B Baker states- "Diamond Collision = Rob Bruce...who accepted as payment, Arnie's original Boss Bird body which he then used on his Zombie AA/FC...which was burned up at FCR several years ago and ironically was repaired recently to use as a plug for molding a new body to go on the Boss Bird recreation"
Hmmmm. so the 'original' Boss bird body was used to make a copy? How can that be if the 'original body' was burned to the ground?
Eric has made references too about this 'allegedly original' body......yet, it is stated over and over the the 'original' Boss Bird body was burned to the ground in the fire of 4-72. How can this be so Eric? What are , indeed the facts here?
There seems to be more claims of more than one 'original' body. There can only be one that is , in fact , original, correct? AND, the facts show it burned to the ground. In other words- it is gone.
Perhaps there were more than one made from the mold, I am sure there was. Still, there can only be one original body used on the a Beswick car and it is gone forever, burned to the ground. Arnie told me this himself- "Steve, both the Boss Bird and Super Judge burned to the ground".
I read in a super stock magazine that a new firebird body was donated to Arnie Beswick in '73 or '74. Maybe that is what is being called the 'original' body?
The use of the word original is almost as useless and uncredible as the collector set uses the word 'rare'.
Just want the facts straight here.
Steve Barcak
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