Alfa's In Trans Am - Page 42

**ECARRILLO** · #**616** (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by kengta

This 1970 item is scanned from a 8-1/2" x 11" promotional poster that was issued to dealers (I'm told). The same image was published in Competition Press, Ill Quadrifogliuo and elsewhere. It has clearer images than those news print and magazine versions.

All 3 GTAs are known today, 2 of them having been recently at Amelia Island Concourse.

A BB member is working on a reproduction run of this image. See the GTA Reunion thread in General Forums/Motorsports.
Regards

Ken

**kengta** · #**617** (**permalink**) 10-24-2009, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by ECARRILLO

Any update on the reproduction of this poster?

**ECARRILLO** · #**618** (**permalink**) 10-24-2009, 08:31 AM

Boy you are lucky!

Can we stop Gus from signing it so that we can make a copy

Not trying to make business, just want one

**kengta** · #**619** (**permalink**) 10-24-2009, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by ECARRILLO

Boy you are lucky!

Can we stop Gus from signing it so that we can make a copy

Not trying to make business, just want one

**PAUGNUT1275** · #**620** (**permalink**) 10-27-2009, 02:51 PM

Hi All,
While looking at the Freidman Trans Am book recently, I noticed a similarity in photos from anther book. Last year I got a copy of the Sports Car Graphic, 1967 Competition Yearbook.
The first photo is from Friedman's book. It shows a line of cars going through a corner. He apparently cropped the photo to illustrate the text. In the second full frame photo, from the SCG yearbook, one of the tri-color Alfas is off line. The SCG report says that Kwech was leading until his motor went sour and then he dropped back. Monty Winkler went out with gearbox problem, as I recall. I think that this is Kwech, nursing his car to the finish.
The research continues.
Keith

**kengta** · #**621** (**permalink**) 10-27-2009, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by PAUGNUT1275

Hi All,
While looking at the Freidman Trans Am book recently, I noticed a similarity in photos from anther book. Last year I got a copy of the Sports Car Graphic, 1967 Competition Yearbook.
The first photo is from Friedman's book. It shows a line of cars going through a corner. He apparently cropped the photo to illustrate the text. In the second full frame photo, from the SCG yearbook, one of the tri-color Alfas is off line. The SCG report says that Kwech was leading until his motor went sour and then he dropped back. Monty Winkler went out with gearbox problem, as I recall. I think that this is Kwech, nursing his car to the finish.
The research continues.
Keith

**Blue Flame** · #**622** (**permalink**) 10-27-2009, 03:12 PM

Yes Keith

Well spotted. Including the 'nursed' GTA makes it a much more interesting pic.

Good work!

Tim

**PAUGNUT1275** · #**623** (**permalink**) 10-27-2009, 04:23 PM

Hey,
I found another of these "background" pictures. Look behind the Porsche 911 in this photo at the 67 Crows Landing-Modesto Trans Am event. It is Kwech's car, in the pits, with the crew trying to straighten the tail panel and trunk lid!!
The second frame is an Autoweek article from Monty Winkler's scrap book that his wife collected during the 67 season. Apparently Kwech was hit in the rear by that white Camaro, or the Camaro shoved Bert Everett's Porsche{#14 in the previous photo} into Kwech. This is the answer to the mystery that I mentioned way back in this thread. Between Continental Divide and Riverside, the back of the #3 car changes appearance. It was damaged at this Crow's Landing race and quickly repaired before the Riverside event. Unfortunately, it then got written off at Riverside.
Keith

**CanAmBob** · #**624** (**permalink**) 11-04-2009, 06:52 PM

Steve Knolls Group 44 has great new photos from the 1996 Marlboro Trans-Am.

Steve has two great shots of the Winkler/Van der Vate GTA now owned by Scott Gray. This is the first GTA imported to America and the winner of the "refrigerator bowl" in January of 1966 at the same Marlboro track.

Here is the link which has lots more photos

Vintage Racing

**kengta** · #**625** (**permalink**) 11-04-2009, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by CanAmBob

Steve Knolls Group 44 has great new photos from the 1996 Marlboro Trans-Am.

Steve has two great shots of the Winkler/Van der Vate GTA now owned by Scott Gray. This is the first GTA imported to America and the winner of the "refrigerator bowl" in January of 1966 at the same Marlboro track.

Here is the link which has lots more photos

Vintage Racing

**wctouring#7** · #**626** (**permalink**) 11-05-2009, 08:15 AM

Steve is a great guy with some really cool photos and even better stories to go along with them.

**kengta** · #**627** (**permalink**) 11-05-2009, 08:22 AM

Here are some more pictures I found at the site Bob alerted us to.

**kengta** · #**628** (**permalink**) 11-05-2009, 08:33 AM

More Marlboro 1966. There are lots of other pics at this site of other O and U racers and the people involved at the time.

Ciao

kEN

bdmartinez · #**629** (**permalink**) 11-20-2009, 03:43 PM

Here are a couple of pics from the 71 Trans Am season that were provided through the Trans Am Amelia Island folks a few years ago.

A couple of ratty-taddy GTA's as both Lee and Ken are hustling their hotrods - I think it might be the Glen.

Second is Bert Everett with the his signature RHD GTA and school bus like steering wheel.

BTW - I'd greatly appreciate any pics of Ken's #8 GTA. He later (in 72') went on to team up with Bert and both cars were even rattier and yellow under the Bobcor banner. The #8 GTA competed at the runoffs in 70' (5th in CS) where it was owned and driven by John O'Malley of L.A. Ken later bought it and ran the 71' T/A season with original Jr livery (red with white strips).

Thanks,
Bernardo

**kengta** · #**630** (**permalink**) 11-20-2009, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bdmartinez

Here are a couple of pics from the 71 Trans Am season that were provided through the Trans Am Amelia Island folks a few years ago.

A couple of ratty-taddy GTA's as both Lee and Ken are hustling their hotrods - I think it might be the Glen.

Second is Bert Everett with the his signature RHD GTA and school bus like steering wheel.

BTW - I'd greatly appreciate any pics of Ken's #8 GTA. He later (in 72') went on to team up with Bert and both cars were even rattier and yellow under the Bobcor banner. The #8 GTA competed at the runoffs in 70' (5th in CS) where it was owned and driven by John O'Malley of L.A. Ken later bought it and ran the 71' T/A season with original Jr livery (red with white strips).

Thanks,
Bernardo