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In 1968 while a freshman in college in north Alabama my then girlfriend (later wife) went to the same school and was originally from Birmingham, AL. On weekends we would often stay at her home, hangout, do laundry, go with friends to SCCA races, bass fishing, etc. Her father was the southeast US sales manager for British Leyland, so we often had a new Jaguar E type or Triumph demonstrator to drive for the weekend. Her next door neighbor was the owner of Birmingham's largest Ford dealership at the time. That family was into racing and quite often their driveway had a Shelby GT 350 R, or a racing Cobra and on two occasions I remember a white GT-40. I'd walk across her front yard and right up to some of the most beautiful machinery on earth....to me. My car at the time???...an ex-Alabama state trooper 1962 Plymouth two door. Ran like a striped ass ape!!!
Sam