767Jockey's Contemporary Cobra Is Coming to Texas

[elmariachi]

In February 2009 our friend (then unknown to me) Doug aka 767Jockey posted this thread about rebuilding a Contemporary Cobra.

As you read through it you'll see Doug had our passion for these cars. But then life decided it had other plans for Doug, as you'll see in this follow-on thread.

Doug then did what we all must do, he played the hand he was dealt.

Somewhere between mid '09 and early '10 Doug and I struck up a conversation via email that lasted well after he relocated to Houston. I had never met the man, but I was impressed by his resolve. In late 2011, after taking stock of my good fortune, I decided to see if I could rally some Houston Cobra Club members to help things along a bit, trying to organize a plan to get the car to Texas so Doug, now truly a survivor, could finish his dream car and enjoy the feel of it beneath him.

I met Doug in person in January at my birthday party and we made a pact that come hell or high water we were gonna go get that car. So tomorrow at 9AM Central I am proud to say that with the gracious help of Bill Swendsen (CC member "mtpockets") and his new F250 towing my race trailer, Bill, Doug and I are northbound to Pentwater, Michigan to meet Ed "DV" Combs, pick up the Contemporary and all the parts many of you have so generously donated, and return them to Texas where they will hopefully become a finished Cobra.

We are driving straight through to Pentwater, so if anyone lives along the route and wants to meet us for a Coke, email me and we'll see if we can hook up on one of our pee stops. We're going to take some pics and shoot some video and we'll post some of that up after we return. I know a lot of you have waited patiently to see how this played out, so this is the latest. Hammer down.