Farwell for now ClubCobra.

[Okiesnake]

Well it’s been a great 10 years. I sold my Cobra this weekend and it was a bittersweet farewell. I am 53 years old and growing up the Cobra was a car that I always wanted to have one day. When I was 5 or 6 years old I got an Aurora electric race car set with a red and a white Indianapolis race cars. A friend of mine had an Aurora AC Cobra body that he let me borrow. His Dad told us about the Cobra and the Fantasy began! When I was 15, I began to read every Road and Track issue I could get my hands on. I was into sports cars and Road & Track always gave proper homage to the Cobra. Growing up My dad started to notice my obsession for fast cars and tried to curb it only allowing me to build models of antique cars. So I would dutifully build a proper antique car from the model kit, but I would secretly build a hot rod out of the extra body versions that would come with the model kit.
I suffered through High School having to borrow the family Pinto, but studying all I could, I learned how to apex a turn in the Pinto. When I was 19, I bought a 1973 Fiat Spyder from my sister for $500. I got ripped off because the car was a P.O.S when I got it. But I bought a Chilton’s manual, fixed the body work, (a.k.a rust), rebuilt the motor, and with the help of my mother and an old treadle singer sewing machine, reupholstered the interior. I soon learned that “FIAT” stood for “Fix It Again Tony” but I couldn’t afford “Tony” so I had to learn how to be Tony.
I found I had a proclivity to trouble shoot and started helping my friends restore their cars. When I finished college I was on a low budget and bought a 72 El Camino that I fixed up and made some money on. Then I bought a 62 Studebaker Grand Turismo Hawk that I later sold and used the proceeds to start my own business. 15 years later, a family and few cars and motor cycles later including an 89 Mustang GT, several Pickup Trucks, a Suburban, some Jeeps and yes even a mini-van, I got my Unique Cobra. The car was fantastic and all that I had fantasied. One of my daughters got into cars (maybe just a way to meet guys) and we started showing the Cobra in shows together. We always came home with a trophy. After she got her driver’s license I even let her drive it some and show it in cars shows by herself. She’s a pretty girl and the attention she got was almost too much for a Dad to deal with! She got older and we showed the car less. Then I got into racing Legends cars and the Cobra was getting a little neglected. So I thought maybe I should sell the Cobra. If any of you are out there thinking the same thing, DON’T DO IT!! You will regret it! I am having withdrawals!
I realize that it is only a matter of time before I get another Cobra. I will probably go used next time but I will be VERY selective! Hopefully I will find a deal as good as the one I just sold!
I’ll miss everyone at clubcobra but it will only be temporary!
Farewell for now!