What was your scariest cobra moment?

[Detroit Bill]

Originally Posted by john chesnut

Bill, I have only driven the Cobra tribute that I built using LS6 engine, T56 transmission, and C5 Corvette suspension. I built the frame and it is very stiff in torsion.

The Beck Lister used C4 Corvette suspension which was narrowed. I found that the front suspension pick up points were wrong and the 5 link rear suffered from too high of a roll center. The Beck was advertised as being under 2000lbs. But, even built with padding only as seats and an aluminum head chevy 355 it weighed over 2300lbs.

In every category my C5 Cobra tribute is a better handling and driving car.

My Cobra doesn't have the brute nature of an original/replica with a 427 engine. But, it is very quick, has great brakes, suspension, steering, and can be driven and serviced as any Corvette would be.

Sorry for the confusion. I deleted my question I had the lister confused with another car. But thanks for answering anyway.

[twin turbo]

Shortly after parking my car in the grass at a cruise in/car show, a little kid with bare feet stepped up on my sidepipes to look in my car.

[Ron61]

I guess one of my scariest moments was hitting a patch of oil that another car had dumped on the track. The spinning wasn't so scary but the thought of another car coming around that corner and doing the same and hitting me was.

Ron

[Fast289]

I was tracking Carmen and after a straight away that leads into a chicane, i downshifted and she started turning before I did. My driver side rear blew out. Everything happened so fast, however, I had time to think about how much body damage I was going to have as well as a broken wheel and assorted other damage.

Thankfully, I only had a flat tire and flat bottom side pipe!

[mtrain2000]

Originally Posted by twin turbo

Shortly after parking my car in the grass at a cruise in/car show, a little kid with bare feet stepped up on my sidepipes to look in my car.

Happened to me as well.

My fathers church was having a car show so even though I don't do car shows any more I was kinda obligated to go.

My wife, and I got there, parked the Cobra, then went to visit my father at the registration booth.

Lucky for me I had already read about problems with kids here on this forum.

There was a little girl about 4, or five years old running around the midway with a little steel stroller. I know she gave a few guys heart attacks as she narrowly missed hitting their $$$$$ paint jobs.

Anyway, she came up close to where we were, and yep, she was bare footed, and made a bee line to the cooling Cobra [I had already been bitten on my calf, and still have the scar to proove it].

I stood up, and yelled "STOP" as loud as I could while running to get her. Lucky she stopped in her tracks.

My wife admonished the idiot mother who was letting the child run around the cars. Then I told the woman what could have happened.

All the dingbat could say was "your car is DANGEROUS". After she said that, I asked her if she had the $10k money to fix any dents, or scratches her unsupervised kid might inflicted on some of the cars there.

Her reply this time was, " I don't see how, or why someone would spend that much money on a paint job".

I told my father would come to the show the next year, but NOT with any of my cars. Just too many people with special snowflakes out there.

[G-Pete]

Originally Posted by mtrain2000

All the dingbat could say was "your car is DANGEROUS"

Which is true. Exposed side pipes are dangerous for the public. It is YOUR responsibility and YOURS alone to make sure your vehicle does not harm anyone.

You know they are hot and you left the car in a public place anyway - especially at a car show where spectators get really close to the vehicles.

If a kid gets burned - an attorney takes a few of your paychecks for the medical bills, pain and suffering.

Before calling others names, think for a moment about this.

[mtrain2000]

Originally Posted by G-Pete

Which is true. Exposed side pipes are dangerous for the public. It is YOUR responsibility and YOURS alone to make sure your vehicle does not harm anyone.

You know they are hot and you left the car in a public place anyway - especially at a car show where spectators get really close to the vehicles.

If a kid gets burned - an attorney takes a few of your paychecks for the medical bills, pain and suffering.

Before calling others names, think for a moment about this.

Wouldn't have been a problem if said dingbat was watching her child, and not letting her run wild.

Also you could argue that had the little girl tripped, and landed head first into a sharp tailpipe extension on another car it might have ended up deadly, or had she gotten behind a car that was backing up.

I guess to that a local Cobra kit builder in town should just stop having its yearly Cobra show as there are usually around 20 Cobra's there, and most have hot side pipes.............its for the children.

Anything CAN be deadly when people are not responsible for their kids or themselves.

[rodneym]

Originally Posted by G-Pete

Which is true. Exposed side pipes are dangerous for the public. It is YOUR responsibility and YOURS alone to make sure your vehicle does not harm anyone.

You know they are hot and you left the car in a public place anyway - especially at a car show where spectators get really close to the vehicles.

If a kid gets burned - an attorney takes a few of your paychecks for the medical bills, pain and suffering.

Before calling others names, think for a moment about this.

Do motorcycle riders have this issue? I don't see much of a difference.

[G-Pete]

That word RESPONSIBILITY get's more and more lost in the American-English vocabulary.