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Originally Posted by flipper35
When done the guy asked my son if he was ready to do the next one and he said maybe. He did watch closely the whole time.
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Weismann transmissions are in both my racecars.
They have a long history in racing.
In the early 60s Ms Weismann was single and dating Phil Hill, she worked as the lead scoring person for Ferrari at the races.
Important job before transponders.
Ford hired her because she had inside knowledge about Ferrari racing.
At Ford Mr Weismann had been hired to fix the GT 40 drivetrain issues that led to the dismal first Le Mans attempt.
So the two met and married at Ford.
They had 2 sons that today still run the Weismann transmission business.
Recently the two sons told me a story of back in the Can Am days in the early 70s.
They were at a Can Am race at Riverside and one of the big Can Am teams had a broken Weismann transmission and asked Mr Weismann if he could repair it at the track.
He said yes and sent his two teenage boys to repair the trans in the pits to the embarrassment of all the adults on the race team.
