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-------Yup, Im pretty sure of that. We sponsored that auction so many of our cars were there. I drove our GT-40 from Hinsdale up 294 to O'Hare for that auction. Scared the poo out of me as it overheated twice. One bank of the sidedraft Webers slipped out of sinque and half the engine was running lean! It was one of the first GT-40s to run at Le-Mans the 1st year Ford and Shelby ran. We found the car in a garage in La Grange. The car broke at L-M as did the other two (I think) because of the Coletti transaxles.
-------I sure hope that Nova is still around and in the same condition, as it was absolutely the finest Nova I had and have ever seen.
-------As a sidebar, That auction was the first time I ever laid eyes on Red Alert. I wanted it then but never got it until 1990.
-------Dont believe there was a Cheetah at O'Hare, but since we were Brian Angliss's (owner of AC Motorcars back then) representative in the US there might have been a Cobra repop there. It seems to me that we werent doing the Cobras until 1979/80 time frame. Maybe it was the very first one we brought in to the US. It was a red 289 bodied street version that ended up in south Florida in a large collection of another special friend, Bob Gittelman. Bob has passed away, but he was a real car guy and an absolutely 1st class human being. I hope some of you had the pleasure of knowing him and his wonderful wife.
-------Speaking of Cobra repops, does anyone remember our display at the Chicago Autoshow that one year?
-------Its great that there are a few of you out there that were there having fun along with me. I keep repeating myself when I say "what a time" . I know this has gone off the track. Hope no one minds too much.......Bill S

-------Oh! The GTO....Was it red with black gut and black V-top? That was my driver for a couple of months!!!