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09-09-2010 02:09 PM #1
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Hi Uncle Bob,thanks for the story and photos. Is your neighbour Tony Haliday by any chance?? I knew some Haliday brothers from here in Auckland that built,raced and maintained race cars of the same as that type. Another person that I had the good fortune to meet before he passed and was so knowlegdable was John Olsen who use to work for Carrol Shelby building Cobra's. He was the most amazing bodyman creating aluminium bodied Cobra's
which when he returned home to NZ he continued to do with permission and exported genuine ali bodies to the USA. One of his last projects was a Coupe just like the one in the photo I believe. I saw the bucks he was making to form the body panels on on my last visit and some of the front panels he had already formed. I am also aquainted to Charlie Wallace whose brother lives and works in the US somewhere who is a engine buider of some fame I believe.I maybe a little crazy but it stops me going insane.
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09-09-2010 09:24 AM #2
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The back fenders of that Aceca coupe remind me of a 51 Henry J.
Thanks for sharing the pictures.Scott
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09-09-2010 10:27 AM #3
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Great story Bob thanks for sharing Don
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09-09-2010 03:16 PM #4
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Thanks for the info, Bob! I'd heard of the cars before, never have seen one! The huffer on the SBF certainly did catch my attention!Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
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09-09-2010 04:51 PM #5
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No whip, his last name is Garmey. That's him in the green Tshirt in the background of the Devin. He's acquainted with another Cobra industry Kiwi who's been here a long time, Ron Butler who used to work for Shelby and has been in the Cobra replica business for decades.Your Uncle Bob, Senior Geezer Curmudgeon
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09-10-2010 02:18 AM #6
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Hey,thanks for the pix uncle Bob,,some interesting stuff in there,for sure..Didnt know about the v8-60 Ardun heads either,,bet they worked well in those little engines..
These Kiwis pop up everywhere,dont they..Seen any mountain men from Rahotu in your travels lately???
They whizzed[sorry,wrong word,probably]thru the bottom of South Dakota,last week.
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09-10-2010 05:44 AM #7
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No Robin, no sign of Johnboy.........................but I'm hiding from Rosie anyway............
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09-10-2010 05:51 AM #8
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Great pics Bob, Thank you for sharing!
Any companies buiding that cobra body that you know of? Would make a great driver being enclosed.
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John's ride to the cemetery, his beloved Billings OK bus, The Baby Elephant!! Traveling in style!! As his service was starting I couldn't figure out what the music was, heavy on a flute in a jaunty...
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