows in shot!
The name Augie Pabst reminded me of a story told during a wonderful evening with Sir John Whitmore.Whitmore campaigned the Essex Wire car with Peter Revson And Skip Scott.This car now owned by Adrian Newey of Williams F1..he paid £500.000 in 2003.
Anyway Whitmore was saying all the fun on the GT circuit in the early 60's was at Sebring.He and Pabst were out in Hertz hire car.Hertz had recently run an Ad campaign along the lines of..'collect it anywhere,drop it off anywhere'
Pabst took this literally..he parked in a swimming pool.

Hertz apparently made great use of this with TV cameras and the like.............times change?

01-13-05, 07:11 AM	#6 (permalink)
hipperson Rookie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 48 Rep Power: 5	Re: vintage lola shots What wonderful photographs. May I add this one with 2 very important fellows in shot! The name Augie Pabst reminded me of a story told during a wonderful evening with Sir John Whitmore.Whitmore campaigned the Essex Wire car with Peter Revson And Skip Scott.This car now owned by Adrian Newey of Williams F1..he paid £500.000 in 2003. Anyway Whitmore was saying all the fun on the GT circuit in the early 60's was at Sebring.He and Pabst were out in Hertz hire car.Hertz had recently run an Ad campaign along the lines of..'collect it anywhere,drop it off anywhere' Pabst took this literally..he parked in a swimming pool. Hertz apparently made great use of this with TV cameras and the like.............times change?