Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Jesse Alexander's Book

[red5hilser (red5hilser]

Welll, that's a new one on me. I always thought it was 'K' for kurz, meaning 
short or small, like the 7.92mm kurz?short round fired from the MP43/44 assault 
rifle used in?WW2. BTW, the type 82 WW2, and later type 181 NATO Kubelwagens 
were named after the construction of the seats. Or so they say.

Danke, der?Kubelmeister, Panzer Willi


-----Original Message-----
From: Doug 
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Jesse Alexander's Book


RSK got its name from the suspension layout - - - it looked like a "K". A bit 
of trivia you drop at the dinner table today.?
DOUG?
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----- Original Message ----- From: <red5hilser [at] aol.com>?
To: "DOUG" <
Subject: [Ferrari] Jesse Alexander's Book?
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> Speaking of Jesse Alexander's book, 'Driven,' how many Listers have a > copy? 
> I looked at mine this morning and found at least?two glaring errors > in the 
> captions. The first one is plate 27, a close-up of a Ferrari > Mechanic 
> fitting a tire on his car for the 1956 Monaco GP. The tire that > he is 
> putting on is a Dunlup, which Ferrari didn't use until 1959 or 1960. > 
> Ferrari was using Engleberts at the time.?
>?
> The second is plate 77, which he says is three Porsche RSK Spyders sitting > 
> in a garage waiting for the 1959.LeMans. From where I sit, the photo is of > 
> a 550 Spyder, an RS Spyder, and an RSK. Check out the headlight > 
> configurations.?
>?
> On the bright side, he has a beautiful shot of?Phil Hill's?246 front > 
> engined Dino GP car, sitting?right along side the new mid-engine prototype > 
> (without the shark nose)?to be driven by von Tipps, in the pits during > 
> practice for the 1960 European GP. Tripps' car had the new 1500cc engine > 
> that was going?to be run?the next year. BTW, Hill won the race by over 2 > 
> minutes.???
>?
> Yer faithul servant, Ferrari Bubba?
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