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[fxef79]

Originally Posted by Nedsel

The owner simply prefers to remain anonymous. These days, that spares one from a fairly constant barrage of phone calls and notes asking if he might be ready to sell.

^^^^^ This.

Having spoken directly to the owner on the phone, this was certainly part of the request. Their privacy is just as important as yours. Also, 1960's UK/US vehicle technology is pretty easy to steal... nowadays it's so easy to find someone's home address that exposing this information can make them a target for theft.

I did hope to get more recent pictures, but haven't heard from them lately. Honestly, my only basis for communication with them was that I shared publicly the information that my father owned the car in the early 70's, and they reached out to me. I'm not going to pester them for details... it's their car and their life.

[fxef79]

FWIW, I did get permission from the owner (some time ago) to post some pictures he sent me from during the restoration. These were taken some time in 2009. I've been slacking and haven't uploaded them since he sent them to me 2 years ago!

Rather than try to upload each one to this forum, I put them on my own gallery, you can see here:
Shelby 289 Cobra

Go to the last 7 images in that album. I've blacked out some information that might be identifiable as to the location these were taken.

[Bernica]

Originally Posted by fxef79

^^^^^ This.

Having spoken directly to the owner on the phone, this was certainly part of the request. Their privacy is just as important as yours. Also, 1960's UK/US vehicle technology is pretty easy to steal... nowadays it's so easy to find someone's home address that exposing this information can make them a target for theft.

My attorney gave me same advice as well as advised not to post pics of your car showing the license plate numbers. Some unruly folks out there can use that to find out where the car is, or close anyways.

Great find! I hope things turn out where you can visit the car someday.