Yesterday’s comments of note You Should Know
A few of the comments that stood out to us yesterday:
“This Land Cruiser was originally purchased by William “Bill” Gruenerwald, a geologist, engineer, oil and gas operator, and ranch owner with a remarkable background. A Northwestern University graduate, Gruenerwald worked internationally evaluating mineral deposits and, during World War II, was assigned to the Manhattan Project to research uranium deposits in the American Southwest and abroad. He later spent approximately 40 years as an independent oil and gas operator, drilling and operating…”
“A symphony of engine and exhaust! Given the size of the 440 (and 383s they also built), they were unable to fit power steering or brakes in the car. As show in the video, you can steer the car with the throttle!
As for the color, this is one of the best shades of green and suits this car perfectly.”
“One owner is an extremely rare car. A small group of us starting tacking all the Zanardi’s when they came out. We used to communicate on the old NSX listserv, and then everything moved to Lud’s nsxprime.com. Our spreadsheet had 51 Zanardi’s on it and I still have a hard copy.
In addition, back in 2008 I pulled all 51 carfax’s. Even then there were fewer than 10 original owner cars. Two of which had never been reregistered, and one of those was known to have a supercharger…”
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