What is the LATEST recognition your Cobra has had recently? - Page 17

hey,littlecobra · #1 (**permalink**) 02-25-2005, 09:59 PM

well this was nice today.... after Pepe was in the shop for a while I picked him up today. Was late for a meeting at school, so drove it to the kids school, and called hubby to pick up the kids for me. Well, meeting ran really late, and not much action at school on a Friday at 5 pm. So, walking to my car, and this kid was standing there admiring it. His dad was parked, letting him look it over. They had done a u turn just to go back and get a better look. I walked up, and started talking to him. he's 13, and an acquaintance of my boys. Well, he said, can I see the engine? so I showed him, and after a good while he started to leave. He said, boy I sure would like to hear it, too. Well, of course I jumped right in and fired it up. After being at the shop for 3 weeks, and just driven a few miles today, I was really glad it fired up the first time! He grinned from ear to ear. Dad was grinning too. Pretty fun!

ELGEE · #2 (**permalink**) 03-02-2005, 09:01 PM

OK- My latest is just the opposite-- It's been cold,wet,just plain nasty thus far in San Jose-- so I've been building and crashing R/C helicopters all winter-- And , since the Cobra and the toys are both in the garage- I've been storing them in the cockpit of the Cobra-- My best friend came over and mentioned that I have the first $50,000 dumpster he's ever seen !!!

DonC · #3 (**permalink**) 03-03-2005, 08:47 AM

A few of us got out during a break in the weather and go for a short hop on a Sunday afternoon a few weeks ago.
Made one mid run stop at a quickmart kind of place that is a bit out in the country that lived up to my observation that the cars by themselves draw attention but several together tend to draw crowds. At the stop we gathered the about 10 to 15 people mostly consisting of teenage boys and their fathers or older brothers and one young lady who mentioned that her father was so into Cobras that he named her Shelby.
The run ended up at a local restaurant that is a bit off the beaten path but moderately well known. As we were leaving and everyone was getting settled/strapped in I noticed a fellow of about 50 just standing a little ways away with his wife who had a very impatient look on her face. The whole assembly took about 3 or 4 minutes to get situated before we were ready to hit the starters. As the cars started one at a time I watched the grin on this fellows face get wider and wider with each start. After the last car started (mine) I glanced over at him and he gave me a small wave and walked off with his wife.
It's the little things like this that make owning these cars so much fun.
DonC

Edley Rondinone · #4 (**permalink**) 03-03-2005, 06:26 PM

I was cruising on Rodeo Drive thru Beverly Hills, giving the Hoi Polloi's ears a test of American V-8 muscle, when a little girl about 4 years old heard my Cobra, and stopped and looked at me, idling away in traffic. I could hear her smiling mother say "That's a Cobra, a really fast car!" She waved, the little girl waved, I waved, then motored on up the street!

Edley Rondinone · #5 (**permalink**) 03-10-2005, 09:41 PM

Today, I was giving a friend her very first ride in a Cobra. I explained that "Everyone will be looking at us".
As we pulled to the driveway to exit the parking lot, a woman in an SUV looked over at us and smiled as she drove into the parking lot.
My friend then said "Wow, you werent kidding!"

Spreading happiness in a Cobra, one smile at a time.

Lman657 · #6 (**permalink**) 07-21-2006, 09:52 AM

The day I bought it I trailered it home. The car wasn't much at the time, it was built terribly.

At a left turn at a stoplight, a man in a Ford Taurus leans out his window so far that his waist was at the windowsill, and starts pumping both arms with thumbs up.

I get it home and my mom (i'm 19 at the time...) and friend Vicki show up. The both comment: "That thing is SO cute!"

Another neighbor, Paula shows up. She starts oohing and ahhing, rubbing the car (no probelem, it was still in gelcoat).

Mom comments, "Isn't it cute?"

Paula: "No, this is a real car. This car is BETTER than a man."

Mom: "Well, Paula, nothing's better than a man."

Paula: "This car is definitely better than any man."

601HP · #7 (**permalink**) 03-10-2005, 11:25 PM

I was sitting at a Cruise Night in an outdoor drive-in. 35-40ish female walks over and started a brief Q&A with me. She left shortly.

She walks back in about 1 minute. Looks me in the eye with a slightly quivering smirk and asks "Do you ever just put your foot into it?"

About then my wifely swoops in and suddenly the Q&A was over.

Another occasion at the same facility. I'm sitting in the Cobra waiting for the feature movie to start. An MGB pulls in beside me, parks and kills his engine. I look over and remark "I used to have one of those."

His response, "Well obviously it didn't have enough horsepower." How right he was. I could only grin.

David

BMK · #8 (**permalink**) 03-11-2005, 12:35 AM

Took my neighbours 6 year old and 8 year old kids for a ride and now it looks like I have to take their Mum..

