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09-17-2002, 07:39 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: valatie n.y.,
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55 bought my car unfinished 9 years ago the guy ran out of money so i get to drive my child hood dream then i lost it for 15 mos. in amessy divorce got back in pieces and parts put it back together now were both alittle stronger i love thi little car so now its time for fresh paint and some interior work still alive at 55
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09-17-2002, 09:47 AM
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Location: RIDGEWOOD NEW JERSEY,
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AVERAGE AGE
IM 60 YEARS OLD AND THIS IS MY THIRD MIDLIFE CRISIS. THEY ALL SEEM TO RUN TOGETHER SO IT MIGHT BE ONE LONG MIDLIFE CRISIS. JUST SOLD MY HARLEY TO BUILD THIS SO ITS BACK ON FOUR WHEELS AGAIN. HOPE ITS WORTH IT BECAUSE I SURE MISS MY BIKE.
RABBIT
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09-17-2002, 10:23 AM
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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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None of your darn business
Just kidding, 38. I have wanted a Cobra ever since I was in my early teens. Just now can afford it. My wife talked me into buying one already done so she wouldn't be a 'Cobra Widow'. Her idea really didn't work that well since I have been tinkering with it non-stop.
Funny thing you mentioning 'mid-life crisis'. My wife was approached shortly after we got the car. Another mother said to her 'I saw your husbands mid-life crisis'!
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09-17-2002, 10:59 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Celebration, Florida,
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Age is 57, the mind feels like it's 21, the body is another story.
Don't you just love these toys?
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09-18-2002, 07:13 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: melbourne, australia,
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Stated when i was 26, now 28 hopefully finished by 30.
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All torque, no traction!
Anything is possible (if you can justify throwing bucket loads of money at it!).
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11-05-2002, 11:07 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Long Island, New York,
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I just purchased my SPF a month ago at age 24.
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11-06-2002, 07:44 AM
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Right in the middle of the beautiful Texas Hill Country - Boerne, Texas,
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Just got my B&B completed. 28 years old....
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"They're lining up on both sides of the ocean..
and nobody's willing to compromise
in the search for the smoking gun..."
"Charlie Don't Surf!"
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11-06-2002, 09:16 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: P. O. Box 96, CATAUMET, Massachusetts 02,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Butler with home-rebuilt 393 Cleveland stroker(Ya---ikes!)
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57 and............
...if you think that's fun, go to my "Hell's Kitchen" photos in my Gallery?
Possible caption: "...What's that noise behind me?"
NOTE: I am NOT....repeat...NOT soliciting further captions, thank you.... 
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11-06-2002, 10:25 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Leesburg,,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Cobra #273, 427 S/O, ERA GT-40 #2057, Excalibur Cobra.
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HOLY DINOSAURS, BATMAN - - - -
I AM IN THE MIDST OF CHILDREN. - - - ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT IT IS "I AM PROBABLY THE OLDEST FART ON CAMPUS".
I'LL BE 68 IN DECEMBER. I'M STILL HAVING ONE HELL OF A GOOD TIME. I DEARLY LOVE OLD CARS, YOUNG WOMEN AND OLD WHISKEY (OCCASIONALY RAKI - - FOUR DAYS IS VINTAGE RAKI).
IT MAY BE 68 ON THE OUTSIDE BUT IT'S STILL 35 ON THE INSIDE.
HEY - - - THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN GETTING OLD IS "NOT" GETTING OLD.
REMEMBER GUYS - - AS TIME TICKS AWAY - - YOU DON'T QUIT PLAYING BECAUSE YOU GET OLD - - - YOU GET OLD BECAUSE YOU QUIT PLAYING.
Y'ALL HAVE A REALLY GREAT DAY,
BLACKJACK
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11-06-2002, 10:33 AM
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Location: Shelbyville, Kentucky,
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Dream Car
Hi All,
I've been researching Cobra Kits. My dream car has alwasy been a Cobra with a FE and a 4speed/5speed. Since I could never afford one at the time (1994) I built a drag car instead and now I have almost as much money in the DRAG CAR!! Well Drag racing became a second job and I have slowed down a bit and beginning to tinker with the idea of transplanting my 427 into a Cobra (will have to change pistons). But anyway I'm 33 and in hopes of getting one soon. I'll have to sale several of my FE's (428's) as well as my race car to fund this project. 
