What is the LATEST recognition your Cobra has had recently?

Rick Parker · #1 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007, 12:12 AM

The owner of the business were I work has a real nice 4000 mile, '67 390 hp 427 Corvette convertable that is a real nice car. He has it on display in the showroom with a 1967 Brochure on the windshield that my co-worker found for him on EBAY, (Pretty Cool). Several months ago someone told him I had a Cobra and he was soon after in my office asking about it. About 2 weeks ago I took it to work (rarely do) and asked if he wanted a ride. Well, I didn't have to ask him twice! He jumped at the opportunity. The entire sales staff was huddled around the car as we were getting buckled in and anxously waiting when we got back. Drove about 4 or 5 miles and excercised the linkage on the Webers a little, and he was quite impressed. Since then he has mentioned it to 3 of our customers that he has brought into my office. He asked if I wanted to temporarily display it nose to nose with his Corvette on the showroom and use it in a joint newspaper ad to draw traffic. That would be cool.

will butterwort · #2 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007, 09:41 AM

it happened.Alumni folks saw car in parade last homecoming, year ago, called last summer wanted story of car and pictures for annual alumni magazine for this fall.Big story of me and Joan and pictures of car with Joan holding 30yr.anniversary gamecock tag, and picture of new tag--vrrooom.Went out to about 60,000 folks, man, calls have been coming from all corners, what kind of car is that?Front cover has one of our students--miss alabama on it, pretty. Watch for her in miss usa contest, from jacksonville state university.Did you build it? Is it real?Joan is on cloud nine---I told her not to spit.Will-alabama

ekrupa2 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007, 08:09 PM

Being a new Cobra owner, my first story...now granted I dont even have the engine in yet.

Picked up my Superformance from Chicago...and open trailered it back to Detroit two Saturday's ago. I was amazed at the stares, thumb up's, and even had people rolling down their windows driving 70 MPH on I-94 trying to ask questions...the car was just on the trailer!!! At the rest stop, an elderly couple who were RV'ing were walking around the car when we came back from the pit stop...asking a million questions. What is it? Where did you get it? Why doesnt it have an engine? They loved it!

I have never owned anything quite like this car...it's loud, mean, flashy...everything I'm not...maybe thats why i have dreamed of owning one. I wonder what it will be like when its on the road (hopefully soon).