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Hey Mom - that's me!
   
   With many thanks to Jerry and the ACOC Forum.
   
   Don

You guys have been terrific already. Membership has its benefits!
   
   OOPS: Actually the second owner I'm looking for is Jack Watson, not Watkins...
   
   And if somebody can tell me how to load a photo I shall do so!
   
   Don

Greetings; I've owned AE 46 for some time, it was the second car imported to the US and has distinguished privateer race results and documentation from its first owner, Joe Bojalad of Pittsburgh, PA. It appeared on the cover of Autosport from the Giants Despair hillclimb and also in Road & Track. It was then know to have raced with its second owner, Jack Watkins, and I have a photo of the car on the grid in Elkins, WV circa 1958 or 59 (?). In the early 60s it was owned by racer Leon Boffo, also of Pittsburgh. The trail picks up in the 90s after a comprehensive restoration by Cobra collector J.J. Rodman who raced in the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix a number of times as well as other VSCCA and SVRA events. Still a race car, its been re-restored, body off, after a dramatic engine fire at Mt. Tremblant and back to beyond its former glory and ran without incident in VSCCA at Lime Rock in October, 2011.
   
   So the question is this: Reluctantly, due to the scary purchase of something new and expensive, the Ace should be sold. I'm compiling its history and find that I'm very thin on both Watkins and Boffo. Does anybody have any info on the car with Watkins or Boffo?
   
   I have some terrific photos, happy to send them along or attach if I could figure out how to do it. I can be contacted outside the forum at 007@donrose.com
   
   Many thanks!
   
   Don