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Ken Miles?!?
So, in my search to learn more about the history of the Cobra, I've come across some "Elvis is alive in Kalamazoo", "Bruce Lee is alive and coming back" type of stuff...
Read this from Car & Driver article: The overriding question was why would Ken Miles, successful race driver, end up in the backwaters of Wisconsin, even if he'd managed to survive the terrible crash at Riverside? "He claimed to have been given a couple of million dollars by Ford to disappear," recalls Jones. "He said they didn't want a badly injured survivor of one of their car crashes to be in public. After moving to Hawaii, he told me his wife, Mollie, and son, Peter, became estranged and made off with his money." Jones attempted to get some answers from the likes of Carroll Shelby, who, when asked about Miles at the Monterey Historics, reportedly dropped a plate of food in shock and refused to speak about the issue. Phil Remington, Shelby's aide-de-camp during the Cobra wars, vehemently claimed that Miles had been killed, as did Shelby driver Bob Bondurant So exactly what is going on here? Says Jones: "Based on my years as a police officer, you have a sixth sense when people are covering things up. Frankly, I think there was a cover-up." As for this guy being Ken Miles, even Jones has reservations. "The ear lobes bothered me, as did the fact that he wore his watch on his wrong hand, according to the pictures of the real Ken Miles. That and the lack of an English accent and his erratic memory gave me real pause. But the guy was not a huckster. I absolutely can't say for certain, but there was something about him that said he was the genuine article." Is there any basis to this? Elvis and Bruce Lee were/are American, hell worldwide Icons. Other than the 12 of us here and a select few others, nobody has ever even heard of Ken Miles so why fake something with somebody who very few know who he is anyway? Seems sooo strange?!? |
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Ken Miles Alive and Well in Wisconsin? - Column - Car Reviews - Car and Driver |
I hope none of Miles' family, or any close friend, is made to endure this display of meaness. In claiming to give voice to a 'possibility' and couching that claim in the presumption of conspiracy by a large corporation, the suggestion Miles is alive shows itself to merit comparison with with undermining the respect owed a dead soldier for the 'reason' God, unlike American's, hates homosexuality. Giving voice to the idea is symptomatic of the speaker's inability to find himself in the company of other people before he learns their thinking. Offering the idea Miles is alive a place in a popular magazine strains to make the reader hear it as satire. Repeating the idea here is, if offerred in any but a misdirected attempt at humor, disrespectful.
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It was a Car & Driver magazine article. Do a search, there are other articles like it. How do you fault C&D or me for something claimed by an individual and investigated by a retired police officer. Seems very odd all the way around but for god sakes, don't get too full of yourself here... |
There was a guy that came forward in the early 1900's that claimed to be Billy the Kid. He was investigated and most thought he was not. But EVERYONE knows who Billy the Kid is...
This guy was likely a fraud too but why try to impersonate a fairly unknown guy? |
Ive just seen Ayrton Senna at Mcdonalds in Santa Cruz said was doing great flippin Gerhard Bergers...............
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WOW, we're a bit uptight.........
just so you know, my neighbor is the love child of Ken Miles and Judy Garland Jim Morrison attends his birthday every year |
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oh and the guy pictured in the article as being ken.....no way......ken was uglier than that when he was young. I don't think his taste would include an Amsoil cap with pins in it and a college t-shirt.......lol
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Perhaps you did notice this story was written by Brock in 2003?
I have heard this before.....so when he was injured he was taken to the hospital under an assumed name. And Ford paid the bill....and no one noticed? And of course all of the witnesses have been paid off or died an "unexplained, unusual" and handy death. Likely at the hands of the retired military people who silenced all of the Roswell witnesses........................ |
yes it was all very untimely because all of the players were already so busy working on the fake Apollo landing.
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C'mon Guys! These are icons from the past that many (or most) of you wouldn't have the balls to have done. Phil Hill, Miles...you going to start on Remington next? Who cares where they are now, really? They are a memory for all of us that cherish this heritage and should be respected as such.
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I wonder why a respected magazine like C&D wouldn't print that part of the story?!? Maybe I overestimate C&D when it comes to ethics... |
I think if Ken revealed himself as alive today he could make alot more $$$ alive than dead. Alot more. What would Ford do sue him for breach of contract???? lol
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