Carmel Artomobilia

[markus37]

Last Saturday my Yenko Stinger Canadian Prototype was in an invitation only car show in a suburb of Indy. Shelys were the featured cars , so we were surrounded by Cobras and Shelby Mustangs.Each car made sort of a parade lap down Main Street on the way to our assigned space. We were about 20 ft. behind a 427 Cobra on the drive...all the spectators were stunned at the sound of the Stinger after seeing and hearing the Cobra. Warren D. and I reproduced the Gulf Oil Research headers for the car...long tubes, large dia. collectors , originally designed for Elkhart Lake with its high speeds. A lady came by asking about the car's Canadian history...said she was a good friend of Copo Pete.... had a nice visit with her. We ended up parked next to a 1920's Miller Indy car...forerunner of the Offy. Several million dollar car ! Very nice event.

[Keith Seymore]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: markus37</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Last Saturday my Yenko Stinger Canadian Prototype was in an invitation only car show in a suburb of Indy. Shelys were the featured cars , so we were surrounded by Cobras and Shelby Mustangs.Each car made sort of a parade lap down Main Street on the way to our assigned space. We were about 20 ft. behind a 427 Cobra on the drive...all the spectators were stunned at the sound of the Stinger after seeing and hearing the Cobra. Warren D. and I reproduced the Gulf Oil Research headers for the car...long tubes, large dia. collectors , originally designed for Elkhart Lake with its high speeds. A lady came by asking about the car's Canadian history...said she was a good friend of Copo Pete.... had a nice visit with her. We ended up parked next to a 1920's Miller Indy car...forerunner of the Offy. Several million dollar car ! Very nice event. </div></div>

I hate to be &quot;that guy&quot; - but - pics?

Sounds like a great event.

K

[sYc]

Sorry, as neat as they are, and I have owned a couple of Stingers, one, highly modified, not in the same league as a big block Cobra.

[markus37]

I have history with a 427 Cobra...growing up in McMurray, Pa. my neighbor across the road was Ed Lowther who raced his Cobra to a National Championship in A/Prouction in 1966, sponsored by Eger Motors in McKeesport, Pa. Ed introduced me to Bob Leitzinger whose son, Butch, has won the Daytona 24 hrs and had a successful career in Prototype racing and prompted me to Visit Yenko in Canonsburg, where I eventually spent most of the next 6 yrs.

[sYc]

Ed was a very cool guy. Met him at the first SCR and remained friends until his untimely passing. His stories about racing, including Cobras, were priceless, and very colorful.

[68l30]

Congrats on the invitation Markus [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] Must have been a heck of a show, nice to have a Stinger in the mix. I'd love to hear the sound of the Gulf research header.... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]




BIG

[markus37]

Re: Ed Lowther About 10 yrs. ago I was at a MidOhio Vintage race . It was a Thursday practice day, a mix of cars on the track.After the session, I walked thru the paddock, looking at cars. There was a mid-engine Genie/ smallblock Ford ( forerunner of the Can Am cars). I stopped to look at it in detail, the owner asked if I had seen one before. I remarked that it looked like Ed Lowther's old car that he raced before the Cobra. The guy jumped out of his chair and said &quot; How do you know that !&quot; I explained that Ed was my neighbor and I spent time in his garage !By the way, Ed won 2 Championships in the Genie, which had been driven by Dan Gurney and Pedro Rodriguez earlier in its life !

[JoeC]

Mark , is this your Stinger at 00.34 of this youtube vid?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YOM6JUwYk0

Ed Lowther was one of the drivers on the Yenko/Gulf Corvette Racing team and had one of the special order 1961 Corvettes from Yenko Chevy