I enjoy having things to endlessly fix, and therefore, I enjoy having original Cobras. Right now the white "427" sits on jackstands in the garage, much to the consternation of one of my 17 year olds whose car is out in the snow instead of inside "where it belongs!". I have suffered from leaking braided steel brake lines after replacing the rubber ones that worked for ~35 years. The braided ones lasted ~12 months! Back to the rubber or plastic ones. Unfortunately, I broke the flare off the end of the brake line when trying to remove the old hose, so now I've got to buy a flaring tool, spend who knows how many hours on the floor of a currently very cold garage. And I'm ecstatic about it! Really!
Raceral didn't tell the whole story of those pictures. The one with both Cobras at the side of the road was because half-way to our destination, he notices his foot kind of sliding off the clutch and brake pedals. We pull over and there is
oil everywhere! This doesn't look good! Until I realize I didn't put the dipstick back in after checking the
oil before the trip. And there was the original dipstick, lying across the back of the manifold where I had left it. Talk about luck.
The easiest and quickest fix ever! Except I'm still wiping
oil off the chassis and engine compartment. Oh well, it's just an old car. Seriously. (Even though it is a fairly desirable one.) I'm a very fortunate guy. Come by and go for a ride some time!