Re: Motion @ MCACN
Lud Renner's<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold"> L88-powered Corvette Bronze Survivor <span style="text-decoration: underline">Original </span><span style="text-decoration: underline">Owner</span> 4K miles '68 Phase III BM RS/SS Camaro</span></span> was my favorite car of the show! Thanks for showing us the shots of this Beast Dan - great to see you and your bro.
The underside of this car is unbelievably clean and original with an awesome patina. I spent some time talking to Lud about his '68 and it was like he was telling the story for the very first time. What genuine enthusiasm. What a cool, cool, gent he was. He had to have Mom co-sign on the car and she was very concerned about safety features on the car, so Joel took Lud's cue and expounded on the metallic brake linings, safety glass, redundant brake lines, etc. in order to satisfy Mom's concerns. Lud's first trip to the track with his car was his 1st trip to the track with a car EVER! He drove the car on the road for awhile but soon came to the conclusion that the car was too quick and dangerous for this type of setting. So off to the track he went. He kept remembering the guarantee made by Motion for ll.5 quarters at 120mph. He remembers staging next to the other guy and "waiting for the green light". By the time the green light registered in his brain, the other guy had already launched. Next thing Lud did was dump the clutch and row the gears. When all was said and done, Lud had ripped off an <span style="font-size: 17pt"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-style: italic">11.6</span></span></span> on his first drag race he had ever run!
Thanks Lud for sharing your stories!
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Sam... 
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