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The SHELBY AMERICAN
Summer 2016 24
Another cobra sighting by Hutchin-
son. This BBC news clip was about
two puppies in India that fell into a
well and were protected by a king
cobra from wandering into a deep
pool where they could drown. When
rescuers went in to get them the
cobra slithered away. Everybody
likes a warm and fuzzy ending.
Illustrator Steve Anderson of Ojai, California specializes in Ferrari and
Porsche stuff, because that’s where the business is. But once in a while he
finds other subjects. Original art is about $395; prints are $40. It’s nicely
done art. For details: saillusterations.com Young spotted a small ad in a
copy of
Sports Car Market
magazine.
Hutchinson seems to have an eye for cobra jewelry. He spotted two pages
worth in the June/July issue of
Town and Country
magazine. And here’s a
buzz-kill: if it’s in T&C you won’t find any of this stuff in the Dollar Store.
During WWII and Korea, American
G.I.s fresh out of the small towns or
off the farms across the country
were sent to Army training camps
in obscure places. For many it was
their first time away from home and
they looked for something to send to
their mother, wife, girlfriend or sis-
ter. Embroidered satin pillows were
sold in towns near the bases were
just what they were looking for.
Camp Shelby in Mississippi was
likely near the town of Shelby. This
is another Barranger find.
A cast bar sash lift is just a fancy
name for a window handle. We may be
showing our age but we know what a
sash is: the frame holding the glass in
a window which can be lifted up and
down to open or close it. Handles were
needed to move the window. They
don’t make windows like this any-
more. Barranger found this picture
during another one of his Internet
searches.
Young spotted the small photo of a
427 Cobra in a full page ad for Car
Quest lubricants that ran in a re-
cent issue of
Car Craft
.