[Fot] Fwd: Re: Group 44 car found

[jcox at bransonauction.com]

            	Subject: Fwd: Re: [Fot] Group 44 car found
Check with Jeff Moore, Automotive Archeologists. That was Donna Mae’s HP Sprite.
Jim Cox 
Branson, MO.
Jcox at bransonauction.com
www.bransonauction.com

On Fri 25/05/18 11:06 , Bill Tobin via Fot fot at autox.team.net sent:
>       Tim, I thought Donna Mae's car was found and  restored a few
> years back. The car and Donna Mae herself were at the SVRA race  at
> Mid Ohio a few years ago. I thought you were there too. Donna Mae was
> a  hoot. Did she drive more than one? Good question about restorations
> too. It's sure to  bring up a lot of discussion. See you at
> Pittsburgh. Cheers, Bill  ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE -----  FROM:  Tim
> Suddard via  Fot  TO: fot at autox.team.net  SENT: Friday, May 25, 2018
> 7:16 AM SUBJECT: [Fot] Group 44 car found 
> And on another note, two more TR3s have just come into my life.  Bill
> Emery has passed his late father’s two cars on to me, thinking I
> might be  a good caretaker for them. 
> After talking to Bill and Bob Tullius, and reading through his
> dad’s  correspondence I am convinced one of the cars, (the very
> rough yellow one) is  the Group 44 car that Bob Tullius built for
> Donna Mae Mims to race in the  1965. I have also found the original
> red paint and pink paint on the  car. 
> So this brings up some interesting ethical and technical
> conversations…  (also lots to write about in Classic Motorsports).
> Can this car be saved?  Should it be saved? If you re-body some, or
> all of it, have you really saved  it? While I know, from
> correspondence that some of the Group 44 parts are on  the red car,
> much of the Group 44 stuff is long gone. 
> Tim  Suddard
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