"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44)
03/07/2016 at 12:38 • Filed to: None
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"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44)
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Midland, Texas isn’t famous for much other than the Permian Basin oil reserves and excellent Mexican food. But the town where I was born and raised was also the home of the innovative and wild Chaparral cars. I remember as a kid, being fascinated by the white Jim Hall machines. The cars now reside in a museum but every now and then Jim, the Texan that he is, would stop by and take the 2D out for a spin on public roads. Cops just smiled as he rolled by in that straight-piped one of one 1960's race car.
DutchieDC2R
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/07/2016 at 12:52 |
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I wanted to write something about my former employer, DOW Chemical, having their homebase in Midland, but its the other Midland, the one in Michigan...:p.....
Beautiful cars tho. Does he still drive them to this day?
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cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
> DutchieDC2R
03/07/2016 at 12:55 |
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Not sure. As far as I know, the 2D is the only one that gets street driven because it has plates, wipers, a roof, lights things like that. The other cars are all kept in working condition and occasionally head to Goodwood! Otherwise they make very entertaining laps around the museum campus.
PushToStart
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/07/2016 at 13:24 |
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I went there once. It was my first oppo post actually.
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PushToStart
> PushToStart
03/07/2016 at 13:25 |
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actually I’ve been there twice, the second time was when I wrote about it.
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cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
> PushToStart
03/07/2016 at 13:54 |
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It’s a really cool place.
RallyWrench
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/07/2016 at 14:31 |
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Saw the 2E at COTA last year, quite incredible in person.