In addition to freelancing and prior to a “real” job, I had several jobs to pay the rent. One was restoring vintage race cars. I worked on 3, 427 Cobras and 2, 289 Cobras. In addition to those, I probably drove another dozen at the race track. One of the perks of being a grunt for rich guys is they let you drive their cars. If I look hard enough, I have a picture of a Cobra Daytona Coupe. Probably the rarest car I have ever driven.
Sorry, no scanned pictures of the Cobras (no digital cameras back in the day). But I did scan a picture of my favorite car I worked on, a Ford GT40 that came in third at Le Mans.
Here’s me working on it. Check out the sweet vintage (not at the time) Stussy hat.
