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Resurrecting a Titan

Casey Annis

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The road was as straight as the crow flies without any trace of the slightest change of scenery. Driving down the long unwinding highway, in the late summer of 2013, my mind had the tendency to wander. Time was passing with the same speed of the desert tortoise I saw a few hours ago trying to cross the scorching pavement. Driving for hours with no one to talk to does put strange thoughts in your mind. “Weren’t you on a similar road trip seven years ago?” I asked myself. You see, I had found the lost Lola T-190 chassis #03 stashed in the basement of a home in Philadelphia. I was now reliving the emotional adventure this car had in store for me.

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Casey Annis
Casey M. Annis is the Founder and Editor of Vintage Road & Racecar magazine, as well as Editor of Alfa Owner, The Oily Rag and BMW Ultimate Classic magazines. He founded Parabolica Publishing in 1997 after a career in neurobiology. Along with his passion for automobiles, Casey is a long distance open-ocean paddleboard racer who’s competed over 10 times in the 32-mile Catalina to Manhattan Beach race and the 32-mile Molokai to Oahu race. Casey still contributes and writes about the world of vintage road and racecars and edits and curates the content for this website.
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