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The Legend and The Late Night Host! Carroll shared the klieg
lights with North American TV celebrity, Cobra owner and "Tonight Show" host
Jay Leno at Cobra.Day.2000. Jay informed me
that he's installed a 427 'cammer' in his snake since I last enjoyed a spin
in it.
Above: This was the biggest & best-est "Cobra Day" ever, with (at Lynn
Park's last count) 82 original Cobra roadsters and 3 Daytona Coupes on display
(85 total Cobras), plus dozens of GT350s and GT500s, the original Gulf
Blue.#6 GT40,
and 2 or 3 very nice Sunbeam Tigers. Odds are you'll never witness this much
Shelby metal in one place in your lifetime. On the 2nd deck of the show (from
whence I shot this image), was a serious lineup of Dodge Vipers and dozens of
fine Cobra replicas. With the assemblage of Cobras and Vipers alone, the two
parking decks closely resembled the snakepit scene from "Raiders of the Lost
Ark."
Above &
below: The
2nd deck was reserved for Cobra replicas, Mustangs and Dodge Vipers (8 Vipers in
the photo below alone). That's Bob Shaw's (Operations
Plus) #33 car in the foreground above (it's a Unique
Motorcars 289FIA).
Above: That's all original 427 and 289 roadster metal.
That
gorgeous blue/red leather slabside 289 is the proud possession of Tom
Hansen of Los Angeles. The license plate reads "REAL.65". Hot-linked
image.
An
aluminium AC MkIV Cobra; note the triple wipers, lack of sidepipes.
Hot-linked image.
Lineup of
three Mike McCluskey Daytona Coupes, each built upon an original 289
chassis. Hot-linked
image.
The #6
Gulf Blue GT40. Hot-linked alternate
image (engine compartment).
In the
foreground, an original 289 USRRC racing machine; just above it on the
passenger side is Hank Williams' one-owner 289 slabside. Hank purchased it
in November, 1964! Hot-linked
image.
Jason
Len's (San Luis Obispo) exquisitely outfitted 4000-Series 427SC.
Hot-linked image.
Here's an
engine-compartment shot I took of a very nice blue 289 roadster. Note the
array of Webers, the spit & polished underhood appearance.
Unfortunately I was unable to ascertain the owner of this gem.
Hot-linked image.
...A few fotos with
Leno...
Hank
Williams (along with his one-owner 289 roadster, enjoying a moment of
talkin' Cobra. You can count on Hank to show up with his well-known Cobra
at every major Cobra get-together. Hot-linked
image.
Janet
& John Marshall of Newport Beach, with Jay. Hot-linked
image.
Superformance owner Dwight Van
Horne (of Santa Clarita) with Jay. Hot-linked
image.
Carroll
posing alongside Lynn Park's original 289FIA racing machine (one of the
five original FIAs); that's Lynn in his trademark Smokey-da-Bear campaign
hat, at the far left. The California Virtual Tours' camera/tripod
setup you see in the foreground is outfitted with a parabolic reflector
(which you can see clearly in the hi-rez hotlinked image), within moments
scheduled to capture the entire 360 image of Cobra owners surrounding
Carroll. Hot-linked
image.
On your
left that's AMP's (Accurate Machine Products) president and Cobra
owner/racer George Petrus, maker of fine Jaguar IRS assemblies; me on the
right. Photo by Steve Huete.
Team
Shelby: Cleo and Carroll during the autograph session. Photo by Steve
Huete.
Carroll's
Series.1
car was there. Alternate-view linked image by Stve Huete. Hot-linked
image.
A
magnificent black 427SC; we didn't ascertain who the owner is, but it
proved to be a certified crowd-stopper. Hot-linked alternate
image (engine compartment).
...and the Shelby 'Stangs were
there in force...
One of the
cleanest and straightest GT350s at the event; this '66 Shelby 'Stang is
the property of Jeff Wombacher of Irvine, California. License plate number
is "1.RARE.66." Hot-linked
alternate image (3/4 front/side view of car).
A fine
lineup of 1965 & '66 GT350s. Hot-linked alternate
image.
Left: This event (and each of the Petersen Automotive Museum's Cobra
Day events preceding it) wouldn't have happened without the extraordinary
toil and choreography of Trigo
Wheels' mover 'n' shaker Lynn Park.
How about
pausing for a moment and
your comments of
appreciation.