Cammer stopped by my house with Jacque, and we started the convoy at 10:30am. Mike Schriber rode shotgun with me since my wife (Kathy) could not take a long cruise in a Cobra. (Mike built my FFR.)
The morning was sunny and cool. Great weather for a Cobra cruise. We picked up Scott Lougheed with his supercharged Excaliber at the Lakeway entrance shopping center. Suddenly a girl jump out between the parked cars asking us if they could take pictures of our cars. The guy taking pictures had a press badge and a professional camera. We asked him who he worked for, and all I got out of him was that he worked for a news company out of New York. We were late so we all took off to meet Anil at the Steiner Ranch entrance. Neil didn't get his Cobra up and running, so he followed us in his blue Audi. Richard didn't make the next connection (2222 & 620) because he was encountering cluch problems.
We hit traffic at Cedar Park, and connected with Snakecharmer, Gerhardt & Tony, and Joe & Lena at Denny's. We spent a few minutes checking out the new 700HP SPF, then headed out 1431 to Lago Vista to connect with Ray Russell.
Snakecharmer took the lead and took a short cut to 1431. In route we all took a bath. The neighborhood we drove through had their watering systems going. Now all our Cobras were as dirty as Snakecharmer's.
We hit the open road and we were cruising between 60-70 mph. (See photos: Austin Stuff post.) We drove into Lago Vista and connected with Ray and his Lumber Yard SPF at the Sonic Drive-In. Scott finally quit and headed back to Austin. He couldn't do the entire curise because he had to be somewere at 2:00pm.
Heading out of Lago Vista, the four lane 1431 became a two lane road under repair. We all got into fresh gravel and had to slow down until we got to Marbel Falls.
We parked and had a great lunch and the usual Cobra BS.
We took 281 to 71 for Austin and let the Cobras stretch their legs. I took the lead and kept it at 70+MPH all the way home to Austin. Snakecharmer was behind me and decided to pass me. He almost blew me off the road doing at least 90+MPH.
When we got to 620 & 71, the northern Cobras took 620 and the southern Cobras headed to Austin on 71. It was a beautiful day, plenty of sun and wind.
Good food, good company, good weather, what else can a Cobra owner ask for!
Neil has posted additional photos at:
http://www.avn-tech.com/stuff/cobra