Reading all of these great stories really hits home with me too! I'm 50 and bought my Midstates in October 1993 and picked it up the day before Christmas as a rolling chassis. It took 400+ hours for us to finish it but my first drive was August 15th 1994 a day I will never forget. The cobra even has a picture posted on our Family calendar along with everyone else in the family. My first memory was riding in a real Cobra in 1966 in Hastings Nebraska. My cousin from Lincoln had one. I remember him getting rubber in every gear going over the old overpass by my house. I could never get that ride out of my mind. I had a 67 Mustang 390 new in 67 when I graduated fom high school and two years later it was painted orange and called the "Phony Pony". When I joined the army in 69 my dad sold the car.I had two different Vettes in Germany while in the service. I thought I had just about got fast cars out of my system and figured they would never make another Mustang like my 67. Then in 87 I laid eyes on the New 5.0 Convertible with the ground effects package and the urge for power started over again. By 1990 we added a SHO Taurus and a Shay 31 Model A. In the summer of 1993 I broke a drive shaft on the Drag truck I had (59 ranchero) and it blew the M/T Slick at 100mph, My wife said that would be the last time she would tow me back to the pits and perhaps we should build something safer.....Donated the Ranchero to the community college drag race team and called Midstates...Now three Run & Guns later words will never be sufficient to express the feeling every time I "Get my attitude Adjustment Fix". By the way the Lettering on the Drag Truck was "Absolute Adolescent", and that still fits like a glove. Owning a Cobra is a dream come true. I think the biggest joy is meeting all the new friends who share this great love of cobras. It matters little the manufacture, the engine, the color....it's just the fact we all love our cobras and enjoy the happiness it brings into our lives.

[This message has been edited by GEORGE ANDERSON (edited 04-24-99).]