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01-04-2003, 07:17 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Lake Havasu City, AZ,
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Image Auto Works
Picked up the Image body on Thursday.
Looks pretty damn good, Body seams are great, not much sanding! I will try to post a few pix.
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01-04-2003, 09:14 PM
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Location: San Diego,
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That's great. Good luck.
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Bill Malone
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01-04-2003, 10:35 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Chicago,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 454 S.O.
Posts: 1,684
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Good deal.
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Jeff
“If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough horsepower.”
Mark Donahue
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01-04-2003, 11:05 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Northern California,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: -Sold- Contemporary 427S/C # CCX-3152 1966 427 Med Rise Side Oiler, 8v 3.54:1 Salisbury IRS, Koni's.. (Now I'm riding Harleys)
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As it happens.. Don Borders (Image auto works) built my car for himself back in 1988.. Thats like 1000 dog years in this business and I always wanted to meet him (I'm the 4th owner) I had spoken to him briefly over the past year getting info. on my car he had no obligation to provide and he was always busy but very gracious taking the time to help me as he could (he hadn't owned this car for 9 years..)
During those talks he always told me to stop by if I were ever in his neighborhood, but his neighborhood is 700 miles away.. As it happens the Saturday after Thanksgiving I was in Palm Desert and I took him up on his offer.. Unannounced..
The Image Auto Works shop is Immaculate. The work areas are filled with beautiful Cobras in various stages of completion all of which were show quality. Don showed me his shop, paint booth and garage area.. It was all first rate.. None of this he expected to do, nor did he need to do.. I wasn't there to drop 30k on a kit or spend 3k on a set of wheels.. I did buy a slave cylinder.. $40. BFD... Actually one he was going to put on another car.. He didn't need to sell it to me, but he did.. It was more than I could have hoped for.. I have seen some nice garage areas in NASCAR, F1 and CART.. But his was among my favorite..
I would be hard pressed if you were to ask me whether I wanted to spend a day geting paid to wrench in any of those or work for free at Image Auto works which I would choose.. I think I would choose the latter..
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michael
A man that is young in years, may be old in hours, if he have lost no time. But that happeneth rarely. Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second. For there is a youth in thoughts, as well as in ages... Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
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01-05-2003, 02:39 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Portland, OR area,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary CCX33868 Sold. Just "playin' the boards now."
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From all that I've heard, Michael's report is just what I would have expected.......a class operation for a class car from a class guy.
Thanks Michael.
Al
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01-05-2003, 09:17 AM
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Location: San Diego,
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I've been to Don's shop many times and it is as described. Don does some great work; from painting to engine building. For me, the best part is he will take time to talk to you and answer a lot of questions--no strings attached. For a guy like me who aks a dozen questions a month, that's a good deal. 
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Bill Malone
Gashole
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01-09-2003, 09:08 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Northern California,
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Cobra Make, Engine: -Sold- Contemporary 427S/C # CCX-3152 1966 427 Med Rise Side Oiler, 8v 3.54:1 Salisbury IRS, Koni's.. (Now I'm riding Harleys)
Posts: 2,567
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Next time you are at Image Bill take a look at my car on the poster taken at Riverside Raceway.. It's on the office wall as you face the garage way up on the left... Old pic but very cool..
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michael
A man that is young in years, may be old in hours, if he have lost no time. But that happeneth rarely. Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second. For there is a youth in thoughts, as well as in ages... Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
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01-09-2003, 10:24 PM
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OK Mike.
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Bill Malone
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CSX4786
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