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04-15-2022, 12:28 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Greenville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-FIA, 66 mustang convertible, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
Posts: 12,640
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyingGumby
@eschaider Confirmed with a police friend that this accident happened 5 days ago. The horrific crash is still being discussed on nextdoor. Some are neighbors of the deceased.
I'm new to Bay Area Cobra scene and haven't met others yet. Your profile says you're in Gilroy. May want to check the BACC roster to see if he was an acquaintance.
Agree with need to drive within your limits. I love driving my Cobra but know it can kill me at any moment.
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Thanks for the secondary due diligence, I always try to vet my posts before making them. I'd hate to make Buzz right that I was negligent in doing so.
Bill S.
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04-15-2022, 01:02 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: St. Lucia, West Indies,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427SC 383 stroker
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Bummer! The irony would've been epic.
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BEWARE OF THE DOGma!! Dogmatism bites...
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04-16-2022, 09:21 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Mooresville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Factory Five chassis/Mr. Bruce slabside
Posts: 594
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A Dick? a Dick you say?
You obviously haven't been around long enough to appreciate Patrickt's sense of humor. I have been and I do. I think comment was fine, and funny. As he mentioned that was over 10 yrs ago.
John O
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Originally Posted by NROTOXIN
You are simply a dick with response like that not knowing the outcome this event. If your wife or kid was a passenger of the upside down cobra.....would your keyboard allow you to put out such a message?
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04-16-2022, 09:33 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jolsen42
A Dick? a Dick you say?
You obviously haven't been around long enough to appreciate Patrickt's sense of humor. I have been and I do. I think comment was fine, and funny. As he mentioned that was over 10 yrs ago.
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One thing I love about myself is my ability to irritate certain types of people simply by sauntering through the room, much less saying something. NROTOXIN is one of those people.
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04-16-2022, 10:35 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Factory Five chassis/Mr. Bruce slabside
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You sir, are a master of your craft!
John O
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Originally Posted by patrickt
One thing I love about myself is my ability to irritate certain types of people simply by sauntering through the room, much less saying something. NROTOXIN is one of those people.
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04-16-2022, 12:23 PM
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Location: Las Vegas,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby CSX4005LA, Roush 427IR
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Separate incidents. Both where the skill and common sense of the driver was severely undermatched to the characteristics of the car. They failed to acknowledge the snake hiss voice that a Cobra utters every time you get in it: "I'm going to kill you". Cold pavement, cold tires and the slightest twitch on the pedal can result in catastrophic results and you don't even have to be doing anything bold. A move you can make in your daily driver - like accelerating a little in a turn in to merging traffic in an intersection - can be unforgiving in a Cobra.
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04-17-2022, 05:50 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Cape Town, South Africa/Mainz, Germany,
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I had to give some input on a Cobra accident in Germany, initially over the phone. It was a stroked 427 FE (I forgot the actual displacement, which was noted in the car's registration paper)
The accident damage assessor asked me how I can assume that the rear came around in the wet in a slight bend. And how I could even tell if it wasn't a FWD car.
I hung up. No point in driving out to check. Clearly I don't have the qualification to assess the accident. (I actually don't)
What I am saying here is, that some people out there can tell a lot by looking at pictures.
Oups, did I also reply to a dormant post?
Just read the comments about the 2010 accident:
"Praise be showered upon The Lord that nobody was crossing the street or climbing in that tree."
Climbing in that tree? - Hilarious!
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04-17-2022, 09:23 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Gilroy,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2291, Whipple Blown & Injected 4V ModMotor
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyingGumby
@eschaider Confirmed with a police friend that this accident happened 5 days ago. The horrific crash is still being discussed on nextdoor. Some are neighbors of the deceased.
I'm new to Bay Area Cobra scene and haven't met others yet. Your profile says you're in Gilroy. May want to check the BACC roster to see if he was an acquaintance.
Agree with need to drive within your limits. I love driving my Cobra but know it can kill me at any moment.
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These sorts of events bring all manner of passions to the forefront. Some good, some self serving and more than a few predicted on incomplete or inaccurate information.
Not withstanding FlyingGumby's friend in the police department, California maintains an online database of auto accidents that is searchable by date and city. The information is drawn from Police and other databases. The attached screen shot is from that same service with the content beginning on April 2, 2022, well before the represented date of the accident.
A review of the actual accident data for Mountain View in and around the reported date of occurrence for the accident, reveals no such accident occurring between April 2, 2022 and today in the Mountain View, CA list of traffic accidents. I suspect Bill (Mr. Mustang) was initially correct about the 10 year earlier date being the actual date of the accident.
Although I believe FlyingGumby's representation about the Nextdoor coverage, I typically fall down on the side of official Police reports as opposed to any type of social media commentary. The social media space is populated by too much unsupported but emotionally charged informational content to be reliable.
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04-17-2022, 09:35 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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I might search for large water leaks instead.
