What is the LATEST recognition your Cobra has had recently?

[Tenrocca]

"The only true wilderness is the space between a greenies ears...."

[bmeyer29]

Last fall, we were driving along an open road section of the historic Route 66 in Northeastern Oklahoma. I had not had the cobra very long and my wife had only been out a few times with me around town, prior to this longer trip. (She had been “supportive” about getting the cobra, but didn’t really know the reaction these cars can get).

Anyhow, it was a glorious day! The engine was smooth, the car hugged the gentle curves in the road, there was almost no traffic in either direction, and the weather was perfect.

There is a railway that runs parallel to the highway through this rural area, with about 50 yards between the road and the rails. We gradually overtook a very long freight train headed west, just like us. It was probably going 55-60 mph to our 65. (I remember thinking how insignificant my small block ford's power was, compared to this train's dual diesel engines).

The train engineer was leaning out the window, looking ahead of the train. Just as we pulled even with him, he casually looked over in our direction. I happened to look at him at that same instant and saw him sit up straight, lean further out his window towards us, make huge sweeping waves at us with one hand, and blow two long blasts of his air horn with the other hand.

And then the amazing part. My wife instantly gave the engineer a “thumbs up”, looked over at me, grinned, and had only one word to say: "Wow!"

[Juggernaut]

Pretty cool stuff Bob!

[john lomonaco]

I can't count the times I've gotten thumbs up, kids hanging out bus windows
complimenting my car, even a couple of gals who repeatedly asked for my phone number. ( this would never happen in my Honda ). The best was a thumbs up from Jay Leno when he saw my car as he came out of an Italian
market in Burbank and an incident that happened last week when I was at
an impromptu show in West Hills and a man kept asking questions about my
Factory Five. He wanted to build his own car just like his grandfather did.
btw, his last name was Tucker.

[67FEfastback]

I don't know how you cobra guys do it. You must have to have armed security or something.

In a few days we are heading for mexico. It's the last day of nice weather in the forcast, so I wanted to drive the shelby (clone) one last time. I absolutely LOVE driving this car. It's such a blast. Anyway...

I get tons of comments, as I've been driving it around, on weekends and so forth.
I've been tweaking the mechanicals for a few months. The car is still mostly in primer.

I probably spent an hour and a half extra driving home from the gym tonight.
1st a guy stopped me in the parking lot, when I was leaving.. chatted, wanted to see the engine, wanted to listen to it... he was a body man and appreciated my body work and fitment etc etc

next on the way home someone in a mini van started yelling something from his open window (I didn't roll my manual window down)
He followed me into Tim Hortons, blocking off the parking lot with his vehicle and spoke to me for 15 minutes (another ford/shelby/cobra enthusiast) said that it looked great just the way it was (in primer)

The after getting my ice cap, another kid rushed out of the restaurant and said he just wanted to "hear it!" covered all of his dad's vintage ford truck builds.

Whew, then stopped by the auto parts store, hoping to get a motorcraft oil filter.

On the way out, I think good... no one's around. Just as I'm about to close the door... there's another fan.
"Is that a shelby cobra?"
I straightened him out on that. Explained the differences.
"shouldn't the back end be higher?"
okay, no... did the corner carver vs drag racer explaination

yes it was nice... but a 15 minute drive took 1 1/2 hours

Like I said , I don't know how you cobra guys do it

[lovehamr]

Originally Posted by bmeyer29

Last fall, we were driving along an open road section of the historic Route 66 in Northeastern Oklahoma. I had not had the cobra very long and my wife had only been out a few times with me around town, prior to this longer trip. (She had been “supportive” about getting the cobra, but didn’t really know the reaction these cars can get).

Anyhow, it was a glorious day! The engine was smooth, the car hugged the gentle curves in the road, there was almost no traffic in either direction, and the weather was perfect.

There is a railway that runs parallel to the highway through this rural area, with about 50 yards between the road and the rails. We gradually overtook a very long freight train headed west, just like us. It was probably going 55-60 mph to our 65. (I remember thinking how insignificant my small block ford's power was, compared to this train's dual diesel engines).

