[cobrajeff]

I saw a special on "Rides" the other night, regarding the use of the new "Cobra" in the new "XXX" film. It was pretty interesting. They built four "replicas" of the car out of fiberglass to use as stunt cars and camera cars in the movie. They built the bodies for the replicas at Saleen's shop, in Troy, MI, where they paint the new Ford GT's.

The guy who was interviewed at Saleen's for the show is the same guy who painted my ERA. Seems he oversaw the construction of the movie car extras. Instead of the exotic injected V10 Ford with 605hp, the movie cars have carbureted Roush "crate" engines backed-up by C4's.

No doubt about it - that new "Cobra" roadster is ugly - I'm not even gonna ask Eddie if he made any "extra" splashes of the body. I suppose however, that the younger "Ricer" crowd probably loves it - to me, it looks like a Cobra that OD'd on Botox.

cobrajeff