Researching any info re: Paul Cunningham, Competition Cobra privateer

[Nedsel]

The current owner of 2049 is indeed Lanse Hasselrig. He bought it from Ann Abiden. He is partners in the car today with Rick Wesselink, as Hasselrig lacked the funds to repair/ restore the car on his own. As for the 2008 registry, apologies for the mis-information. We were given a very thorough report on the car by an individual who worked for the FBI and performed DMV research, and he submitted his report shortly before the 2008 book went to print. We altered what we thought we knew based on his assertions, absent sufficient time to double-check his report. What none of us knew at the time was that said individual had a brain tumor that was rendering rational thought impossible for this individual. And he had an agenda which included an effort to subvert the car's true history in favor of an acquaintance who wanted to purchase a clone and have it legitimized. We have since corrected every bit of data.

[1985 CCX]

In support of Ned.

Getting the facts on any of these cars is always an adventure.
Most of the original players are passed and the ones left don't recall 100%. Same deal with AC MKIV, my facts are from people that were there recalling facts from 35 years ago; as I was just a boy in that time period. The Cobra is even more difficult as "in the day" was now 56+ years ago and they are a million dollars in value. Now trying to correct and decode the what was remembered and the actual occurnaces is the mission and unfortunately it may take a few turns in that process.

In the end the most accurate story is what we all want for these registries.
Great Job to all that pull facts together.
It's a thankless job for the most part.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Nedsel

What none of us knew at the time was that said individual had a brain tumor that was rendering rational thought impossible for this individual. And he had an agenda which included an effort to subvert the car's true history in favor of an acquaintance who wanted to purchase a clone and have it legitimized.

Well that certainly sounds unusual. How often does this sort of thing happen?