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Originally Posted by 750hp
Oops - so my recollection isn't too accurate then! Rick is who I was thinking of. Was Russ Clifford the Robnell distributor at the time? If not, I'm going to sit aside quietly and not add anything further to this thread!
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Most of the history I posted Craig was prior Russ Clifford distributing the Robnell.
The first demo car built in Queensland was a black car with the rear bulkhead upholstered as the seat backs but in a bench like form.
After the demise of Anaconda a John Smith of Wynnum became the RMC agent but his involvement with RMC came to an end when a friend of his wife regularly saw him driving a pretty young blonde from Tamborine around in the cobra. She (the wife) eventually took him to the cleaners.
In fact, when I was hunting for a cobra I was referred to John Smith and I arranged to look at the demo car. When I arrived at Johns place he showed me the black car all shiny in the shed but refused me a drive as he had just polished it and didn't want to get it dirty.
That ended his likelihood of a sale.
Rick Percival still had his Cobra, powered by a 302 with a small B&M on top. He dropped into my Company in West end one day and that's when I found out about the remaining three cars.