Red Skelton piece on the Cobra ?

DonC · #1 (**permalink**) 01-12-2011, 08:41 AM

Blas:
That may have been my comment in response to a "How old are you" thread.
It was long enough back that I don't remember if it was on his show or as a guest on one of the variety shows during the sixties. He was talking about how if you looked at the front of all the new cars they looked like they were going around looking for something but the Cobra looked like it had found it.
Never seen a clip of the piece (it was pretty brief) but haven't looked for it either. I'll poke around and see if it's out there.
DonC

Blas · #2 (**permalink**) 01-12-2011, 09:35 AM

Yes, I believe you were the person referring to it originally....Just curious what it was about. Thanks...
There were also some photos of Steve McQueen driving his Cobra floating around too...

Mark IV · #3 (**permalink**) 01-12-2011, 10:34 AM

Steve McQueen never owned a Cobra....he just used to "test drive" them from Shelby.

SunDude · #4 (**permalink**) 01-12-2011, 12:19 PM

McQueen took out CSX2174 as a loaner, I think... Did he ever borrow a 427 too?

Rare Iron · #5 (**permalink**) 01-13-2011, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark IV

Steve McQueen never owned a Cobra....he just used to "test drive" them from Shelby.

Speaking of McQueen, within the last year a 1971 429SCJ Mach 1 came up for sale at a dealer that was documented to have been owned by Steve himself. The car was a Grabber Blue beauty - they wanted around 65k for it. God I wanted that one!!!