On 2/28/2004 at 5:15 AM the world lost one of it's most respected and knowledgable Blue Oval Brothers to complications from cancer. Some of the old-timers may remember him from his early racing days when he campaigned his 1963 1/2 Galaxie powered by a 427 called "White Lightning." Others may remember his '61 Starliner called "The Gray Ghost." It was also powered by a 427. Then of course there is the beautiful "cammer" powered 1962 Galaxie 500 XL pictured here. Mike had a way with the FE engine that most of us wish we had, and a natural born talent with cammers that most of us can only dream about. His friends called him "Mr. Cammer." To quote his friend Greg Capes from musclecarcalendar.com : "I'm sure a lot of you will read this, look at the picture and just see an older distinguished gentleman that has a nice car. What you will never see is the hard work, knowledge and fantastic personality behind the picture and for that I feel very sorry for everyone as there was so much more to this great man than just a hot car." I regret that I have never had the opportunity to meet this gentleman as I would love to have sat under his tutelage and tap the vast knowledge of FE motors this man was blessed with.
Cecile and I would like to thank Greg and the rest of the fine folks at www.musclecarcalendar.com
for granting us permission to use these pictures of Mike's beautiful automobiles. We encourage you to visit their site by clicking on their light blue address above, or any of Mike's pictures. |
