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Mr. Shelby,

I saw my first Cobra at the Lake Garnet, KS race in 1963. I couldn't believe how fast those cars were coming across the dam. The team drivers came in 2nd and 3rd (Ken Miles) while a guy named Thompson beat them on his own. I was hooked. Then in 65 or 66 I got a two block ride in a TWA pilot's car down on Truman Road in Kansas City. I was double hooked. I intended to buy one when I got home from the Army but a wife and children soon put my dream behind me. It wasn't until I was 55 that I was able to finally realize the dream, if only in the presence of a replica in my shop. My thanks to you for one of the great pleasures in my life.