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For Car Nuts, by Car Nuts: Racer's Attic Web Site Offers Rare Treasures.


DALLAS -- Following a late evening of pints and racing lore 1. Lore - Object-oriented language for knowledge representation. "Etude et Realisation d'un Language Objet: LORE", Y. Caseau, These, Paris-Sud, Nov 1987.
2. Lore - CGE, Marcoussis, France. Set-based language E-mail: Christophe Dony
, a group of automotive enthusiasts and vintage racing buffs The name Buffs can mean:
  • Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), a British army unit
  • Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes
  • Buffs Company, a Rifle Company of The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada that parades out of Dalton Armoury in Scarborough.
 launched a Web site named Racer's Attic. The site lets fellow automotive and racing memorabilia seekers buy and sell precious finds from across the globe. Buying, selling and browsing the timeless pieces can be done at www.racersattic.com.

"Racer's Attic was designed to give car nuts a place to connect and exchange truly exclusive pieces," said Phil Schroeder, founder of CAR'S THE STAR and an avid automotive enthusiast. "Prior to this site, automotive extremists, die-hard racing fans and collectors had no central location to purchase and sell these distinctive items outside of mass-production auction Web sites. Racer's Attic is stocked with Adj. 1. stocked with - furnished with more than enough; "rivers well stocked with fish"; "a well-stocked store"
stocked

furnished, equipped - provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority); "a furnished apartment";
 an assortment of collector pieces, fine art originals and prints, estate memorabilia and various other auto-related items."

Rummaging through the historic merchandise connects buyers and suppliers with numerous racing celebrities through the common love of automobiles. Items currently featured at Racer's Attic include original paintings by artist John Austin John Austin may refer to a:
  • J. L. Austin (1911–1960), a philosopher of language
  • John Austin (author), British author specializing in WWII propaganda
  • John Austin (legal philosophy), 19th century legal and political theorist who wrote 'An Essay on Sovereignty'
 Hanna, discontinued dis·con·tin·ue  
v. dis·con·tin·ued, dis·con·tin·u·ing, dis·con·tin·ues

v.tr.
1. To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon:
 prints by Bill Neale and a Shelby signed copy of "Remembering the Shelby Years: 1962-1969," a hardcover coffee table book chronicling the golden years Noun 1. golden years - the time of life after retirement from active work
time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state
 of racing legend Carroll Shelby Carroll Hall Shelby, (born January 11, 1923 in Leesburg, Texas) is an American racing and automotive designer and former racing driver. Life before racing
After graduating from Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, Texas, Shelby enlisted in the United States Army Air
.

Racer's Attic also looks to garner steering wheels, driver suits, blueprints, passports and even vintage race tickets. Other items will be packaged as sets to give the buyer the thrill of nabbing two or more limited pieces from the same artist, driver or automotive superstar. A forum is being added to the site and will allow enthusiasts to interact.

Racer's Attic features a photo, a brief description and the price of each collectable. The site retains a percentage of the total cost and forwards the remainder to the owner of the item. Sellers are not currently charged to list collectibles on the Web site.

About Racer's Attic

Racer's Attic (www.racersattic.com) was designed to give automotive enthusiasts and racing fans a place to buy and sell unusual pieces of automotive history. From original paintings to memorabilia and vintage parts, Racer's Attic is continually finding new treasures worldwide.
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