Jal New Mexcio 2012............

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Bill Cleveland
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The purple bucket with flames looks like one formerly owned by St Louis buckethead John Knittle.
Any verification out there?
Interesting story: if this IS the same car, on it's first outing after John finished it (partial build when he bought it) the frame split in two at the welds for the rear kickup. Whoever had built the frame had butt welded the seams at the kickup, with no reinforcing tubing inside, then polished them out; when it broke on the freeway, only the body anchor points held the car together. A scary ride to say the least. The car was trucked from the shoulder of the highway to a fellow buckethead's garage, and repairs made into the wee hours of the morning, so John could make the show-n-shine the next day. Smiles all around! - Spanky :)
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Bill,

I don't know the fellows name that had that car in Jal but I do know he was from the west Texas area. The car did have a NTBA sticker in the windshield but every time I went back by the car the driver was not around his car.....The folks that run the show will know his name and I will ask them if they can let me know.

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Thanks, Mike -

His name prolly wouldn't mean anything to me, but if the car is John's old one, that would explain the NTBA decal. :)
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