Hey Guys, good thoughts and comments - Thanks!
289Cobra - You are right - although the CD is silent regarding a passenger, in the Leno interview Cosby mentioned his daughter. I got the idea it was his wife from the following website that has a lot of Cobra history.
www.csx427sc.citymax.com/page/page/4461035.htm - Click on the right link labeled "Baddest Snake of All". The author of the article says,
"When Bill Cosby got his (Cobra), and his wife got in it, they went to the first corner and turned to the left, and he stood on it and spun it. She got out and walked home and said, 'sell it' ". I'm not sure what the truth is.
Keith - Not sure if you saw CSX3015. Songwriter Jimmy Webb bought it from Shelby in 1970 for 11K. In 1995 the IRS reportedly seized it for back taxes and auctioned it off. It was bought by a collecter Chris Cox for 375K. Cox kept it for a few years and sold it to David Scaife in Pittsburgh. (the year and $ were not mentioned in my source info) Scaife later sold it to Harvy Cluxton (also owner of CSX3017) of Scottsdale, AZ who reportedly sold it a few months later at a 2007 Barrett Jackson auction for 5 million.
Thanks all for your replies, especially the link to the Cosby-Leno thing. I agree, the "interview" was better than his CD sketch.