[NorthernPlus]

My first Cobra encounter.... For me, Carroll first appeared on the scene when the 260 cube Cobras appeared. I was in college then. Shortly thereafter the 289s made their appearance. I was walking by the Union building at Purdue on a Saturday football weekend on my way to a Saturday morning class. A young married couple pulled up in a white Cobra and parked it in one of the 3-4 parking spots that were available on the side entrance. I stopped and commented on the car. The husband proudly told me about the car. They were putting the tounneau cover on the car as we talked. Then they walked away. I turned and made a long walk across the street. As I reached the distant curve, I heard a loud gunning of an engine. I turned to see the husband back in the parked Cobra. The only thing I could think of was that the guy who sold it to them must have told them to clean the engine out before shutting it down, and they forgot. The first among many who never knew what the hell they had bought.

Always a showman, but could he ever sell just using common sense. A true man for the ages, and he lived in our life time. Won a few races too!!

All the best always, Carroll

Norbert