Happy Birthday Terry!!
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Re: Happy Birthday Terry!!
Originally Posted by Cobra4B
I'm not sure on that one.
I visited Tom Matano, Vice President for Research
and Development at Mazda (in Irvine). As many of you
know, Tom was a leader in the design effort for the
Miata. (Mark Jordan still works with Tom, but most of
the others on the early design team are gone.)
We discussed the RX-7, which Tom says is still in
production in Japan. The low sales here in 1994 and
1995 did not justify the costs of making the structural
changes needed to meet the U.S. side impact standards
for 1997. Tom mentioned that structural changes needed
would have meant changes to the gas tank
shape/location, for example. It just wasn't feasible from
a cost standpoint.
While I was in Tom's office, he took a phone mail
message from Jay Lamm. (I am a Jay Lamm fan!) Jay
essentially congratulated Tom for his role in the redesign
of the c5 97 Corvette! That brought some knowing smiles ....
I think it's a shame that Tom didn't design the BACK end
of the 97 Corvette as well
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wow it suprised me to see the elise replaced. i figured you would go all out with that thing. are the elise(kodiak) wheels 4X100 or 4X114.3? very nice replacment though. id like to check it out some day. if you think im worthy pm me the super-secret meeting location.
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Re: Happy Birthday Terry!!
Originally Posted by RHD Soarer
Man I remember that day
My old car
chris's ride before the paint job and wheels
erics evo...I miss this
My old car
chris's ride before the paint job and wheels
erics evo...I miss this
Wow... talk about bringing back memories... That had to have been more than 3 years ago. I liked that color better than the blue i think..
I miss the S a little too.. i admit. Those were fun times..
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happy late bday terry!! i was out of town. man finally you let the cat out of the bag it was hard for me to keep it secret hahaha i cant wait for a ride.
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