[Ford of France]

Jim Bartlett owned the Staver car--the one that is for sale at BJ. My car was formerly owned by Jim Riopelle of Denver, Colo. Both Jim and Steve have run a number of years together at Elkhart. They share paddock space with Doug Karon who owns or used to own a number of BoCars.

They are all good friends. Bartlett, as a kid, knew the families that built the cars (the names that I listed above). His parents were good friends of the builders and they belonged to the same Country Club in Hibbing, Mn. which is on the Iron Range.

I have a picture of Jim's mom with one of the owners in the Echidna, sitting outside in the parking lot at the Country Club, cigarette in hand with all these huge 50s Lincolns and Cadillacs parked in the background. What a sight.