What Made You Buy Or Build You Cobra ?

[Alfa02]

1963, Kent Wa. (Pacific Raceway) SCCA race. My father was a Pit Marshall, me a 8Yo motorhead. Shelby send 3-Cobra (Car# 97,98,99) to clean the NW Corvette's clock's and pick-up easy point's for the natl. runoff's. This 8Yo spend the whole weekend, around these LOUD car's & LOUD guy's, I did whatever they asked polished car's, wheel's, got drink's, etc. They kinda took me under their wing, even gave me a shirt (wish I still had it ), end of the weekend ( Ken Miles ) threw me a helmet and said get in, well 2-3 QUICK Lap's (Steering with the throttle, 4 wheel drift's ) needless to say a Cobra and Ken Miles lover forever !!!!! At the end of the ride he popped open his bubble shield, looked at me, and asked were you scared, I said "No Sir that was the greatest ride ever" I think he was disappointed. If you look at my introduction there is more of the story there, Tom (Alfa02)

[Dwight]

I was in high school in the 60s and my best friend was a car nut. He bought all the car magazines and kept me informed on what was happening in the racing world. I remember reading his magazines about Cobras.
After I got out of the Army and got married I came across a ink drawing of a Blue Cobra in a magazine. I cut that page out and put in on my reloading table under a piece of plexiglass. 2o years and six kids later I buy a kit.

As they say "the rest is history"

I still have that page out of the magazine.

[xb-60]

My story...was given a Scalextric slot car set for Christmas ....a long time ago... and been hooked on Cobras since then. See the green FIA in my avatar? It's in front of me still, on my desk.
Other cars? I tend to hang on to cars, so when family needs dictated losing the 2-door, we bought a 'sensible' 4-door, an Alfetta, which is still in the my garage after 36 years. It was a daily driver until nine years ago.
Cobra replicas are rare to see on the road here (Adelaide, South Aus.) so every time I saw a magazine featuring a Cobra, I bought it. The FIA shape was the one that really pushed my buttons, so fast forward to 2011 when I put down a deposit for an ERA 289FIA with Peter....but for a number of reasons, I asked for it back after nearly a year (though I still very much have a soft spot for ERA cars). I then visited AP in Queensland (Aus), thought about it for a while longer, and then put another deposit down for my AP 289FIA, which is slowly taking shape in my garage.

Cheers,
Glen

[1795]

When I was a teenager I was walking along Main Street in the small town I grew up in and I heard this awesome sound and a Cobra drove by, was sold at that movement. Thought, "Wow, I have to have one of those!"

College expenses, family and life got in the way. Things opened up a little as my kids became young adults and I was able to purchase a used ERA 427. From there I started vintage racing and that led to me building the Superformance FIA vintage race car.

Jim