Bernie

GOCATS · #9 (**permalink**) 03-11-2005, 06:44 AM

Bernie:

So is it going to be the Kiddie ride or the Adult ride...

J.A.

flipper35 · #10 (**permalink**) 03-11-2005, 04:18 PM

Mom's cousin was visiting and I took her two boys for a ride. Just pulling on the interstate getting on the gas to merge in front of a truck and as I slide (figuratively) into my lane a newer 911 comes by in the other lane and honks and smiles at us. The kid (13) wasn't moving a muscle, but I smiled back.

When I got back my daughter was waiting with tears streaming down her cheeks. She thought I wasn't going to give her a ride too. Once I explained that Papa was getting the car seat for her she was OK.

Edley Rondinone · #11 (**permalink**) 03-21-2005, 08:42 PM

Was cruising on Wilshire Blvd here in Beverly Hills, and I was stuck in some traffic. Going in the other direction, also stopped in traffic, was a tour bus full of tourists.

The sun was at my back, so I could see all the people on the bus, and they were all looking at my Cobra. Since I was just sitting there anyway, I waved to the people on the bus, and they all waved back IN UNISON!! And I could see a few of them taking pictures of the Cobra!

I had to smile at that.

BOURRET · #12 (**permalink**) 03-22-2005, 12:54 PM

Last summer, while refueling, a lady wearing an islamic scarf came close to my Cobra with her young child and told me how beautiful she found the Cobra. Nice comment from a lady coming maybe from a country where woman are not allowed to drive

Mr Barry · #13 (**permalink**) 03-22-2005, 03:06 PM

I pulled in to fill up the Cobra (93 octane is all I use)....A man in a pickup pulls in to the next pump , and gets out.....noticing my "Powered by Ford" emblem , he says " I didn't know Ford made one like that!"...Then he says " With the price of gas , you must be saving a fortune in that little car!" All I could do was smile....I had no response.
When I drove off , I left him just a little bit of tire.

Edley Rondinone · #14 (**permalink**) 04-04-2005, 07:09 PM

Was cruisin' on the freeway this weekend, heading over the hill to Malibu to a Starbucks Coffee for some hot chocolate and some serious people-watching. I came up behind a clean '80s Buick Grand National, the one with the turbo V-6. His license plate was " A V6 8 U ". ( a V-6 engine ate you!)

Evidently I caught him by surprise. I cruised up next to his open driver's window before he heard the throaty burble coming out of the Cobra's sidepipe. His first instinct was to give his lil' V6 some foot, and I did the same with my 351, keeping up with him.

After about half a second, he looked over and saw the Cobra that was exhuberating him. I saw his eyes get really big behind his Ray-Bans, his jaw dropped wide open, he backed off the gas, and then he dropped back into traffic.

I slowed down for him to catch up, but he never did catch up to me. I watched him drop back so far, old ladies in Oldsmobile sedans passed him up!

flipper35 · #15 (**permalink**) 04-05-2005, 03:06 PM

It always cracks me up when people comment on how great the mileage must be and then the look on their face when you fire it up.

Edley Rondinone · #16 (**permalink**) 04-07-2005, 06:23 PM

A couple days ago, in heavy traffic on the freeway, some guy asked "Is that the new Aston Martin?"!

My answer: "No, it is a Cobra, modeled after the ones Ford made in the '60s".

He gave me a smile and a thumbs-up, and away we went!

BMK · #17 (**permalink**) 04-07-2005, 07:02 PM

Edley,

Over the last three or so months a number of us are getting some real recognition from the wrong group.

The Environmental people here are really giving all modified vehicle owners a hard time if caught up in their mobile check station.

Seven cars off the road or given notices in Victoria alone. Noise levels and engine modifications are the big issue.

A bit of fun..

Bernie

maurice19 · #18 (**permalink**) 04-07-2005, 07:31 PM

Hi all,

I have just gotten my Kirkham on the road and the first trip was to the hardware store for some non metric nuts for my mirrors.

Anyway, while parked, some fellow backed up into a spot next to me and started talking about the car.
His wife rolled down the window and I thought, more compliments, but her main concern was missing Jeporady. sp

So, my very first outing, I got some car guy in trouble with his wife because she missed Jeporady

Maurice Lawrence

Edley Rondinone · #19 (**permalink**) 04-07-2005, 08:25 PM

Bernie: Sorry to hear they are clamping down on you all.

hey,littlecobra · #20 (**permalink**) 04-07-2005, 08:31 PM

Last saturday, a friend of mine pulled up behind me at a light. She sat there for a minute, and said, 'wow what a cool looking car!!'. We started to turn, and she realized, 'hey, that's Kristen!' Nice to have the car noticed, even before she realized she knew me!!
K