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02-27-2006, 04:51 PM
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Thank you, Warren!
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02-27-2006, 05:13 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cape Coral,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 2009 Solbra
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Dan Wulff
I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.
(No doubt, most will blame it on the donuts.)
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me
Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.
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02-27-2006, 06:56 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Gray,
TN
Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft 342 Stroker, 400hp
Posts: 189
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My wife and I went for a cruise around Sarasota, Fl. and was first at a stop light to go straight and a car's driver in the turn lane next to us started a conversation and was so excited about the car and just keep talking when the turn light turned green...just kept talking and the cars behind him kept blowing their horns until we told him he better go and he didn't realize the light was green. we had a goood laugh on him.
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02-27-2006, 10:10 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Nampa,
ID
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA EXP002, 1968 PI 428 FE
Posts: 691
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I had not driven my car since rebuilding the transmission. Saturday it was sunny and was 40 degrees at noon so I just had to go for a drive. I explained to my wife that I needed to start breaking in the transmission before going to the WSCB in May. While I was pulling up to a stop light a group of Harley riders and thier babes passed on the cross street. First one, then all gave me a thumbs up. When I pulled into a gas station to fill up they were just getting ready to leave. One of the bikers came over and asked me how I liked driving my four wheeled Harley.
Dick
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04-27-2006, 12:48 PM
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We were in Utah couple of weeks ago, just outside of Zion National Park. We had stopped for gas, and a tour bus of Germans pulled up and let all its passengers out. Of course, everyone headed straight for the Cobras, and a few of the younger women even got to sit in our cars, and their boyfriends/husbands/tripmates took lots of pictures.
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04-27-2006, 01:31 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Hickory,
NC
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427SC w/427so, ERA GT #2002
Posts: 1,106
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It wasn't so much recognition, but a wrong impression that was funny. When commenting on the high price of gasoline while paying my bill at the local convenience store, the clerk commented that I shouldn't be too worried about gas prices, what with the "little" car--427-FE powered ERA Cobra--I was driving. 
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"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough HORSEPOWER." Mark Donohue
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04-27-2006, 02:38 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Alpharetta,
GA
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance Cobra 427 with a Ford 460 Crate Motor.
Posts: 28
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A cop pulled up next to me and asked "wanna race?". That happened to me a few days ago when I was parked at the gas station. I told the cop "sure", thinking it'd be really fun. He then said "I dont mean this Crown Vic. I've got a 996 twin turbo at home". He then said his Porsche spun a rod bearing at Road Atlanta and it was costing him $25,000 to get it fixed, OUCH!
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05-23-2006, 07:53 PM
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"Do you know what I HATE about your Cobra?",, was a question asked me while I was getting gas in Sparks early one evening during this weekend's Cobra Bash.
I have never had anyone ask THAT sort of question before, but I was curious to what this man meant with his question, so I said "Um...what do you mean?"
He then smiled and said, "The thing I hate MOST about your Cobra is that it doesn't belong to ME! That's a BEAUTIFUL car!"
And with that, he drove off........
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05-24-2006, 05:44 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: KERNERSVILLE,
NC
Cobra Make, Engine: SUPERFORMANCE-ROUCH 351W
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The cool thing about driving a Cobra is that usually the "Harley boys" will throw up their hand when they meet you on the road. I have ridden Harleys for many years so I can appreciate the gesture towards the Cobra.
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05-24-2006, 08:22 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Central ,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft #298, 302 5 speed
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A guy came over to give me an estimate on some landscaping and just stood in front of the garage looking. Then he said I want you to show it to me but wait until after I finish looking at the yard or I may never get the quote done. I agree about the Harley boys I have been riding 30 years and can tell you they appreciate Cobra's I get waves from them all the time or comments at stop lights.
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05-24-2006, 08:28 AM
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Renegade Nuns on Wheels
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: columbus,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427 roadster with 351C-4B
Posts: 5,129
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There really does seem to be a connection with the Harley group. Maybe some one can explain it. I always thought my car sounded a bit like a V8 Harley..... Heck the club just bought a Harley so I don't know why I am suprised.
