Comments on: Shutter Speed: The new gang and the good times http://thegarageblog.com/garage/shutter-speed-the-new-gang-and-the-good-times/ The Garage: Your daily dose of automotive news, reviews and motorsports coverage Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:50:17 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: David Saville Peck http://thegarageblog.com/garage/shutter-speed-the-new-gang-and-the-good-times/comment-page-1/#comment-101389 David Saville Peck Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:09:30 +0000 http://thegarageblog.com/garage/?p=10646#comment-101389 I'll give John/Linda a dingle and let you know about John and his brother......Allan...It is very healthy to wake "up" in the night.....!!David I’ll give John/Linda a dingle and let you know about John and his brother……Allan…It is very healthy to wake “up” in the night…..!!David

]]> By: Gary Grant http://thegarageblog.com/garage/shutter-speed-the-new-gang-and-the-good-times/comment-page-1/#comment-100989 Gary Grant Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:25:39 +0000 http://thegarageblog.com/garage/?p=10646#comment-100989 perhaps one of the Rodwells can answer the Bjorn question. perhaps one of the Rodwells can answer the Bjorn question.

]]> By: Clem Simmons http://thegarageblog.com/garage/shutter-speed-the-new-gang-and-the-good-times/comment-page-1/#comment-100940 Clem Simmons Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:54:20 +0000 http://thegarageblog.com/garage/?p=10646#comment-100940 Allan, keep this blog going please. Could be a lot of fun. No, I never got my Healey, but I'm not dead yet. Don't forget the MGBs. Ferraris and Porsches are great. I have had a few Porsches but so far only one Ferrari. Sorry to hear Bjorn Cordts may be gone. I remember him from the early 60's when he hung around down on Main East and drove his 56 Mercury Monclair convertible. Maybe Johnny can fill us in. I don't think any of our old gang would have known him. I enjoyed tapping into the footage on the 66 Players 200 at Mosport. I was there. It was my first big race. I gave up on studying for final exams so I could go and I can honestly say that doing both has had lasting affect on my life. Allan, keep this blog going please. Could be a lot of fun. No, I never got my Healey, but I’m not dead yet. Don’t forget the MGBs. Ferraris and Porsches are great. I have had a few Porsches but so far only one Ferrari. Sorry to hear Bjorn Cordts may be gone. I remember him from the early 60’s when he hung around down on Main East and drove his 56 Mercury Monclair convertible. Maybe Johnny can fill us in. I don’t think any of our old gang would have known him. I enjoyed tapping into the footage on the 66 Players 200 at Mosport. I was there. It was my first big race. I gave up on studying for final exams so I could go and I can honestly say that doing both has had lasting affect on my life.

]]> By: Allan de la Plante http://thegarageblog.com/garage/shutter-speed-the-new-gang-and-the-good-times/comment-page-1/#comment-100024 Allan de la Plante Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:00:55 +0000 http://thegarageblog.com/garage/?p=10646#comment-100024 Hey there Bud! That is a great story on your personal time with Gilles! There are many stories just like this where Gilles would sit down with someone and just chat away. He was a regular guy that fame didn't get to. We would often sit and chew the rag about everything but racing. We talked a lot about cameras and that other thing that interested us, but that is still down the road in this blog. Everything about this is so new to me, you'll have to wait to let me catch up. The one other guy that was much like Gilles was another good friend in racing...David Murray of the Crazy Canucks. I have bought skis in the Crystal and have been to Kitzbuhel many times, almost as many as Monaco and that is 11! I'll get to that later. It has been quite a day for me and this blog. Great support from my old gang who are trying to keep me honest and to have David Saville-Peck of Can Am fame jump in with more stories just adds texture to everything. I look forward to more, but it is keeping me awake at night and my wife might start to complain a bit, but then again she likes it when I wake up at night! Best, AdlP Hey there Bud! That is a great story on your personal time with Gilles! There are many stories just like this where Gilles would sit down with someone and just chat away. He was a regular guy that fame didn’t get to. We would often sit and chew the rag about everything but racing. We talked a lot about cameras and that other thing that interested us, but that is still down the road in this blog. Everything about this is so new to me, you’ll have to wait to let me catch up. The one other guy that was much like Gilles was another good friend in racing…David Murray of the Crazy Canucks. I have bought skis in the Crystal and have been to Kitzbuhel many times, almost as many as Monaco and that is 11! I’ll get to that later.

