Kit Car Magazine on Run'nGun 2007

[john chesnut]

Thanks for the kind words about the Dragons. As I said the event is great and Paul and I had a blast. Paul and I, if possible like to drive our cars. I put 32,000 miles on my last
Dragon in 18 months!
Rick I have been on an eating binge since last year. At this rate I will be around 750lbs by the next Run n Gun! That ought to equalize everything. Good thing my cockpit is BIG!
Duane, I can't wait to see your highly modified Dragon, your new Lister recreation! I'm glad that you like the way the car drives and wish you the best of times in your new car. Thank you for buying our kit, for having faith in a couple of car freaks working out of our home based shop. John

[RICK LAKE]

John Chesnut John with a 383 stroker motor, Aluminium frame, vette suspension your new car is going to be fast, handle great, and duriable for the street and race track. I have added 20 lbs since R&G last Oct. Thank god for adjustable shocks. Looking forward with my crying towel at the new car. I don't think ERA will make an aluminium frame cobra for there cobras. It would be cool. I will ask the engineer at ERA about this. If you get TOO much faster than me at R&G, I am going to the SHOW and SHINE classes. Welcome to the CC forumn, John. Looking forward to Carlisle and R&G. Rick L. Ps I am going on a diet soon. yea right.

[RICK LAKE]

Clois Harlan Is there going to be an IRON BUTT award? Paul won it last year. 1,400 miles one way and drove home in the rain. He wins my vote and best competitor award for 07. Rick L.

[decooney]

Originally Posted by john chesnut

Duane, I can't wait to see your highly modified Dragon, your new Lister recreation! I'm glad that you like the way the car drives and wish you the best of times in your new car. Thank you for buying our kit, for having faith in a couple of car freaks working out of our home based shop. John

You are welcome John. Both you and Paul created a platform that I could really see us doing something with for my friend; and it's neat to see you continue to do the same with you own versions of the original. Great to see you guys doing well at R&G. It's easy to see how that is after driving one.

..probably a longer story for another thread, but I had been bugging my friend Kevin for years (who owns a Viper) to get a Cobra replica. He saw us all playing around right here on CC, but I just couldn't get him to do it. Then I came up with this idea of the Lister/Dragon project and customizing it to make it different / unique / maybe even a bit odd in ways. Also, having some extra room inside the cockpit and legroom was very helpful. We then took him out on a few runs one day, and surrounded him with several loud Cobras and one other Dragon, and that was it. Duane