Hi All,
I would like to thank all who sent in an entry to the design contest. There were many fine ideas, all of which would look great on this car. I now have enough ideas to last me through the next 15 to 20 project cars. :-)
Every single entry made the decision VERY difficult. As a small token of my appreciation, I am going to send off a memento of the project to all who entered. You should be receiving an e-mail requesting your mailing address in the next week or so. Please e-mail me if you do not receive notice by the 22nd of April.
With that said, the design we chose was turned in by a J Trudeau (a high school junior). The drawing is kind of rough, but you get the idea. Also, the wheels shown are 19" not 17" and look a bit to large for my taste. I think the over sized rim fad is going to fad out over the next year or two. Time will tell if I am right or wrong on this one.
He said he has been following the project ever since X-Mass break. He said he worked up the design NOT as he envisioned the car (He thought his tastes would be a bit to “wild” for my liking). Instead he worked up the design as if I were his client and used all the forum comments as a guide.
As you already know, the car will be 05 Ford Screaming Yellow and the graphics will be gloss black. The hood will be blacked out between the body lines that "line up" with the edge of the grill opening. The "black" will stop at the back of the hood and not continue onto the cowl panel. The grill and the brushed trim pieces will also be blacked out.
Also, the winner wished that "Man o' War" the greatest Thoroughbred of the 20th Century --and the millennium be painted (in phantom) on the flat area at the top of the drivers door. He also wants a plaque describing Man o’ Wars accomplishments mounted in the trunk.
Man o' War's time records included:
New World Record, Dwyer Stakes, 1 1/8 miles
New World Record, Belmont Stakes, 1 3/8 miles
New World Record, Lawrence Realization, 1 5/8 miles
New American Record, Jockey Club Stakes, 1 1/2 miles
New American Record, Withers Stakes, 1 mile
New Track Record, Kenilworth Park Gold Cup, 1 1/4 miles
New Track Record, Potomac Handicap, 1 1/16 miles
Equaled Track Record, Travers Stakes, 1 1/4 miles
On nearly a dozen occasions, the interior fractions of his races were completed in times that would have broken American and/or world records.
His records stood the test of time. His 1-1/2 mile American record stood for 17 years.
He didn't just take a tick off time records, he obliterated them. Up against Triple Crown winner Sir Barton, Man o' War took more than SIX full seconds off the track record for 1 1/4 miles at Kenilworth Park.
He won easily over tracks labeled fast, good and sloppy.
He won at distances from five furlongs to 1-5/8 miles.
He won on straight courses and on both clockwise and counter-clockwise courses.
He carried and won with 130 pounds five times as a TWO-year old.
At three, he won with 131 pounds in the Miller Stakes, 135 pounds in the Stuyvesant and 138 pounds in the Potomac.
He gave extreme weight concessions to the competition. In one race, the second high weight carried 32 pounds less.
At three, he consistently gave major weight concessions to, and beat, older horses.
He retired as the greatest money-winning Thoroughbred ever.
Writing in the 1947 volume of "American Race Horses," another legendary racing writer and historian, Joe Palmer, said of Big Red:
"He did not beat, he merely annihilated. He did not run to world records, he galloped to them. He was so far superior to his contemporaries that, except for one race against John P. Grier, they could not extend him. In 1920 he dominated racing as perhaps no athlete -- not Tilden or Jones or Dempsey or Louis or Nurmi or Thorpe or any human athlete -- had dominated his sport."
I love all his ideas. What do you think?
SN65
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