Re: HaPPy BiRtHDay "olredalert" Bill Stephenson
----Thanks to all! Dan, its a distinct pleasure sharing the day with you. The Brainbeau car pictured is indeed the "Woodland and Andresen" 4-speed car. They became real stars after procuring the Smothers Brothers sponsorship, but were a real threat in C-stock from the very beginning with their 65 442. I believe that my W-30 was ordered to explore the possibility of racing in C/SA, but there was never time before Brainbeau Oldsmobile closed its doors in 1967, and my car was sold. The team then moved over to the better known Berejik Oldsmobile and made more Olds history for several years. Andresen passed away many years ago but Woody is alive and, I believe, living in Florida. It had a relatively hard life, but was never a professional race car. Im about 90% done with it, but I just have too much fun in the summer with boats to finish it up. Hopefully it will get done this winter if another boat resto doesn't get in the way. Ill try to send someone some pics this week. As you all must have guessed, I am completely clueless when it comes to computers......Bill S
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