Like many in Club Cobra I vividly remember
the first time I saw the real item. The year
was 1967 and this car crazed kid was riding
with his father in the family sedan.

We passed the Miami, Florida Deel Ford
dealership and there it was. Sitting in the
main showroom was a beautiful, blue, Shelby
Cobra. That car, and the dreams of owning
one never left.

Over the years I'd owned some nice cars.
A 1962 Corvette, A 1967 Camaro convertible,
and the usual stable of boring, day to day
transportation machines.

The harsh realities of economics, moving,
college, and job changes put a damper on the
dream, but the spark of hope refused to die.

Last year while sitting in an airport, I
leafed through a Classic Roadsters sales
brochure that had been left on a coffee
table. Within one week I was test driving one. Just as imagined....loud, powerful,
sexy, and mind bogglingly quick. The spark
had burst into flame once again.

The search began in earnest, so much to learn...read...study. Two months (and lots
of phone calls and e-mail later) I was the
proud owner of a Midstates.

Only a Cobra owner can really appreciate
the satisfaction that driving one of these
cars can bring to it's owner. The thrill
has not diminished with time. I still grin
like that car crazy kid every time I sit
in the cockpit, turn the key, and hear the
big block Ford roar to life. The noise, the
vibration, fact that you must DRIVE this
car every second...that is the Cobra experience. Nothing else even comes close.

If you're new to this forum, if you haven't made the decision to build or buy your car, let me encourage you to not put it off. It's everything you imagined it would be...and more.

My drivers license says that I'm 42 years
old. However, because I own a Cobra I'll
always remain a grinning, car crazy, kid.