On a cruise one day in the Cobra I ran across a group of Harleys just out enjoying the day like I was. A large group of 40 or so. They waved me by and then lined up behind and we had a parade of sorts with the Cobra leading the way. It was a cool moment.
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05-24-2006, 08:30 AM
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Member of the north
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Join Date: May 2003
Cobra Make, Engine: A Cobra
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I won "People's Choice" at the last car show.
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05-24-2006, 08:34 AM
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Renegade Nuns on Wheels
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: columbus,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427 roadster with 351C-4B
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Originally Posted by trularin
I won "People's Choice" at the last car show.
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Was any one else there?
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05-26-2006, 02:31 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Oxnard,
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Cobra Make, Engine: superperformance, 427 side oiler
Posts: 178
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On the way home from town I pulled up behind, then next to, an original 65?365gtb Ferrari. He gives me a thumbs up, I say "great car." He says yours too. I say mine's a replica, your's is an original. He then apologizes that his isn't restored, I reply if it was you could not drive it. He says he'd love to drive the Cobra, fine I'll swap you for a day. He tossed me his card, revved his little V-12 (they always sound good), blipped the sideoiler, light changes to another thumbs up from the Ferrari. Probably won't call him, Cobra's are little dangerous for Ferarri drivers. Never driven an old Ferrari, hmmm?
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... and when you start your Cobra its inner voice shouts at you "You f***ing assh*le, this time I'm going to kill you."
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05-27-2006, 11:25 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Syracuse,
NY
Cobra Make, Engine: BDR 228, Roush 342R, 457HP/428TQ, modified AOD
Posts: 1,378
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Nolite id cogere, cape malleum majorem - Don't force it, get a bigger hammer.
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05-27-2006, 01:08 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: southeastern,
OK
Cobra Make, Engine: BDR #139, Indigo blue, white stripes, KeithCraft 351W, 315 WHP, 17" Boyd Smoothies, dual roll bars, gunrack, assorted young females
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A gorgeous day, I let Bosslady (my avatar) take me for a highway run.
I scrunched down in the seat, why spoil the image of a blonde carpe-ing the diem in a Cobra?
Besides the usual honks, waves, and thumbs-ups, one trucker was particularly persistant. He finally worked his way into the right lane next to us and rolled down his window.
I smiled up at him from just over the door and he screamed, "Your brake lights are out!!!"
Confirmed by a friendly cop in the next town.
Kinda took the wind out of the afternoon's sails.
UT
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06-06-2006, 01:44 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Northridge,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Arntz Cobra
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Well, it's just a little thing. But, in the May issue of Autoweek with the new red Ferrari 599 on the cover, there is a story on page 24 about the 450th First Friday Nighter Rally. Santa Monica Sports Car Club is coming up on the 38th year of continuous monthly rallies. In the article, there is a brief mention of my Cobra.
Thanks AutoWeek!
Paul
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06-06-2006, 04:25 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Southeast,
CT
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #375 427 S/C - 428FE - Toploader - 1968 AMX 390 Go Pack 4 Speed - My Daily Driver is a 2004 Crossfire
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Well, 14 year old ERA375 was featured in the British magazine FHM Spring/Summer 2006 in their "15 most stylish cars ever" article. She also took 1st place in the owner's poll (Class V - Reproductions 1970 & earlier) at the recent 2006 SAAC Spring Fling in Manchester, Ct.
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A car can massage organs which no masseur can reach. It is the one remedy for the disorders of the great sympathetic nervous system. Jean Cocteau 1889-1963, French Author, Filmmaker
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06-06-2006, 11:34 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dana Point,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF #2056, 515 HP ROUSH 402R
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My Car Was Featured In May On An Episode Of Dream Car Garage. It Was Done Over A 2 Day Period In Las Vegas At The Shelby Event. It's Pretty Cool To Se Your Own Car On T.v.!!
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06-06-2006, 11:49 AM
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Location: Hickory,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427SC w/427so, ERA GT #2002
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But regardless of how nice or original the car is, the most often asked question is, "Is it real?" or "Who's kit is it?", not necessarily in that order. 
The most unusual question I had is, "Is it an Austin?"
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"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough HORSEPOWER." Mark Donohue
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