GREAT TO KNOW THE "PIZZA' BOBSY IS RUNNING AGAIN
GENE LEASURE
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From: bobsy_talk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [bobsy_talk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] on
behalf of Don Anderson [donandersonracing@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 12:58 PM
To: BobsyTalk
Subject: A Bobsy Talk Email: Re: BANNER DAY -- "New" Bobsy Formula Ford now
on-track.
Bob,
The FF looks terrific. I'm glad you kept the original livery.
I forwarded this to Rudy, who helped with getting the parts together for
purchase.
Don
On Wed, Feb 6, 2019, 6:01 PM Robert Alder
<r.alder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:r.alder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
To: Bobsy Talk recipients:
I realize most of you on this email list are Bobsy Sports Racer enthusiasts.
However, some of you are aware of the Bobsy Formula Ford restoration project.
So, I thought I'd bring everyone up-to-date on its progress. Bottom line: It
saw its first on-track day since 1984 last weekend.
Just last week I was able to put the final touches on restoring the Bobsy
Little Caesars "Pizza-Pizza" Formula
Ford<https://alder.smugmug.com/Hobbies/1969-Bobsy-Formula-Ford/>, namely the
final suspension setup. Then last weekend, Saturday Feb. 2nd, there happened
to be an open-track test day at High Plains Raceway. It was was a gloriously
wonderful sunny 61 degree day! Perfect. So, I thought why not check out the
results of the project?
With much fear and trepidation, I took the car out for its inaugural on-track
session. GREAT NEWS and a huge relief to me, it performed perfectly, no
issues, and a pleasure to drive. Only a few little minor “punch list” items
(e.g. it needed a little 3/8” hole in the fiberglass body to more easily
adjust the idle screw, throttle pedal was a bit too low.). But aside from
those little things, the car ran and handled perfectly. Whew!
This was almost exactly one year after acquiring the car from Gene Leasure in
Arizona (Thanks Apex-Speed). It was a big project, but well worth it from a
satisfaction standpoint. (Not so much financially. :-).) In addition to the
above link devoted to the car's actual restoration, you may recall that a new
page on the Bobsy Registry<http://teamterrificracing.net/bobsy/Bobsy%20FFs.htm>
was created and devoted to the ownership history of the TWO Bobsy FF's known to
still exist (out of maybe four that were made). Much of the "fun" of this
project was being able to contact virtually all of the dozen or so past owners
of the car when re-creating its history. Pretty cool stuff.
So, as so well put in the Frankenstein movies, "IT'S ALIVE, IT'S
ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Cheers,
Bob Alder
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