The train engineer was leaning out the window, looking ahead of the train. Just as we pulled even with him, he casually looked over in our direction. I happened to look at him at that same instant and saw him sit up straight, lean further out his window towards us, make huge sweeping waves at us with one hand, and blow two long blasts of his air horn with the other hand.

And then the amazing part. My wife instantly gave the engineer a “thumbs up”, looked over at me, grinned, and had only one word to say: "Wow!"

Bob, I looked in your gallery and found this;


Wife's a looker man!








Steve

[ZOERA-SC7XX]

It's worse with a Cobra. EVERYBODY wants to talk about your car; at the gas station, at traffic lights, any stop you make somebody wants to talk or ask questions, "is it real" "is it a 427", "what is it", "I knew such and such who had one". You just gotta be humble and thankful they like your car. It's better than someone throwing rocks at it.

[Joe Wicked]

Nice fastback. I would love to have one of those as well as a Cobra. One day the Cobra will happen and then I can work on convincing the wife that a fastback is required to keep the Cobra company in the lonely garage.

[67FEfastback]

Originally Posted by Joe Wicked

Nice fastback. I would love to have one of those as well as a Cobra. One day the Cobra will happen and then I can work on convincing the wife that a fastback is required to keep the Cobra company in the lonely garage.

Thanks, I have to say that the cobras especially the coupe had a huge influence on this 5 year build (but space for carrying stuff, and local not-so-sunny weather won out)

Was going to - and may still, put a halibrand styke wheel on it. But it mean$ custom offset and I want them chromed. So later on that.

There are lots of stealthy mods which make the car look, maybe, a little bit nastier than normal. I even made the brake scoops fully functional, which take the air right through 4" ducts to the brakes, instead of blowing air on the tires

[RicManSr]

So far this week.

I’ve had some one ask if it was a SPIDER, a CORVETTE, an ORGINIAL, and A FACTORY FIVE.

As I was fueling up last week, the station attendant came out to the parking lot and asked if he could sit in the car while I was filling it up. I said Sure! (I had the keys in my pocket.) After few minutes, he said thank you & that I made his day!

Last week I put the new heads on the car & took it for a test drive. I got about 2 miles up the road when the water temp climbed to 210. The temp on the car has never been above 190, so I knew something was wrong. I pulled into a church parking lot and turned it off. There was coolant in the block. The intake gasket was not seated right. I wasn’t there 2 minutes when someone pulled off the road to ask if I needed a hand. He was kind enough to drive me home to get a rope, bring me back to the car & then tow me back to the house.

Had I been in my OTHER car, I would have had to walk home or call a tow truck.

Yesterday (after I fixed the intake gasket) I was going home from work when the car stumbled & died on me 30 miles from the house. I pulled into a parking lot & put up the hood. Two people stopped to offer assistance within 3 minutes. I thought I was out of gas. (I wasn’t sure the gauge was reading right.) One motorist even went to get a fuel can, filled it with his own money & brought it back to me. He refused for me to pay him back. He was just happy to see the car up close. It fired right up & I proceeded to be on my way.

Had I been in my OTHER car, I would have had to walk home or call a tow truck.

Same DAY. I fill up at a gas station two blocks up the road. (By my calculations it still had 3 gallons of fuel in it when it died.) A few minutes later, I’m headed back down the interstate when the car stumbles & dies AGAIN! I pull over off an exit & shut it off. I let it sit for a minute & it fires right back up & I get back on the road again for another two miles when it stumbles & dies again.

A few minutes later, I’m headed back down the interstate when the car stumbles & dies once more. I pull over off an exit pull into a restaurant parking lot & shut it off. I sit there for a few minutes scratching my head as to what is wrong. As I’m putting the hood up a guy in a Dodge truck pulls up in front of me, gets out & says: “Need some help?” I told him yes, but was unsure what kind of help I needed. I wasn’t sure what was wrong. Within minutes 4 or 5 guys from the restaurant that I’m at come out to see if I needed a hand & to offer assistance. I’m double checking the grounds to the MSD box (Had that problem before) Double check that its getting fuel. It fires right back up again & off I go!

