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The SHELBY AMERICAN
Summer 2016 23
There are all kinds of signs for sale on
various Internet sites and Barranger
saw this one for the Shelby Rural Elec-
tric Co-Op Corporation in Shelbyville.
Where? We’re not exactly sure but if
you’re looking to decorate the walls of
your garage, and you want to watch
the eyebrows of your buddies go up
when they start looking around, this
is the kind of thing you need to be on
the lookout for.
Jim Hutchinson alerted on a news
story featuring a cobra. Pictured is
the late Indonesian singer Irma
Bule. She was in the midst of a per-
formance in Karawant, West Java
using a live cobra when she inad-
vertently stepped on its tail. The
snake, being a snake, lunged at her
and bit her on the thigh. A snake
handler on the scene rushed to ad-
minister anti-venom but she waved
him away. She had been using
snakes in her act and may have
thought the cobra had been de-
fanged. Other snakes she had been
using were. A short time later she
began vomiting and collapsed on
stage. She was rushed to the hospi-
tal where she was pronounced
dead. “
That’s going to be a tough act
to follow,
” said Howard Pardee.
“
She didn’t leave much room for an
encore
.”
Pete Doriguzzi, SAAC’s man at Heacock Classic insurance, was visiting New
York City recently and had dinner at the famous Club 21. The dining room
has had all kinds of model planes and memorabilia hanging from the ceiling
for decades. Doruggi had never been there before and was seated at a table
under a model of a 289 Cobra race car. Coincidence, or eagle eye karma? You
be the judge.
We’re not sure in which catalog
Young saw this NewGen Shelby
desk. He didn’t send any details but
we’re guessing it isn’t cheap. And
that would price Young right out of
the market. For a desk he uses plas-
tic milk crates he liberated from the
back of a 7-11 late at night and a
piece of a wooden pallet. It’s not
that he doesn’t have the money –
but he would rather spend it on hot
rods he can buy and sell at a loss.
The London Cobra Show in Lon-
don, Ohio is advertised as the
world’s largest Cobra gathering. It’s
an annual event that has been
going on for fifteen years. It natu-
rally caught Warren’s attention.
The date was June 23-25, the same
dates as SAAC-41. Distance be-
tween the two locations is about 85
miles. We wonder how the close
proximity will affect either event.