Hour Rule: Land of the Rising Sun-day?

"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris) 07/19/2015 at 05:04 • Filed to: Hour Rule, Hino Samurai

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pip bip - choose Corrour > Jobjoris 07/19/2015 at 05:20

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mazda?

Jobjoris > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/19/2015 at 05:24

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Hino Samurai.

Jonee > Jobjoris 07/21/2015 at 00:57

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I want to be on Team Samurai. Did they bring their swords in the cockpit?

Jobjoris > Jonee 07/21/2015 at 03:00

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Actually Peter Brock raced this. So probably just Gatling guns and Brownings!

Jonee > Jobjoris 07/21/2015 at 14:06

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Oh, yeah. The Hino. I knew that car was familiar. Another epic Troutman build. I don’t think it ever actually raced, though. Hmm. Brock and Hino would be another good topic to cover.

Jobjoris > Jonee 07/21/2015 at 17:13

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Oh it raced alright , they even mounted a Fiat engine for a while! But yes: good topics!

Jonee > Jobjoris 07/22/2015 at 00:43

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Ah, interesting. Good article. Brock didn’t race it. Fantastic car.

Jobjoris > Jonee 07/22/2015 at 03:19

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I actually don’t know the Peter Brock guy, he was a US-racing god?

Jonee > Jobjoris 07/23/2015 at 01:20

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No, he wasn’t a god. He was first a designer. He worked at Shelby, and then started his own racing team and drove a little. The team was all Japanese cars, Datsuns and Hinos, but I know he drove a Lotus and something else in NASCAR, I think. I don’t know how successful he was, actually. Kind of an interesting personality. He was also a photographer and writer.

Jobjoris > Jonee 07/23/2015 at 08:10

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Writer, photographer, designer, racing team owner/manager/driver: still some sort of a god! And BOOM! There’s another topic for you!

Jonee > Jobjoris 07/24/2015 at 00:11

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Yeah, he’s an interesting one. I know he worked on the Stingray, too. One of his books is about that. He got his hands on a lot of amazing cars. He also has to be one of the first Americans that worked with the Japanese. At least with race cars.

Jobjoris > Jonee 07/24/2015 at 04:02

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The American Maus Gatsodines...

Jonee > Jobjoris 07/24/2015 at 12:38

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Yeah, actually.

I’m off to Aspen for the weekend. Have fun in Italy. Arrivederci!

Jobjoris > Jonee 07/24/2015 at 14:18

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Ciao, have fun!