What was your scariest cobra moment?

[john chesnut]

Ok, so this was not in my Cobra. It was in my Beck Lister. I had finished the car a few weeks earlier. I was out for a drive and stopped for a red light at a busy 4 way intersection. I wanted to see the shift light flash for the first time. With clutch pedal in I gassed the engine to the 6,000 rpm shift point. I just saw the light when the clutch fully engaged. I shot across the intersection before being able to stop. Fortunately I didn't hit anything.

I was using a HYD throw out bearing. I hadn't secured the braided lines well enough and they were sucked into the pressure plate which severed them.