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02-07-2010, 04:19 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Sacramento,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 707, 446ci FE
Posts: 1,115
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ICBomber90
I'll kiss that pig any day!
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I'm staying out of the opinion end of things here, but... you couldn't give me that car.
Body shape's not right, wheels are wrong look and set wrong in the arches, roll bar is off, and in general it looks like a Matchbox blown up to full scale. I don't care how quick it might be - if I wanted nothing but quick (see above comments about the straightline and 'cross crowd), I could build an ERA or Kirkham just as quick and it would at least have the correct Cobra look, not one that screamed "cheap knockoff."
I'll reiterate that a good part of the FFR crowd seems to care very little about it being a Cobra, just a randomly chosen "nice look" to hang go-fast on. Not my cup of tea. This car stands as Exhibit A, IMVHO.
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02-07-2010, 05:43 PM
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Northern VA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadsters
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gunner
I'm staying out of the opinion end of things here, but... you couldn't give me that car.
Body shape's not right, wheels are wrong look and set wrong in the arches, roll bar is off, and in general it looks like a Matchbox blown up to full scale. I don't care how quick it might be - if I wanted nothing but quick (see above comments about the straightline and 'cross crowd), I could build an ERA or Kirkham just as quick and it would at least have the correct Cobra look, not one that screamed "cheap knockoff."
I'll reiterate that a good part of the FFR crowd seems to care very little about it being a Cobra, just a randomly chosen "nice look" to hang go-fast on. Not my cup of tea. This car stands as Exhibit A, IMVHO.
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My Classic Roadsters is probably the most far off from the original of all the cars, and every single person who sees it wants to know if it is a real Cobra 
PS: I don't think that original Cobras had red spark plug wires and red flip top radiator caps !!!!
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02-07-2010, 05:51 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Sacramento,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 707, 446ci FE
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Originally Posted by CobraEd
...every single person who sees it wants to know if it is a real Cobra.
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You could paint "SHELBY COBRA" on the side of a convertible Pinto and six out of ten people would ask you if it was a real one. Let's face it, your average passerby, even in a controlled venue like an open car show, is pretty clueless about the details.
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02-07-2010, 05:59 PM
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Northern VA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadsters
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Originally Posted by Gunner
. Let's face it, your average passerby, even in a controlled venue like an open car show, is pretty clueless about the details.
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Exactly, . . . . therefore, who cares
You explained it all yourself. Good Job !!!!!
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02-07-2010, 06:17 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gunner
You could paint "SHELBY COBRA" on the side of a convertible Pinto and six out of ten people would ask you if it was a real one. Let's face it, your average passerby, even in a controlled venue like an open car show, is pretty clueless about the details.
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You're giving the other 40% too much credit.
You could also paint Corvette on the side of a Pinto and the majority will ask "What year Corvette do you own?"
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02-07-2010, 06:21 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 707, 446ci FE
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Originally Posted by RodKnock
What's the moral? People are stupid.
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I wouldn't disagree, but not being able to discern one Cobra-ish vehicle from another doesn't necessarily mean stupidity. I'm reasonably well read and versed on the topic, over 30+ years, and I managed to make a stupid misidentification in my early days here on the forum.
My point was that there's a difference between what Joe Sixpack might think of one of these cars and what a knowledgeable (read: owner) observer might think. Joe going "Wow! Cool!" to the most ill-built, butt-ugly Street Beasts POS doesn't validate it.
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02-07-2010, 06:32 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Covington,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance # 532, 466 BB, 560HP
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Personally I will complement another persons car, because no matter what, it's their pride and joy. Some give me crap about mine because it's yellow. I happen to like it, and it's different.
Considering how proud most owners are of their cars, you may as well call their wifes/girlfriends fat ugly pigs while you are at it, because it's about the same.
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02-07-2010, 07:10 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadsters
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I agree 100% with Silverback.
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02-07-2010, 06:12 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Johnex 351W stroked
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Whos car is it yours or old CS.
Whats so wrong with having a fast car that turns heads.
The Cobra had a great history. That is what made it the legend it is today. But that dose not mean that every replicar turned out has to look identical. I have seen plenty of factory fives that look better than an original because the builder had style and taste. I would rather own a FFR that is built my way than an identical clone to the orig.
Because in the end a replica is one thing and one thing only. NOT A COBRA
Just my opinion
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