Hans Stuck

[David Bishop <da6bishop@mindspring.com>]

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 17:04:42 -0500
From: Kiwi <enzeder@home.com>
Subject: Re: Hans Stuck the elder [was Left-Foot Braking.]

Yes.


At 01:15 PM 12/30/1999 -0800, Wallace White wrote:
>> Chris Dyer wrote:
>>
>> Hans Stuuck has nothing on my mom.  She's been left-foot
braking since
about
>> 1957.  In a Packard
>
>Speaking of Hans Stuck, I was interested to read recently
about the Auto
>Union 1936 or so Grand Prix racers, and to see Hans Stuck
mentioned as a
>driver. This was in a 1971 publication, too, probably
before Hans the
>younger was in the news. Is this a father/son pair?
>
>- Wallace
>  '87 5kcstq 161k
>

After seeing this post, I thought I'd mention meeting Hans
Jr. at Petit LeMans this year.
I took the pagefold out advertisement from Autoweek that
showed Audi's 'family tree', featuring a photo of Hans Sr.
driving a Silver Arrow. Hans Jr. had not seen the ad and he
studied it intently, then
signed next to his father's photo. I framed the ad and just
picked it up today.

I also sat in a TT coupe today to assess it's interior room
as a 'year-round' convertible. It seemed roomy enough
(especially as compared to the Alfa Spider I'm selling), but
I don't know how much trunk
space it will have as a cabriolet, and certainly the 'back
seat' will be lost to the top when it's down.
I decided that an A6 and a Spider needs to merge into one
car, one insurance bill, one maintenance
concern, a 'year round convertible' (it doesn't get that
cold in N.C.).

I also saw the A3 hatchback sitting behind Leith Audi in
Cary. Very sweet looking car. I wish they
imported it, makes other 'hot hatches' look lame by
comparison.

Happy new year everyone.

David
'89 Alfa Spider Veloce (for sale)
'99 Audi A6 2.8 Quattro