[What'saCobra?]

Holy Dooley!

I can only imagine what a "homebush" body looks like in detail, but your pics look just fine and grouse from here.

You are exactly the kind of guy for which I have great admiration. You are doing it your way and I am sure you are having fun and are anxious to finish and hoon it about. Lots of fun is had in the planning, building and completion...but you are following the general plan of all "genuine" cobras in the world, that is, you are going to call it a Cobra and everyone can see that it is a Cobra. To me, THAT'S the definition of a Cobra, it "looks like one."

You cannot believe how much flack I get about this opinion. Everyone is so bloomin' keyed up about the investment side of our sport, which I do acknowledge has some merit and there is no reason to lose money if not necessary.

But, come on guys, there're all Cobras, just different...there is a Cobra to fit every pocket and every dream.

It is hard to get guys to consider the transcendental nature of 'Cobraness", but it is where the emotion, risk and joy of planning, building, buying, driving, selling and treasuring old memories comes from.

The driving, while very important, is not always to everybody the biggest and longest term source of enjoyment. Plenty of guys just like to design a better one or build their own. Or keep a hangar Queen all shinny and stuff.

You all know this, of course, but remember how this dude is working his buttolks off thousands and thousands of miles away from us Shelbyized Yanks, building his dreamer and griinnin like a shot fox.

Hooroo and good onya, Bernie.