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Phil is doing fine. I saw and spoke with him at the annual ERA holiday (pre "break") year end party. He has a barn full of a life time of accumulated projects including an ol' 100 Healey that he raced (and actually won a race or two) "back in the day."
Phil and I got to talking about some of the ERA projects that he had on the shelf that unfortuately never saw the light of day; the RSK, the 904, GTMKIV, the Daytona coupe and of course the GS projects... all cars from a bygone ERA. His was, indeed, the vision. But the world (and most certainly mine) is all the better for the ERA427SC, ERAFIA and ERAGT.
The cars that ERA buiilds today are all very much a product of his zeal to build the very best cars that he, Bob Putnam and the merry crew at ERA could put together. Adam, Doug, Rob, Teddy and Bob have all continued to improve the cars since Phil retired, but it is all a reflection of Phil's effort and determination to build the "best."
Jim
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