Tribute to a Great Photographer

Wow.. just some great shots. Of course it doesn't hurt that they're shots of a Cobra. Thanks again to a great photographer, Scott Winterton of the Deseret News.

The Cobra project is coming along thanks to Shane Turner, Mike Williams, Cole Davis, Unique Auto Body, Roy Gregerson, Larry Johnson, David Kirkham and many others.

It's Cobra track day at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele.. Wednesday at noon. I'll be there!.. without my beast, but plenty of other Cobras to gaze at rocketing around the race track. Come join us and see some really cool cars while you're at it. AND.. don't forget that Larry has a really cool car collection you can check out. Here's some easy directions.

Google direction to Miller Motorsports Park

This Made My Day

What a treat! Dave Kirkham of Kirkham Motorsports in Provo just showed up this morning in front of my house. After reading about my circumstances, Dave Kirkham, and his friend and customer Dave Sandwich (spelling?), decided to take me for a ride in their Kirkham 427 Cobras.

Wow!!

Tiffany and I went, one in one Cobra and one in the other. Beautiful day. Beautiful cars. Breath-taking ride up Provo canyon all the way up to Sundance. I hardly said two words the whole ride... I just had a big grin and soaked it all in.

Thank you Dave & Dave.

A Race Worth Finishing

So many sweet things in life, yet so little time. Thanks again to Shane Turner, Mike Williams, Jeromy Weller & brothers, and my new friend Cole. My health is keeping me from finishing my dream father-son project with my dad to completely build a 1965 Cobra replica. But fate has somehow brought a team of new friends to help me get to the finish line.

Jacob Hancock and Scott Winterton of the Deseret News featured a very complimentary story about this new band of rogue muscle-car make-over enthusiast.

http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705292077,00.html

The Snake is Back!

A team of willing volunteers have assembled themselves for one purpose... to bring my '65 Cobra dream back to life. Thanks to Shane Turner and Mike Williams the Cobra has been brought out of winter storage and being preped for a rapid completion. When?.. Starts today and is estimated to be finished and road-ready in a matter of weeks. The picture above is Allen English's FFR Cobra which I've been using as model for period correctness. Below is my Cobra in it's current condition.. near complete.

My dad and I have been working on this "father-son" project since April of 2007. Our original goal was to build it in 90 days. Later that year, in November, I was diagnosed with more cancer. A cancer thought to have been dealt with a few years earlier. Today, after 7 surgeries and nearly 2 years later the Cobra remains incomplete.

Thank you Shane and Mike for the rebirthing of a dream.