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ANNE MARIE AND COBRA— POST JULY 4TH

tom — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:16:40 +0000

Anne Marie is posing with her and her husband’s 1966 Cobra replica. They spent all morning participating in a 4th of July parade in another town and then drove to Kingston. They arrived at the show at about 2:00 pm. Riding around in unaircondition, top down convertible on a 93 degree day can leave even a gorgeous girl looking a little worn. But Anne Marie, being the nice lady she is, agreed to pose and we got the pictures. I subsequently sent the pictures to Anne Marie and her husband. The husband said the pictures didn’t show how gorgeous Anne Marie was and could they get a reshoot. Sounded great to me. About two weeks later in the cool of the late evening we have the the real Anne Marie.

The Cobra has 351 c.i., 350 hp, Hooker Headers, 650 Holley carb, 4sp

2011 Smokin’ the Water, 2012 Smokein’ the Water, Kingston, Tn.

Summer 2010 East Tn. Region SCCA AUTOCROSS

tom — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 04:21:12 +0000

If you live in a metropolitan area with 250,000 people or more, more than likely there’s an autocross going on in your area every weekend during the warm season months. It’s fun to go watch the racing and to mingle among the participants and their cars. Be careful though, you may get hooked. What is an Autocross? It’s an empty parking, lots of pylons, timing devices and one car at a time.

Lead picture: Terry Kehen on course with his 1996 SS Impala

Gallery picture 1: Lotus Exige

Gallery picture 2: 1947 MG TD

Gallery picture 3: Corvette Z06

Gallery picture 4: Brandella

Gallery picture 5: James and Kim Simmons and their Cobra

BRITTNEY, COBRA and SPOUSES — Autocross

tom — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:26:04 +0000

The Cobra Brittney is posing with, is owned and was built by James and Kim Simmons of Luttrel, Tn. When I put Kim’s name in there as a builder it was not a token. From my conversation with the two of them it was clear that Kim was a true 50% participant in the build. Kim has never driven the car and was so flattered that Brittney was posing with their car. We should all be as good a spouse.

When I ask Brittney to pose I didn’t know that her husband was driving in the autocross. We were walking across the parking lot to the Cobra and this guy hollered “What are you doing Brittney?” Brittney said “I’m having my picture taken.” He replied in a semi-angry tone “WHAT! WHY! Brittney said “Because I want to.” I ask Brittney who the guy was and she told me not to mind that it was just her husband. As it turned out the husband was a good guy but kept a close eye on the shoot until it was his turn to drive. I hope we didn’t mess up his lap. Brittney has some really good pictures in the gallery and she has some really, really good pictures in the gallery. I want to thank Brittney and her spouse.

SARAH — Oh great, her Dad’s a Professional Photographer

tom — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:33:14 +0000

I’m an opposite professional photographer. Pros get paid to take pictures, I pay to take pictures. I’m about $3,000.00 down on this web site. Her Dad is going to look at these pictures and say what the heck does this guy think he’s doing. Anyway Sarah is gorgeous and as far as I’m concerned any idiot could take a great picture of Sarah. I’m living proof.

The 1965 Cobra is owned by Mark Cubberly. He has had the car for about two months. The Cobra was built by Superformance. Superformance is licensed by Carroll Shelby to build the Cobra replicas. The cars are built in South Africa and then shipped to America sans the engine. For specs on the car see the gallery page

MICHELLE

tom — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:09:26 +0000

Ok you see the picture, what else can I say. Michelle makes Kim Kardashian look a plain Jane. Michelle was at the show with her Dad. Their family had recently moved in from Missouri where Michelle had just received her master’s-degree in fashion merchandising. Michelle is posing with Kent and Trudy Dinnhaupt’s 1992 Cobra kit car and there is one picture with Michelle with her Dad’s 2006 C6 Corvette, more on the Cobra in the next post.

KENT and TRUDY DINNHAUPT’S COBRA

tom — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:43:47 +0000

Several Several years ago Kent was in the business of selling and building Classic Roadster Kit Cars. In 1992 Kent built this stunning Cobra as a show and go shop car. As stunning as the Cobra is the most interesting thing about the car is the engine. The engine is a Ford 358 c.i. , 550 hp NASCAR engine. It was built in 1992 by the same shop that supplied engines to Alan Kulwicki’s NASCAR team that won the Winston Cup championship that year. The Dinnhaupts drive the Cobra on the street all the time and the only problem they have is finding the high octane racing fuel the engine requires. For any of you local Knoxville Tn. folks you can get racing fuel at the Pilot station at the intersection of Northshore and Pellissippi Pkwy