It has been quite a day for me and this blog. Great support from my old gang who are trying to keep me honest and to have David Saville-Peck of Can Am fame jump in with more stories just adds texture to everything. I look forward to more, but it is keeping me awake at night and my wife might start to complain a bit, but then again she likes it when I wake up at night!

Best,

AdlP

]]> By: Bud Tucker http://thegarageblog.com/garage/shutter-speed-the-new-gang-and-the-good-times/comment-page-1/#comment-99985 Bud Tucker Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:51:23 +0000 http://thegarageblog.com/garage/?p=10646#comment-99985 Guess I started something when I commented about knowing john Cordts. Here's another odd little story that no one knows about. Maybe some of you may know that along with my ski shop in Toronto I had a European ski holiday company. I took skiers to Kitzbuhel In the Austrian Tirol for some eleven years. I would go to Europe each summer to arrange for the following winter's accomodation. In the process of doing this I was in Charles Degalle airport outside Paris, siting at a table sipping a beer, I mean coffee, when a rather short slim young man sat down at my table and ordered , get this, a Canada dry gingerale, which I must say seemed rather odd. In Paris for goodness sake! Of Course I inquired as to whether he might be Canadian and what he might be doing traveling in Europe at that time of year. Well, he explained he had been doing some tire testing in Spain or Italy I can't remember and introduced himsef as Gilles Villeneuve. We were both booked on the same flight back to Canada and spent a considerable amount of time talking about cars and car racing. He said someting I'll never forget.....He said he was very proud that every time he won a Grand Prix race he set a new World record....Because no other Canadian had ever won a Grand Prix race. I find it ironic that even to this day the record remains in the family as the only other Canadian ever to win a formula one grand prix is Gilles son Jacques. Bud T. Guess I started something when I commented about knowing john Cordts.

Here’s another odd little story that no one knows about.

Maybe some of you may know that along with my ski shop in Toronto I had a European ski holiday company. I took skiers to Kitzbuhel In the Austrian Tirol for some eleven years.

I would go to Europe each summer to arrange for the following winter’s accomodation. In the process of doing this I was in Charles Degalle airport outside Paris, siting at a table sipping a beer, I mean coffee, when a rather short slim young man sat down at my table and ordered , get this, a Canada dry gingerale, which I must say seemed rather odd. In Paris for goodness sake!

Of Course I inquired as to whether he might be Canadian and what he might be doing traveling in Europe at that time of year.

Well, he explained he had been doing some tire testing in Spain or Italy I can’t remember and introduced himsef as Gilles Villeneuve.

We were both booked on the same flight back to Canada and spent a considerable amount of time talking about cars and car racing.

He said someting I’ll never forget…..He said he was very proud that every time he won a Grand Prix race he set a new World record….Because no other Canadian had ever won a Grand Prix race. I find it ironic that even to this day the record remains in the family as the only other Canadian ever to win a formula one grand prix is Gilles son Jacques.

Bud T.

]]> By: Gerry Lang http://thegarageblog.com/garage/shutter-speed-the-new-gang-and-the-good-times/comment-page-1/#comment-99982 Gerry Lang Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:09:46 +0000 http://thegarageblog.com/garage/?p=10646#comment-99982 Sure miss my GT6, but my heart will always be with my Healey. Can't wait for the book, Al Sure miss my GT6, but my heart will always be with my Healey. Can’t wait for the book, Al

