Hi All,
Bob Stadel now owns the Ambro. He is out of Lancaster, PA, and is slowing
getting the car sorted to his requirements. I have had many fine races with
him in his Volvo P1800 prior to his purchase of the Ambro. He raced the
Ambro at PVGP in July after VIR in June. I have given him some photos of
the car when Bill owned it and it was green/yellow, so no need to forward
these.
Jeff Snook
http://www.snooksdreamcars.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "mordy dunst/ gasket works" <gasket.works@verizon.net>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 9:28 PM
Subject: Bill Ames / Ambro photos
> http://fot-racing.com/historic/index.html Fourth row down
>
>
>
> Thanks to Don Elliot who wrote the following ....
>
> "The only time I met Bill was in 1996 at Mt. Tremblant, Quebec, about 100
> miles north of Montreal. Mt. Tremblant is the track where they held the
> Canadian Formula 1 Grand Prix for years, alternating every other year with
> Mosport which is located about 100 miles northeast of Toronto.
>
> Bill had trailered his Ambro up from Elizabethtown, New York about 100
miles
> south of Montreal.
>
> I didn't get any photos of Bill on the track and then he suddenly told me
he
> wouldn't be going out again because, as he put it, "The track is too
rough."
> I think that the track was more than Bill could handle as he was suffering
> from terminal cancer at the time.
>
> For his date of birth and death, I suggest you ask Ken Gillanders. Maybe
Joe
> Alexander would be able to find out from Bill's son who re-did the Ambro
in
> dark blue. Ken went to see Bill with Helen in about 1997 in New York and
I
> think Bill died soon after that. Bill bought lots of parts from Ken.
>
> The present owner of this Ambro was at the TR races in June at ViR and if
> anyone knows his e-mail address, would you forward these photos to him
because
> I heard that he wants to restore it in the Green and Yellow colors.
>
> There was an amusing note painted in white on the rear deck (barely
visible in
> Photo 5) on the yellow stripe just above the "TRIUMPH" emblem. It read,
> "Sponsored by the Geriatrics Society - Funded by Old Age Security".
>
> All the Green/Yellow Ambro photos courtesy of Don Elliott, 1958 TR3A,
Montreal
> (1996)
> Robert Ames Blue Ambro photo (same car) courtesy of Joe Alexander, Jack
Drews
> and Kent Howard. - (about 2001)"
>
>
> Thanks for sharing
>
> M. Dunst
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