Will the Cobra stand the test of time????

[azfordman]

Originally Posted by tcrist

The youngsters in my litle podunk town love it when I go driving around. I think it might skip a generation or two but it will still be an icon.

Podunk???? That's awesome! My biggest issue when I get my cobra is I will have to trailer it out to drive it.....not gonna run it down 3 miles of dirt road and wash beds! Back on subject.....I do see quite a few high school age kids running around in late 60's to late 70's American cars and trucks, primer gray w/ black primer racing stripes, cherry bombs, etc.... Perhaps it because here in Az. the old vehicles don't rust out...but I do still see an interest in older style hot rods.

[CobraEd]

The Model T was only an icon because of what it meant to America. The Cobra is an icon because of the car it is.

The fact that no one made reproductions of the Model T and there are a lot of reproductions of the Cobra proves this point.

The Cobra is the only car that has been reproduced so widely. Therefore, it is an ICON !!!


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[jwd]

Originally Posted by CobraEd

The fact that no one made reproductions of the Model T and there are a lot of reproductions of the Cobra proves this point.
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They were making reproduction Model T's AND A's long before Cobras.

[1985 CCX]

These cars are a phase that will pass in a few years....

[Bernica]

Interesting thread....
I was recently contacted by a photographer asking to shoot my car for submittal to some car magazines. He used a bikini model for some shots, and did a nice job. Lots of fun! He has been submitting the shoot to various US car mags and, so far, the feedback is that although they love the pictures, their demographic these days just doesn't respond to these cars like they used to....they want to see "tuner cars" and "retro-mods".

The interesting thing here is that the car mags in Europe love the car!! "V8 Magazine" in Finland will use it, as will one in Germany and France. Go figure.

I guess what has already been stated above may be somewhat true, although for us "old school" guys, it's hard to accept. Regardless, for most of us at least, you have something you wanted since the first time you saw one back in the day. You probably worked you ass off doing whatever you do to finally be able to swing it. I am reminded of the great piece by Dr Hal Copple ("Hal C", "Dr Hal") about owning a Cobra. In his final statement, he says:
"Remember, there will come a day when you have to hang up your car keys for the last time, and you can say "I did it"...

[Snakebit]

Take your kids to car shows. The 32 Ford, Model A Ford, 55 Chevy, 56 TBird 65 Mustang, 65 GTO .... Ferrari's. Lambos, Corvette"s, Cobras. These cars are works of art. Some people like art musems. I like car shows. I enjoy seeing the design and engineering that went into the older cars, even more so when some one takes a Model A or 32 Ford and turns it into a street rod. When I was a kid I could name the model and manufacturer. Today they all look a like, some don't even have badges. You have to be an electronic engineer and computer geek to work on todays cars. How many of today's production cars will stand the test of time??? I don't thing very many.

[jhv48]

Nope!

I said it in 1964 and I'll say it again today.

Just a flash in the pan!

But, I may be wrong.

[James Stern]

Yeah, I'm old. When I take the car to shows it's normally the young kids who drag their parents over to my car. If they have a camera I have the kid sit in the car holding onto the steering wheel. I'm just creating a market for when my wife sells my car (after I'm dead).