Hot Rods the Hot Rod origins of the Ford & Shelby Le Mans effort

Hello All!

I am the archivist at The Cobra Experience in Martinez, California

One of my pet projects is to research the origins of all the people who made Ford's Le Mans effort a success .... especially close to my heart are the Hot Rodders!

So, why don't we start a thread depicting how all of our heroes got started

Phil Remington was a Santa Monica Low Flyer, to start this thing off

dates, stories and any related images encouraged

-Brian Weatherman, archivist
Brian@CobraExperience.org
www.CobraExperience.org


and below is a recreation of
Phil Remington's Lakes Modified


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Phil Hill was a rodder, I have a few photos in my collection, this is his roadster pickup.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/media/phill-hills-pkup.7293/full?d=1399675394

I have 1 more with him in the Hot Rod, I will find it.

 

The lead photo had the negative flipped when it was printed.

 

The very first Shelby Cobra, CSX2000, was built in Dean Moon's shop in Santa Fe Springs, CA in 1962.

Carroll Shelby got his first ch***is from AC Cars in Great Britain and hired some of the Moon staff to install the Ford 260 V8 in it.


Mooneyes is still at the same location.
https://www.mooneyesusa.com/

 

not so fast, first one was built in the'Burgh Who built the first Cobra, and where? - Brock Racing Enterprises

 

I used to attend a men's hot rod bible study until my hours at work changed. Afterwards we would go into the shop and work on each others cars. Richard had an AC Cobra and Dean Moons shop did the engine it. It was a 63 low numbered like 8? We freshened up the engine and installed it in the shop after bible study over several weeks/months. Richard let me take it out for a spin, what a blast to drive.Richard p***ed away and I don't know what ever happened to it.

 

Wow cool history
Dan