Bullet Bob at Bloomington Gold

[Mark H.]

My buddies and I met and spent some time with a real interesting character at the recent Bloomington Gold: Bullet Bob and Thunder Buggy. Bob drives a 65 roadster that he ordered. The car has original knock-offs on that he paid $175 for shortly after his purchase. The car is equipped with a trailer hitch, luggage rack and several add-on gauges, levers and switches.

Before he took delivery he had the dealer remove all the chrome emblems and add two extra tail lights. Bullet Bob is a retired instructor of printing technology from Pennsylvania. He has more than 200,000 miles on Thunder Buggy and even took it on a fairy to Alaska, toured around up there and drove back on the Alcan Highway. He had never been on an organized road tour before, so he joined our little caravan of Mid Years for the 35-mile excursion.

One of the refreshing things about Bullet Bob is that he represents the truly unique and personal nature that this hobby presents for people. So, if you see a well-used blue 65 roadster at your next event, it just might be Bullet Bob.

[Brian M.]

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That musta been some Fairy.

[Stuart F.]

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Had me going there for awhile too until I searched my old Tech Writer memory banks for the correct spelling "FERRY". The point was well made though, and I never fault anyone else's Englis dees daze.

Stu Fox

[Mark H.]

Re: Bullet Bob at Bloomington Gold

Thanks for the reply and the edit guys. As a writer and editor I should have corrected that before the post. Regards.

[James R.]

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I had the pleasure of meeting Bullet Bob earlier in the week at the NCCC convention held outside of Chicago and again at Bloomington. He exemplifies someone who truly loves his car and driving it. As mentioned he has been to every state in his car and has driven it in throughout Canada. He even races it throughout the year. Really a fun guy to talk to.

[Bob H.]

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I've spoken with Bullet Bob many times at Corvette functions, etc. Until a few months ago he was still working for a defunct Cehv dealer. I recall he had an extra door cut into the nose of the car with lights. Anyone see that?

[Jack C.]

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Who's going to post a few pix of the car?

[Mark H.]

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Hey Bob. Yes we did see the third headlight that Bullet Bob installed. It seemed to be a clean job and one would not notice it without looking for it. He explained to us that he added it as he wanted to make sure he had enough illumination to avoid hitting animals in the road during his many travels. On another note, and regretfully, we did not take any pictures of the car.