Maybe it WAS the real deal. Most likely made by the same design team
that made the "Bugeye with a Boot" proto, they were in collaboration
with Carroll on that one!!!
On 1/19/07, bushwacker4@zoomtown.com <bushwacker4@zoomtown.com> wrote:
> BTW, I'm tracking down the elusive factory Sprite with the Ford V8.
>
> Hey Jay,
>
> My brother-in-law owned that car for a while. It was actually a Midget with a
>302 Ford and auto trans. It was called the "Cobra X" and the DPO (before my
>bro-in-law) claimed that it was a Carroll Shelby prototype! He had a whole
>bunch of bullsh!t literature made up on a computer to support it... It had
>more bondo in it than a Babe Rally car!!! I might be able to get you a picture
>of it if you want.
>
> It ran like stink and handled like sh!t.
>
> Kent
> 1960 Bugeye
> 1975 Midget - trailerparked queen
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