Fame awaits your Cobra! Photos needed for new Cobra book

csx289 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-05-2011, 09:07 PM

Patrick,

Sorry that my offering to publish photos of Club Cobra member's cars in a beautiful coffee table book has somehow offended you and a few others. If you look at my post #13 in this thread you'll see a little more of an explanation as to exactly how these books come to life.

I'm the author. Motorbooks is the publisher. As the author, I, like you, have to buy the book as well. The difference is you can get one for under twenty-six bucks on Amazon right now. My copies cost me a lot more, since I had to pay for the 300+ vintage photos that were used, and for photographers to take others. Putting in a chapter on continuation and replica cars was my way of including a very important aspect of the Cobra World. In fact, I fought for this chapter. Won't bore you with details but suffice it to say some people didn't want anything but Shelbys in the book.

Hopefully the folks from Club Cobra that ended up with their cars in the book will be as thrilled to have them in there as I was to be able to do it. I'd love to put them all in, unfortunately space limitations and quality (file size, etc) of the submissions were limiting factors.

This is my hobby, not a profit making venture in any way, shape, or form. All I can ask is that you reserve judgment until you see the book. Fair enough? And if anybody wants to print a similar book I'd be happy to donate photos of my cars, free of charge, and I will buy multiple copies

Best regards,
Colin

xb-60 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-05-2011, 09:45 PM

Colin - he just acts 'somehow offended'. It's a two-roll-bar thing, I think.
My order is in.
Cheers,
Glen

patrickt · #3 (**permalink**) 09-06-2011, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by csx289

Putting in a chapter on continuation and replica cars was my way of including a very important aspect of the Cobra World. In fact, I fought for this chapter. Won't bore you with details but suffice it to say some people didn't want anything but Shelbys in the book.

Yes, I can hear it now... "the fact that we included your replica in the book at all should be thanks enough."