Chris has never been anything but straight forward and honest with me. Even though I have never met the man in the flesh, I have no doubt that he is totally transparent: what you see (and hear) is the true man and I have seen no deception in him. I agree with everyone else who has made this statement, "there is no more deserving a person than he to have discovered this relic of our passion."
As to the depreciative remarks about Tennant chassis, I know of no other individual as driven about originality than Lee Holman-- the, as original, $1800.00 aircraft windshield wiper motors, for example, are part of the reason his cars are so expensive. Lee obviously sees Tennant chassis as originals considering that he bought the remaining lot of them for his cars. I know that some of the vintage sanctioning bodies have been criticized about their judgements on what is original, but if they accept Lee's cars as original, that is good enough for me. I know that my opinions carry no weight with anyone else, but they have to support my integrity which is no one's concern except me and my maker. I truly believe that it is with this same level of integrity that Chris has described his wonderful find as accurately as he can based on what is, in his opinion, fact. And I accept that unconditionally.
Chris, while I have no doubt that there is any danger of this, please don't let the comments of someone who is too much of a coward to share his name, and with unknown and, surely, unwholesome motives, interfere with your enjoyment of the fruits of you labor. In the colloquialism of the day, "You Da Man!"