]]> By: David Saville Peck http://thegarageblog.com/garage/shutter-speed-the-new-gang-and-the-good-times/comment-page-1/#comment-99973 David Saville Peck Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:27:51 +0000 http://thegarageblog.com/garage/?p=10646#comment-99973 A blast from the past.........so good to chat to Allan again...!! We will relive and tell old stories when we meet again..soon I hope. Yes, John lives with his love Linda in Saltair a couple miles away. I saw Linda in town the other day but haven't chatted to John for awhile. He is healthy - having given up Motorcross at age 65 after too many sore limbs! He was inducted into the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame a couple years ago, but - typical John, he doesn't like crowds - so he didn't go to the presentation!! He did have a bother who lived in California who was a Porsche mechanic but I don't think he is still alive.........he was rather addicted to the booze.........!! When I saw Allan at the Indy Vancouver in 1996 he gave me his fabulous book on Gilles. Talking to him this morning reminded me of what he wrote in this book: " To David. It sometimes seems a long way from the "Days of Thunder" and Can Am. I will always remember you screaming down into turn four at Mosport. Days like those one never forgets....Thanks for the memories. Best wishes. Allan 1996 and my thanks to you Allan...........it still gives me goose bumps..........David A blast from the past………so good to chat to Allan again…!!
We will relive and tell old stories when we meet again..soon I hope. Yes, John lives with his love Linda in Saltair a couple miles away. I saw Linda in town the other day but haven’t chatted to John for awhile. He is healthy – having given up Motorcross at age 65 after too many sore limbs! He was inducted into the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame a couple years ago, but – typical John, he doesn’t like crowds – so he didn’t go to the presentation!!
He did have a bother who lived in California who was a Porsche mechanic but I don’t think he is still alive………he was rather addicted to the booze………!!
When I saw Allan at the Indy Vancouver in 1996 he gave me his fabulous book on Gilles. Talking to him this morning reminded me of what he wrote in this book:
” To David.
It sometimes seems a long way from the “Days of Thunder” and Can Am. I will always remember you screaming down into turn four at Mosport. Days like those one never forgets….Thanks for the memories. Best wishes. Allan 1996

and my thanks to you Allan………..it still gives me goose bumps……….David

]]> By: Allan de la Plante http://thegarageblog.com/garage/shutter-speed-the-new-gang-and-the-good-times/comment-page-1/#comment-99967 Allan de la Plante Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:36:47 +0000 http://thegarageblog.com/garage/?p=10646#comment-99967 I had a great chin-wag with David Saville-Peck this morning and anyone that saw him scream down into Turn Four in his Can Am car at Mosport will know what a brave man he is. Greatest sense of humour. He lived next to Johnny when he bought the property next to him on Vancouver Island. Johnny has since moved about two miles further up the road, but they stay in touch. I asked about the unknown brother and yes, there is a brother who David thinks does some Porsche work in California. He is building some wonderful cars that you must see and hear! His web presence is: http://super7cars.com/about.html AdlP I had a great chin-wag with David Saville-Peck this morning and anyone that saw him scream down into Turn Four in his Can Am car at Mosport will know what a brave man he is. Greatest sense of humour. He lived next to Johnny when he bought the property next to him on Vancouver Island. Johnny has since moved about two miles further up the road, but they stay in touch. I asked about the unknown brother and yes, there is a brother who David thinks does some Porsche work in California. He is building some wonderful cars that you must see and hear! His web presence is: http://super7cars.com/about.html

AdlP

]]> By: Allan de la Plante http://thegarageblog.com/garage/shutter-speed-the-new-gang-and-the-good-times/comment-page-1/#comment-99964 Allan de la Plante Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:01:52 +0000 http://thegarageblog.com/garage/?p=10646#comment-99964 Well I'll be darned! And all these years I thought they were one in the same! Johnny was the quickest of the two of that I am sure because I never saw the other one. Too bad you never got that 3000, but then again I guess owning a Ferrari or two is almost as good. Well I’ll be darned! And all these years I thought they were one in the same! Johnny was the quickest of the two of that I am sure because I never saw the other one.
Too bad you never got that 3000, but then again I guess owning a Ferrari or two is almost as good.

]]> By: Clem Simmons http://thegarageblog.com/garage/shutter-speed-the-new-gang-and-the-good-times/comment-page-1/#comment-99943 Clem Simmons Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:05:47 +0000 http://thegarageblog.com/garage/?p=10646#comment-99943 Allan, great stories and fun to relive some of the past. I remember all of these guys and a few more. From 1959 to 1965 I thought the only car I wanted was a big Healey 3000. There were two Cordts Brothers, Johnny and Bjorn. Bjorn drove a white and black 56 Mercury rag top. Johnny had sports cars. Bjorn moved out west in the 1960's but Johnny followed him in the late 80's after the racing was over. Allan, great stories and fun to relive some of the past. I remember all of these guys and a few more. From 1959 to 1965 I thought the only car I wanted was a big Healey 3000. There were two Cordts Brothers, Johnny and Bjorn. Bjorn drove a white and black 56 Mercury rag top. Johnny had sports cars. Bjorn moved out west in the 1960’s but Johnny followed him in the late 80’s after the racing was over.

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