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Originally Posted by 1ntCobra
Hmm, a stash of unobtainable parts that nobody has heard of.
Did you see the Spring 2013 SAAC magazine? There is an interesting article about Bob Gingold becoming obsessed with acquiring all kinds of parts rare NOS parts for the restoration of CSX3133 over 39 years.
Here are some interesting quotes:
- "Ten round trips later, Gingold's 3,000 square foot basement and a couple of garages were filled with enough 427 Cobra parts to start a restoration business."
- "He became well known to the Cobra restorers of the day, like Mike McCluskey, Bill Kemper, Geoff Howard and Carter Gette. Most were willing to sell him a couple of what he was looking for but they realized they also needed to maintain an inventory for their own customers."
- "He found the correct bearings at a parts supplier in Paris, France. This bearing did not exist in the U.S. But he did not stop there. He went to the original factory in England and bought whatever inventory they still had."
- "For the last trip he took the passenger and rear seat out of his car and filled it with 120 complete pumps in the original boxes. He also got whatever odd parts were left over, plus two unique chromed pumps that were assembled for display at trade shows."
Do you suppose it is possible that with the restoration of CSX3133 complete that Bob might have sold part of his collection of NOS parts?
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Good find!.. Is Gingold still alive? If so why doesn't someone ask him or a family member what happened to the stash?
How about asking some of these other restorers? I'm not saying Carroll didn't have a supply of old parts as I am sure he would somewhere but enough to build 47 cars?
...that no one knew about????
I am just a little incredulous on that one.