The Shelby American (Summer 2016)

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Bet you never saw this episode of “The
Man From Uncle.” It was titled, “The
THRUSH Roulette Affair” and accord-
ing to eagle eye Steve Sloan, it was
first televised on October 23, 1967. The
plot is unimportant, except that one of
the characters is supposed to be a
widely known race car driver. To give
that credibility, the script called for
him to be working on a GT40 in a
scene where he is introduced into the
story by talking with Robert Vaughn.
The car is only on the screen for about
a minute. The engine is never started
and the car never moves. The rear clip
is open and at one point the “race car
driver” closes it by giving it a little
shove. It slams closed, thanks to grav-
ity, and you can see it actually bounce
once before it settles closed. You can
also picture the car’s owner, probably
standing just off screen, wincing and
hoping there is no need for a second
take.
Howard Pardee stumbled across this
Internet story about snake enthusiast
Ali Ayoob of Chapel Hill, North Car-
olina, whose favorite king cobra bit
him. He drove himself to the hospital,
almost. The EMTs had to take over.
Dave Redman of Smithfield, Virginia discovered this picture in a Stromberg
97 carburetor catalog and commented that this kid looks a little like Peter
Brock. Hey, wait a minute! It ISPeter Brock. He’s pictured putting a set of four
‘97s on his ‘46 Ford convertible. The white one with the blue LeMans stripes.