[snakeeyes]

Cal is correct re: Hugus and Le Mans in '63. Hugus/Jopp drove the white Cobra which dnf'd, while Bolton/Sanderson (with Stirling Moss as team manager) did impressively well for a car that was largely stock save the wheels, side vents, hardtop, and fuel filler arrangement.

I have never heard or read that cars were actually completed in Pittsburgh. Perhaps it is a reference to Hugus' preparation of the Le Mans car, although memory seems to suggest that both '63 LM cars were prepped by AC.

I also seem to recall that Cobras incoming from England were shipped to the Port of Los Angeles; it wouldn't seem to make much sense to then ship them 2/3 of the way across the country for completion when Shelby was right there in L.A.

Ed did have one of the first Cobras on the track; at Nassau 1962, which Cal mentioned, I think the Cobra entry consisted of the very first Cobra made (entered by Shelby) and Hugus' car. Perhaps that is what the article was suggesting--

Bob