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Old 01-26-07, 09:10 AM
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Jay Leno's Garage and his Cosmo

Check out www.jaylenosgarage.com Nice site with a video of his L10B Cosmo. Shows his black RX-8 also!
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I'm willing to bet this is a repost.
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^^^ you said it nevertheless still a good site
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^^^ you said it nevertheless still a good site

Forgot to mention that I'm actually kinda disappointed that he didn't use the original engine.
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Originally Posted by dj55b
Forgot to mention that I'm actually kinda disappointed that he didn't use the original engine.
i'm not. as far as i'm concerned it's not my junk...
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I hadn't seen the site yet. Thanks, John.
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Here's the 2nd video - on the engine:

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/...ml?vidID=52423
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Great site! Thanks for posting it John. I've never seen it before.
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Originally Posted by vaughnc
Here's the 2nd video - on the engine:

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/...ml?vidID=52423
LOL. Did anybody besides me notice that when Jay was doing the demo on how the rotary engine works he was turning the rotor in the wrong direction?
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Originally Posted by vaughnc
Here's the 2nd video - on the engine:

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/...ml?vidID=52423
LOL. Did anybody besides me notice that when Jay was doing the demo on how the rotary engine works he was turning the rotor in the wrong direction?
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jay leno was in town this past week, i should've hunted him down and asked about the car lol, there's always next year depending on if he comes.
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never seen it before nice clip
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on the car channel i forget the name of it..they were driving it one day jay leno and the car channel guy..it was cool seeing them show and drive it for a half hour,plus they got into rotary engines when they were first built the whole thing..
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Originally Posted by dj55b
Forgot to mention that I'm actually kinda disappointed that he didn't use the original engine.
I'm pretty disappointed he doesn't own an FB.
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Originally Posted by Sobr609
on the car channel i forget the name of it..they were driving it one day jay leno and the car channel guy..it was cool seeing them show and drive it for a half hour,plus they got into rotary engines when they were first built the whole thing..
SPEED CHANNEL..duh!!!!
i cant believe i couldn't remember the name when i wrote the post
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did anybody else notice the jet bullet bike?
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I saw that as well on speed channel. It was on the show with the dude with the crazy moustache, "my classic car". Good episode!

Nice website as well, Jay Leno is one awesome guy!
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