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Just heard it from Mexico City. But I will let the (NEW OWNER), make the announcement!....

Please tell us it's in good hands!

Rumours  everywhere at DAS drag day,so it was true then ;)

cheers richie,uk

Sweet! Can't wait to hear more.

--louis

It may not be who you are thinking of.

please do tell us more... one of the rumors is that it will go to america and not europe...

Yes, please let us know it is.......

Come on Dean, we need to know it's not gonna be turned into a fruit cart....

and the rumours said that the car go to houston  ???

I think it would be great if Greg Aronson bought it back  

I can tell you that it isn't Greg Aronson, Ron Fleming or Mike Hunsaker..... And it isn't Flat Four..... Hint: It is someone who has ties with Houston, Texas..... (that's not Whitney Houston by the way).

Lyle Cherry, or Shubee ?

I ll Bet Russell Bought It ;D ;D  He Ships threw Houston all the Time, ::) ::)  Come On Russell Spill the Beans ;D ;D ;D

Good news!! Hopefully we will see it race again soon!! :)

so long as its being looked after and gets on the track!

that car is just sooooo right!

I bet we will see it at EBI 2008  ;D

There seems to be many rumors going about...... my friend and associate in Houston, Arturo has i believe done a deal for the car with Grillos. We have many VW friends in our company and we all help each other out when it comes to the old cars, i hope to help build an engine for the car for him, he has been wanting to get an old race car for years and finally he has got one, great news.

However a deal is never done until the new owner has the car and the seller has the money, speculation and rumors can some time wreck deals ! Be careful !

Wow, that would be great to see the car on the track again!  Hope it works out for you.  :)  What a treasure!

Now a question.  Why is it that the car is called Tar Babe, but anytime I hear someone talk about it (including people from back in the day) they refer to it as Tar Baby ?

>:( >:( >:(......... :'(

To avoid this, I would assume:     www.blackcommentator.com/tar_baby.html

It is a derogatory epithet with a negative connotation.  It is also the name of a beloved character from the Song of the South.

Very interesting.... About the name of Aronson/Fleming's car. Corny is right, the sign on the car says B-A-B-E, but I am one that always called it B-A-B-Y! Mark Thurber used to get sooo mad when the announcer would call it "Baby". So much in society has changed since 1972. Remember Black Sambo restaurants? Yikes.

I hope the deal with Tar Babe goes well for "whomever". We all would like to see this awesome car restored correctly, and come back to the races once again.

Dean, do you know what the current condition of the car is?

Just another excellent adventure at Sambo's.

 8) 8) 8) 8)

 :D

i remember seeing a pic of it on the samba a year or 2 back?
was painted shiny black, with brm's i think it had red pinstriping arond the 1/4 panels, but didn't have any sign writing.

here're the pictures from the hot vws

i know this pictures she was in my hardrive too  :-*

Still one of the nicest chop tops ever. Anyone know who did the chop out of curiosity?

--louis

Here are some more from this site.

Here there web site

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.grillosracing.com.mx/vw/inicio.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%

I hope Carlos plans on restoring this car "EXACTLY" the way it was.
 ???

                                    The roof chop was done by Becker.

(http://www.grillosracing.com.mx/vw/MVC-266F.JPG)

(http://www.grillosracing.com.mx/vw/MVC-268F.JPG)

(http://www.grillosracing.com.mx/vw/vuelta.jpg)

it's amazing it has been raced until the late 90s and winning championships indeed!