SAAC-32 Trip Report - Page 2

SLHetal · #1 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 06:02 AM

Ron,
Superb work. Please keep them coming!!
Sam

computerworks · #2 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SFM5S159

Ron,
Hi from Mike in Cincinnati!
So how many coupes made the show? I saw at least two.
I know this is the Cobra forum, but did you get any pics or counts on R-models? I could not make it, but thanks so much for the pics!
MC

Hi Mike....good to hear from you. Coupe round-up was a no-show..
...we had the two plus one I posted about...and that's it.

Just 2299, 2601 and the Willment... and they were all "local residents"

I did not get any info on the R-models there, sorry.

computerworks · #3 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 07:08 AM

Thanks for all the great feedback and messages...

I will try and post some more images today, as I process them.
Thanks to Erik, CSX2009, for some fill-in pics from the Hi-Performance Motors Show area, taken Saturday a.m....I'll get some of them up as well.

computerworks · #4 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 07:11 AM

I missed showing this one car in the previous portfolio...duh.

Not on purpose, since it is a pretty significant car...it was just because I have seen it many times and have done a few photo shoots of the car before.

Here is CSX2431, the Ken Miles car....

DavidinDurango · #5 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 10:42 AM

First, we gotta thank computerworks - man for the energy that went into the images and documentation. It was 98 air degrees, probably 100 and fifteen billion on the pavement - yep, hotter than the butt cheeks on a $3 hooker!

R types. To the best of my knowledge there was only one genuine R at the meet - pointed out by my friend Len who was racing. It was so plain and so hum drum that I may have walked right past in this arena of 30 or 50 (or more) GT-350s.

I have no images but the two most intersting cars were: a white vintage GT-40 and a little black '63 falcon T/A racer. For some reason I gravitate to the unusual cars at a meet.

David

Quote:

Originally Posted by SFM5S159

Ron,
Hi from Mike in Cincinnati!
So how many coupes made the show? I saw at least two.
I know this is the Cobra forum, but did you get any pics or counts on R-models? I could not make it, but thanks so much for the pics!
MC

1985 CCX · #6 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 10:54 AM

Ron,

I was not able to go this year however I feel like I made the trip after your report. You do our sport/hobby a great service and I want to thank you. The pictures are great especially those of the snakes.....

Thanks 1000x over,
Jeff

computerworks · #7 (**permalink**) 07-12-2007, 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SFM5S159

Ron,
Hi from Mike in Cincinnati!
So how many coupes made the show? I saw at least two.
I know this is the Cobra forum, but did you get any pics or counts on R-models? I could not make it, but thanks so much for the pics!
MC

Mike...

...I reviewed picture sets take by my buddy at SAAC, Bill Malone, and he did find an R-Model there...5R106

4pipes · #8 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 10:55 AM

Thanks for the great writeup and pictures. Next best thing to being there. Does that convention ever come to NorCal?

petek · #9 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 11:01 AM

Great pictures and commentary Ron, thanks for sharing.

You do have encyclopedic knowledge about Cobras, don't you!

VRM · #10 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 11:34 AM

Bloody hell!! A running Cooper Cobra!! I knew I should have gone!

Steve

Larry N Johnson · #11 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 12:29 PM

It was one great event.
But for me, meeting Ron in person was the very best part!!

Thanks Ron for showing the Cobras to me, especially the "details".

Hope to see you again soon. Kirkham also helped make it a good trip, too. Wonderful hospitality, great product, and easy to deal with people. Thanks, Kirkham for making this event fantastic.

LNJ

PDHse · #12 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 12:40 PM

Excellent job Ron, fantastic photos. I never get tired of seeing pictures of the Fliptop and of course King Cobras. Bet it sounded great.

My other favourite is the Ken Miles CSX2431 Cobra. Im lucky to have seen that car at Goodwood in 1997, awesome. Im sooo jealous though of you having seen the Dragonsnake. So many great cars, how can you pick a favourite? Paul

sidewaysinthird · #13 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 01:13 PM

Great pictures....

I loved seeing the street cars...

Thanks for all the hard work, even if it was great fun for you.

Mike

CSX2009 · #14 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 05:12 PM

To David:

Is this the white GT40 at SAAC 32 that you were talking about?

I'm assuming that it is gt40 p/1037 the Comstock Racing gt40?

1985 CCX · #15 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 05:43 PM

Ron,

Once again Thanks!
More pics of 3011 please................

Back to Sal's question: I don't think all comp cars came OEM with Raydot mirrors and certainly not all S/C's? I have a picture of 3020 with Tom Payne behind the wheel and the car has the std issue rearview. However 3002 and 3004 had Raydot? Were both correct? 3011 might be correct?

SAAC33? NHIS or LimeRock by chance? Hmmmmmm

Jeff

DavidinDurango · #16 (**permalink**) 07-12-2007, 09:31 AM

Yessir, that is the suspect!

It was sure great seeing all the old warriors out and about.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CSX2009

To David:

Is this the white GT40 at SAAC 32 that you were talking about?

I'm assuming that it is gt40 p/1037 the Comstock Racing gt40?

Trevor Legate · #17 (**permalink**) 07-15-2007, 03:41 AM

Thanks Ron - I shall now write out 1000 times "I did not attend SAAC32 because...."

Oh well, at least we have our Goodwood shindigs over here where the weather is usually cooler. We also have something called rain. Not sure I'll ever forget the incredible heat at the SAAC gathering at Charlotte in '98, so maybe rain is not so bad!

BMK · #18 (**permalink**) 07-15-2007, 04:32 AM

Trevor Legate

Trev,

I made the 31st and really enjoyed it. Looks like I may need to write my lines as to why I didn't make SAAC 32 also..

BMK · #19 (**permalink**) 07-15-2007, 04:33 AM

Computerworks

Ron,

Great photos, thanks for sharing. It was good to see some of the cars again.

hey,littlecobra · #20 (**permalink**) 07-15-2007, 06:43 AM

hey Ron. I read somewhere (maybe gasholes?) that somebody asked if there was going to be a tribute to Dick Smith at the banquet Saturday night. I think you replied something about you'd see that night.
Well on this thread you have pictures from the banquet, but I don't think I've read anywhere about a tribute to Dick.
At the Tulsa mid-America meet there was a nice tribute- I was wondering if they did indeed have one at SAAC??

thanks very much!
Kristen

hehe. as a 'guy' would post it, it would probably say "any tribute to Dick on Saturday night?"