Loud Exhausts

[sunman]

Pledging on the Club Cobra forum?
Give me a break we are grown men.
You know it’s the 30th anniversary of the shutdown of Classic Roadsters 1.
I had picked up phase one on Feb 3 93 and that was kinda bad news.
I’ve been here for over 20 years and this newbie BS is new and wrong.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by sunman

Give me a break we are grown men.

Just because we have grown old doesn't mean we've grown up.

[sunman]

If ya wire your line locks so you can lock the drivers front brake only you can do donuts with your hands in the air as the car pivots around the tire.
I invented that. Add some flame out the exhaust you got a YouTube video. I’m talking bout the bus.
Can a bus do a donut? I’m going to find out.
Farmtruck and AZNs Green Lizard Prison bus is going down.
At a local drag strip of course. With fire out the loud exhaust.


Party On

[sunman]

Tommy my comment was not about you.
You treat people with respect.
Some guys have no gallery and jump in on every thread.
We get a new guy and it’s all about running him down.
I didn’t appreciate the disrespect I experienced when I replied on a hard top thread.
Tried to tell me I couldn’t deal with Ryan. He is banned. He was gonna lock me in a cage and eat me up. Something about sharp sticks in my eyes.
Like I’m some kinda punk.
I’d post build pix but right now they would be of the house I’m flipping.
Back to the Cobra soon.
Great looking car, I tell people I got my Classic at Tractor Supply.

[Alfa02]

First off let me say @Laughing_Jakal I look forward to us meeting up, in the near future, and yes, Karl (AZ) said he be happy to get you a ride and believe it or not I trust his driving (90K plus miles just on his ERA). @Redvettex2, we all seem to get along fine, till you did something, that 90% of the rest of us won't do (Showing off on the Street ) We don't need ANY bad publicity (High power Sports Car, goes into the crowd, leaving a car show and kill's 3) One thing you may learn from owning a Cobra "You don't need to prove you or car can do what it looks like it can do" (Everyone) know a Cobra is as BADASS as it look's. If you would have said, "Ok my bad", it would have been dropped, and never brought up again, but for some reason you doubled down, and made it worse than it should have been. I have nothing personal against you, I would have brought it to anyone attention's that posted that, and same for the other guys that have been around Cobras for a while. We really like to keep the new guys around, as some of us age out, hopefully I have a few more years left behind the wheel. If you were to read the first-time poster's, the guy's that have been around for a while, they all tell you/them to take it EASY at first till you understand the Cobras quirks, and there are many. I've Road Raced for 40+years, and my Cobras demand my FULL ATTENTION, even on the street. I hope this clear's up any idea we were against you, we weren't. On a lighter note, ERTC, isn't ringing a bell with me? I belong to or have belonged to SCCA, IRDC, Sovern (16years vintage racing my Yellow Alfa GTV, Car 02) Bremerton Sports car club, Jag, Porsche (NW PCA Region), Z-Cars Northwest, and host of others since the early 70's, so I'm sure we have mutual friends. Cheers Tom.

[Tommy]

It's been my experience that when two people are arguing a point and one or both descend into personal insults and name calling, it means they have given up on winning the original argument. In the argumentative part of this thread I believe there are two points to debate. The first is whether or not it is a good idea for anyone (regardless of how they rate their own driving skills) to engage in what some state laws define as "exhibition driving" on public roadways. The second point is whether it is a good idea to share stories about exhibition driving on this particular forum. In my opinion the answer to both questions is no.

My reason is the same for both points. Whether a driver is highly skilled or just lucky at that moment, exhibition driving or stories about it tend to persuade people who likely don't have skills to try it too. In an earlier post I mentioned a young pilot who died trying a maneuver he was not yet ready to try. He did it because he had heard other more experienced pilots talking about ignoring the rules because it was fun and they could handle it. He couldn't, but his ego got the best of him.

I look at it this way. If Lewis Hamilton is out in his Ferrari and a stranger in his McLaren pulls along side and wants to race, Lewis can handle it. But he has no idea how skilled the other driver is. Putting that other driver's life at risk for the sake of his own ego seems foolish to me. A mature man would not do that IMHO.

So, getting back to this thread I have one more point to make. If someone criticizes my ACTIONS it is not the same as criticizing me. If I believe my actions were justified, I'll either explain why or ignore them as poorly informed critics. If their criticism makes me rethink either my actions or my choice of words in describing them, I will respond accordingly. I believe there are many areas where reasonable people can respectfully disagree. Allowing the other person to disagree with me doesn't mean I agree with them. It simply means we each get to make up our own mind.

[patrickt]

Tommy, you gotta quit making sense. It takes the fun out of the thread.

[sunman]

Tommy are those A/C and heater bulkhead connections I’m seeing in that sweet ride?
That is nice if so, can you buy it somewhere?

[Tommy]

Originally Posted by sunman

Tommy are those A/C and heater bulkhead connections I’m seeing in that sweet ride?
That is nice if so, can you buy it somewhere?

I bought mine several years ago off Ebay. I recently saw one just like it on Amazon.



BTW, I discovered that there is a small adapter needed to attach a standard -10AN fitting to a #10 AC fitting as on my bulkhead. I spent three hours searching and talking with three Technical Advisors, none of whom knew how to mate the two fittings. I subsequently discovered 4 Seasons part # 16749 which does the job.

[DanEC]

Golly, I thought the fact that I liked the street versions made me somewhat more of a purist. Another delusion vanquished.

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by DanEC

Golly, I thought the fact that I liked the street versions made me somewhat more of a purist. Another delusion vanquished.

Dan,

Relax, you are still delusional, just not in regards to the Cobra


Bill S.

[Harpoon PV2]

It makes you more of a connoisseur, then a purist! Love you car, that's the way I would do a big block! Cheers, Dennis

[PDUB]

Originally Posted by DanEC

Golly, I thought the fact that I liked the street versions made me somewhat more of a purist. Another delusion vanquished.

very nice color on the Vette! Looks familiar... is it correct for the year?

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by PDUB

very nice color on the Vette! Looks familiar... is it correct for the year?

It’s 30+ years old DuPont Sunfire Yellow lacquer for 66. It’s pretty much spot on in color but takes on some hue shift in different intensity of light. That was the only picture I had of the ERA on my iPad. I need to take some more pictures of it.

Thanks

[PDUB]

Originally Posted by DanEC

It’s 30+ years old DuPont Sunfire Yellow lacquer for 66. It’s pretty much spot on in color but takes on some hue shift in different intensity of light. That was the only picture I had of the ERA on my iPad. I need to take some more pictures of it.

Thanks

Yes, Dan, a lot of those older colors had hue shifts in different lighting! Made it very hard to find the color for my car! Yours looks a lot like Ford Sunlight yellow... great color!

[redvettx2]

Originally Posted by DanEC

Golly, I thought the fact that I liked the street versions made me somewhat more of a purist. Another delusion vanquished.

Street Cobra's have a very elegant style to them. Love the look. Nice 66 too. Had a red on red BB coupe.

[Tommy]

All the chrome on the green one makes me think of a 58 Corvette.