It was a mild and sunny Sunday in South Melbourne when we went to visit George and Maggie at Python Vehicles.
When I first moved out of home with a couple of friends it was to a place in South Melbourne not far from Python and it was seeing Georges blue cobra and going in and talking to him that planted the idea that I could own one of these cars.
I have to say that I found the Python chassis, and in-particular the suspension, was a pretty good looking unit and hard to fault.
George had a couple of cars under construction that we were able to pour over
rear end
front end (in case you hadn't figured that out)
As with (practically) everyone else George is now using the LS engines on account of compliance - Personally I am getting over this and have found that they don't look that out of place (if you close one eye - and squint a lot with the other and sort of look in a different direction
)
At last look the python website was still showing the specs with the 4.6 quad cam (web site is worth a look to get a feel of the place)
http://www.python.au.com/main%20home.htm
We also were able to see the Schumacher Cobra (I'm sure there's some pithy ironic joke to be made about a cobra being commissioned for a Ferrari driver but I just can't find it)
George was happy to talk about the car and the circumstances that lead to the commission. To boil it down - he races one and the Ferrari guy was impressed with that...
George's racing and the subsequent racer development is reflected in the vehicles he produces.
old racer (about to be pensioned off) next to the blue car that first got my attention.
Maggie was her usual calm and gracious self - even bought back a bag of hot jam doughnuts from the local market for us to share
LoBelly
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