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Some more pics here of the former Bob Gagilano's black COPO in this thread...including pics at Steve Sandlin's (RIP my friend) SEMA party years ago


https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...t=sandlin+sema


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Some more pics here of the former Bob Gagilano's black COPO in this thread...including pics at Steve Sandlin's (RIP my friend) SEMA party years ago
That was a great party given by a great host. We miss you Steve!
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Absolutely...we had a blast, didn't we?
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Absolutely...we had a blast, didn't we?
Remember when Charley started up the Rolls Royce Merlin in the 55 Chevy and blew the pictures off the wall? Amazingly loud and you could feel it in your chest.
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Remember when Charley started up the Rolls Royce Merlin in the 55 Chevy and blew the pictures off the wall? Amazingly loud and you could feel it in your chest.
That was a great event. Glad I was in town to be able to attend and Steve was a great host. Anyone recall what year that was?
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That was a great event. Glad I was in town to be able to attend and Steve was a great host. Anyone recall what year that was?



Yessir...it was 2007. Check out this post. Love the banter that we used to have...


Pics are towards the end of the post. A few good folks that are no longer with us...posted in this thread:


https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...n+SEMA&page=14




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Yessir...I had video on photobucket at one time
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