Five minutes later, I’m headed back down the interstate when the car stumbles & dies AGAIN! I pull over off an exit & get out. As I’m putting the hood up a guy in a pick-up truck pulls in behind me, gets out & says: “Is that a FACTORY FIVE?!?!, Anything I can do to help?” I say yes it is and yes you can. I pull out the flashlight & stick my head under the car and check fuel filter,……you guessed it, it was clogged up! He offers to bring me to AutoZone (two blocks away) to get a replacement. Changed it out & off I went without incident.

Had I been in my OTHER car, I would have had to walk home or call a tow truck.

This car gets all the attention of a high priced hooker at a political convention.
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[twin turbo]

Two crotch rockets pulled up to me and one of them asked "what in the he** do you have in that thing, we couldn't keep up with you". Made my day.

[razerwire]

Was looking on norcal web site for upcoming events, went to www.dynamicautowest.net , then looked under Shelby Auto down to finishline at 2. Used my car to picture competition cars approved by Shelby.

[onefastmustang]

I was standing by my car in the safeway parking lot tongiht waiting for my wife. All the spots around the car were empty and we were parked by the door. A woman came up to me and said, "Are you intimidating people to not park near you? I certainly wasn't going to." And she laughed and walked away.

[Doug I]

and there's an interesting idea .... putting lights where the brake ducts are ....

although most cobras don't quite have the cut-away on the doors that you have

[dblbarrel]

At the gas station, a mail man offered to trade his mail truck with the mail
for the POS.

I told him to call me around Christmas.

A nice guy has a TR-6 he bot new wasting away in the garage.

[bmeyer29]

Lovehamr:
Just saw your post from a month ago, and had a good laugh. No, that's not me or my wife, but your comment was a funny tie-in to my post.

I uploaded the pictures of the pontiac "convertible" with the intent of replying to a post about half-height windshields for Cobras and making a joke about an Okie custom shop I could recommend. Unfortunately, I never got around to it.

[lovehamr]

Originally Posted by bmeyer29

Lovehamr:
Just saw your post from a month ago, and had a good laugh. No, that's not me or my wife, but your comment was a funny tie-in to my post.

I uploaded the pictures of the pontiac "convertible" with the intent of replying to a post about half-height windshields for Cobras and making a joke about an Okie custom shop I could recommend. Unfortunately, I never got around to it.

Either way Bob, that's a hilarious pic!

Steve

[kobrabytes]

This weekend I attended a small car show. Two cars down from me was a tricked out Evo. The owner jumped in and was revving up the engine, sounded like a B&S engine. (ring-ding-ding-ding.) I thought to myself, "this is just to good to be true". So I cranked the engine over and gave it some real RPM's. Nearly everyone around me was in total shock! I think the exhaust pressure just about knocked a women over standing next to the car.

When I was about to leave one of the kids came up and said that he'd challenge me to a race when he gets his clutch done, I just smiled.

The next day I made a stop at Autozone. When I was leaving a women and her son were looking at the car. She said, "that is a beautiful car", to which I said thanks. When I started the engine she just smiled from ear to ear and told me that I had made her day!

It's awesome that even the "spectators" seem to get as much enjoyment as the owners. That made my day.

[rollinggeorge]

The sign in front of my KMP 468 states:

HYBRID FORD
610 HP/TQE

Better mileage & less pollution
than Jets flown by Gore & Pelosi.
No tax payer money spent for fuel.


The sign in front of the roller skates next to my car:

NEXT GENERATION SMART CAR
For the American People

Pelosi - Gore Design

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Good morning America!!! Don't ya know I'm your Native Son??

[mpanten]

Originally Posted by kobrabytes

This weekend I attended a small car show. Two cars down from me was a tricked out Evo. The owner jumped in and was revving up the engine, sounded like a B&S engine. (ring-ding-ding-ding.) I thought to myself, "this is just to good to be true". So I cranked the engine over and gave it some real RPM's. Nearly everyone around me was in total shock! I think the exhaust pressure just about knocked a women over standing next to the car.

When I was about to leave one of the kids came up and said that he'd challenge me to a race when he gets his clutch done, I just smiled.

Ahh the evo, every young mans dream under the age of 22. They are pretty fast cars no doubt but most of the owners seem to have a chip on their shoulder. It is times like that that I wish I had loud pipes.