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04-17-2022, 10:19 AM
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Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: SF Bay Area,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF #1019
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Interesting site: myaccident.org. Seems to only show accidents on Hiways. The accident in question was on a Blvd, not a Hiway.
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04-17-2022, 10:22 AM
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That assumes an FE, Patrick. Chances are the car was powered by some sort of small block or other lower ICE life form
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04-17-2022, 10:30 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2291, Whipple Blown & Injected 4V ModMotor
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Randy Rosenberg
Interesting site: myaccident.org. Seems to only show accidents on Hiways. The accident in question was on a Blvd, not a Hiway.
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You might be right, Randy although I didn't see that restriction / condition published on the site. Truth be known I did not search for it either. An interesting side note is if you use a search engine to attempt to find out more about this accident the only source that comes up is Club Cobra.
With the apparent severity of the crash you would expect it to receive some minimal coverage (especially in California) yet search engines seem to come up empty handed for information — other than on Club Cobra.
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04-17-2022, 10:41 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eschaider
With the apparent severity of the crash you would expect it to receive some minimal coverage (especially in California) yet search engines seem to come up empty handed for information — other than on Club Cobra.
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The Internet is broken. It's been broken for several years now, but the public is only recently becoming aware of it.
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04-17-2022, 10:55 AM
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It’s a puzzling situation for sure. The Nextdoor comments are fresh. Police corroboration. And, I mentioned wreck to a friend yesterday and she said her niece was behind Cobra when it crashed (and was the worst thing she’s ever seen). Cue twilight zone theme I suppose. May drive over today to see if fire hydrant is missing.
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04-17-2022, 01:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickt
The Internet is broken. It's been broken for several years now, but the public is only recently becoming aware of it.
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I know, I know ... I went over to my local ACE Hardware Store and bought an Internet Emergency First Aid Kit, including splint and gauze. When I got home I put the splint on my browser and tightly wrapped my monitor with gauze.
After cutting an appropriately sized hole so I could see my cursor again, I ran a Megatron 20 test to see if the my browser was still infected. When the results came back from Deadstone labs they showed a positive! Boy was I surprised! After spending a dollar, two, ninety eight for the Megatron 20 test, I felt like I had been had!
Not only has Megatron 20 infected well over 100% of the internet but it got my browser also! Let me tell you, this broken internet thing is not to be trifled with!!
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04-17-2022, 02:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyingGumby
It’s a puzzling situation for sure. The Nextdoor comments are fresh. Police corroboration. And, I mentioned wreck to a friend yesterday and she said her niece was behind Cobra when it crashed (and was the worst thing she’s ever seen). Cue twilight zone theme I suppose. May drive over today to see if fire hydrant is missing.
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I get it. A friend mine (fellow BACC member) sent me a photo of the accident; the photographer was claimed to be a family member of another BACC member. Interesting comments on Nextdoor, with a couple of people identifying the driver/owner. However further internet searches yield nothing for me - I was expecting to find an obit...
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04-17-2022, 02:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Randy Rosenberg
I get it. A friend mine (fellow BACC member) sent me a photo of the accident; the photographer was claimed to be a family member of another BACC member. Interesting comments on Nextdoor, with a couple of people identifying the driver/owner. However further internet searches yield nothing for me - I was expecting to find an obit...
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Which begs the question, 'What's going on?'
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04-18-2022, 07:59 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Pacific Roadster, 347 cu.in. 5-speed
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Indeed Ed, what's going on? Randy since you live down there maybe find out the true story, it was stated here (On this post) an 81yo driver died in the accident, someone has to know the details?? We had a similar accident 2monhs ago here in Sequim Wa. a friend of a club member, called him, and asked if he put his Cobra backward in a ditch on (Carlberg Rd.) the friend saw the Cobra in the ditch (Firsthand account), he said no mines here in Az. with me. Mike called me and asked if our other 2-members with Blue + white cars were accounted for? Yes, our cars were not the one?? So I did my own checking, asked the Store owner next to the scene, the restaurant just down the street, and the house closest to the accident, no one had seen anything, I found skid marks (Yes backwards in the ditch) and contact with brush + limbs (He/She came within a foot of a Large tree). The road was straight and dry at the time, the first skid marks 50ft+ were two (Acceleration), then a short section before 4 wheel slide (Brakes Locked-up going backwards). I spoke to local police, but like everything else now-a-days it's confidential. Checked the 911 news nothing??
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04-18-2022, 08:20 AM
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Guys really! Listen to yourselves ! You have been inside too long, with winter and Covid you have, forgotten all about driving your cobras.Just be careful because, with all the crap that has been shoved in your heads, you may not be quite yourself so give it a little time
Let the car talk to you and then give it a good clean out. You and your car will both appreciate it.
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04-18-2022, 08:26 AM
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So you really think the Nextdoor made that up??? Yeah, just to mess with the heads on this forum???
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