They are not the same person. The original Bob Grossman lives on Long Island
and appears regularly at car events, sometimes acting as MC for the Jaguar
Club of Long Island event.
Mike Cook
----- Original Message -----
From: EPaul21988@aol.com
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 1:17 PM
To: TRDOCTOR@aol.com; Herald948@aol.com; Ebeich117@aol.com;
fot@autox.team.net; vtr@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: 1956 RHD TR3 [factory "prepared"]
n a message dated 7/22/2001 1:14:38 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
TRDOCTOR@aol.com writes:
<< I know a man named Bob Grossman who I believe is a vintage racer and is
the
current President of the Rocky Mountain Jaguar Club. He has judged my
wife's
'91 XJ-S Coupe a few times at various concours events. His web address is:
tgman@ix.netcom.com
His phone number can be found on the RMJC web site that can be found through
jcna.com. >>
I'd lay heavy odds that the Bob Grossman in Colorado and the bob Grossman
formerly of Rockland County NY are not the same person.
I knew and spent lots of time a the track with the Rockland County Grossman.
Last I heard he was still around living out on the end of Long Island at
Montauk Point. He's got to be up there in years, I'd say 70+. He was not a
Vinatge Racer in todays terminology. He drove them when they were not yet
vintage. He drove with Cunningham and was I believe the last privateer to run
Sebring. He was driving a Shelby Cobra and Mustang when I knew him in the
early middle 60's.
BTW his lot in West Nyack was a sight to see in the early 60's. I would guess
that virtually everything made in that period and before passed through his
lot.. They were just old beat up cars then. Now it would be a museum. He
specialized in rare marques buying and selling but he made his money from
selling VW, Porsch and Maserati. I drove one of the first 912's to come into
the US back and forth from the East Coast tracks, Lime Rock, Bridgehampton,
erc. My job was to deliver the cooler with beverages! Worked the big car
show at the NYC Coliseum one year (65?) We had a new Maser in the parking
garage for demos. We Demoed it quite a bit up and down Manhatten.
Especially after the show closed!!
OK I'll turn off the memory machine.
Bob Paul
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