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Originally Posted by Pat Braden On Al Cosentino, are you referring to the So Cal Convention a month before Pat died or the previous one? Whichever, you have seen him more recently than I have. The last time I saw and listened to him berate Pat for his "horrible" Abarth book and how he had stolen it from him was at Laguna Seca probably 10 years ago or more and Fumiko was not with him. The exchange was so heated that Pat pushed me back and out of the way and stepped back to get out from within his reach or swing. I believe I had heard that Al and Fumiko had divorced. I always wondered how she could be so blind and I have to assume it was cultural and because she didn't know any better. On Norb McNamara, the last I heard from Pat several years before Pat's death was that Norb was quite ill and to the point that Sabra was having trouble taking care of him. So it would not surprise me if the Abarth was sold and not fully restored. I'm not sure if Norb is still living or not either. As I recall, Norb also owned the Abarth Periscopio when Pat was writing the Abarth book. On the two tone marroon/red and white Abarth Spider Boano, somewhere I have a picture of the owner's little boy, about 5 or 6, holding Kay, as a baby, in that car in the driver's seat when Pat interviewed the father. I don't remember his name or the location other than it was in California, kind of off the beaten path and it was kind of deserty. In trying to share and add information I some how feel that I have just escalated the price of that particular car now that it is tied to the Braden name. It will not be the first car that has garnered extra prestige and money simply because of that, however, this one is more rare than the others. If I unintentionally, skewed the market in that regard, I apologize, that was not my intent.