[What'saCobra?]

We agree that CS is an old man.

And we are frequently thankful that he provided us with the object of our art and admiration.

But, we have to remove the spin to play tennis, politics and history. While this is neither tennis nor politics, except for my occasional outbursts, history requires accuracy and objectivity, without removing credit for ideas either well-founded or well-executed.

CS did both with the Cobra, of course.

Although, we could argue about how he dumped the Cobra 289 in 1964 and the 427/8 in 1967 and how he bad-mouthed everyone that tried to keep at least the shape available.

i saw Pete Brock take a piece of CS's buttinski during a mutual appearance one night in Boulder CO, where Pete thanked every "copiest" of the marque; Pete credited them with keeping the spirit of Cobraness awake through all the years of CS's ignorance, intolerance and nattering nabobs of negativism about continuing the cars in any way. Pete was surprisingly frank about how negative CS was through the years and was highly supportive of the glass car vendors.

Anyone want to comment on Brock's subsequent involvement with the SuperPerformance Daytona? i think it is a great job on a great car, though perhaps a slight too much weight. Peter did the right thing.

Ps: at the risk of seeming a tad pedantic, organizations don't need figureheads, except perhaps for non-functionals at the top of fund-raisers (which seems to me would predict a failure of the task.)

Organizations need executive leadership to steer them through problems and accomplish their stated goals and create new ones. CS accomplished several biggies. But, then he left the court and went to Africa and other things. Too bad, for him and us. He could have done more, as he now ruefully acknowledges to himself, if not aloud.

IMHO, of course.