Good Luck
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Damon Sea
"If it doesn't fit force it, if it breaks then it probably needed to be replaced anyway"
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11-06-2002, 05:49 PM
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Location: Broomfield, CO,
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Had my first experience with a cobra in '77 .. a ride in an original 289 powered AC.. scared stiff but never lost feeling. Dreamed for
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11-06-2002, 05:49 PM
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Had my first experience with a cobra in '77 .. a ride in an original 289 powered AC.. scared stiff but never lost feeling. Dreamed for
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Albert King
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11-06-2002, 05:54 PM
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(continued).....25 years about them, that maybe, just maybe, some how, some way. Got mine at age 43. Just in time too. The Cobra got the testosterone flowing, such that my wife and I will have our 1st child together after trying off/on for 5 years (with the help of specialists). Found out 1 month after I bought the Cobra!
cheese
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Albert King
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11-07-2002, 11:34 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: near Zurich,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR, 347stroker, 48IDA and '66 Mustang GT convertible
Posts: 122
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Had two Mustangs in the 80s ('68 289 2V and a '71 Mach1 351C). Proud Cobra owner since 2001 ...... 42 years old.
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11-07-2002, 01:09 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: so cal,
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Cobra Make, Engine: I used to fix them for a living
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You guys are old. I just look old and have the grumpy attitude to go with it. I'll turn 30 in a couple of years...hehe
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In a fit of 16 year old genius, I looked down through the carb while cranking it to see if fuel was flowing, and it was. Flowing straight up in a vapor cloud, around my head, on fire.
Last edited by Mr.Fixit; 11-14-2002 at 08:46 AM..
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11-14-2002, 08:35 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: La Quinta, CA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 1498, 351 stroker
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I'm 38 and just ordered my SPF last week.
Took a ride in a real 427 when I was 7 years old. Scared the hell out of me screamed to stop the car and the owner laughed just as load as the car. Got out of the car went inside and thought....someday I got to get one of those! Been hooked on cars since.
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11-14-2002, 04:38 PM
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Location: P. O. Box 96, CATAUMET, Massachusetts 02,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Butler with home-rebuilt 393 Cleveland stroker(Ya---ikes!)
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Lemme check....
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11-14-2002, 05:14 PM
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Location: melbourne, australia,
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28. Had my kit for a couple of years before i started working on it. Spent that time collecting the parts i need for it.Wife started giving me grief about spending too much money on it so I got rid of her. Currently have a much more understanding partner who wants me to hurry up and finish the Cobra so that we can build her a '39 Ford hotrod as her daily driver!
Chicks that enjoy cars are so much more fun to be around!
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All torque, no traction!
Anything is possible (if you can justify throwing bucket loads of money at it!).
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11-15-2002, 09:13 PM
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i'm 20, didn't take the time to read all 26 pages of replies, but i dare say i'm one of the younger builders on here. the largest projects i've taken on before this are swapping a motor into a civic hatch, and putting on a couple of turbo kits imports. i'm building the cobra on my own, and trying to pay for most of it out of my pocket ( sold my turbo and motorcycle to start this project).
i'm using an everett morrison style frame and a 4.6 DOHC 32v V-8 out of a lincoln mark VIII (same engine as the stang cobra, but different intake mani, and intake cams i believe). i got those parts from my uncle for $1200, so that really helped cut down on cost.
right now i'm just finishing tearing down my suspension from a 78 mustang II. now i've got to have that old carcass hauled off and begin to clean, degrease, and por-15 all my suspension before i install it.
so wish me luck, and if anyone took time you read all 26 pages, or if you know of someone younger than 19(started a month ago when i was 19  ) then you got me beat.
i'm hunting for a 9" rear end from a lincoln versailles or granada with disc brakes, so if anybody knows where one is, or has one they'd sell, let me know if you could. andrew_1182@hotmail.com is my email
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11-16-2002, 04:35 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Leesburg,,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Cobra #273, 427 S/O, ERA GT-40 #2057, Excalibur Cobra.
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GEEZZ - -
I WAS 20 ONCE! I THINK I WAS EVEN 19 ONCE!
I GOT OVER IT THOUGH - - OR AT LEAST SURVIVED IT.
IT WAS SO DARN LONG AGO !!!
WELCOME TO C/C, ANDREW AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR PROJECT. I'M SURE THAT ANY HELP YOU MIGHT NEED - YOU CAN FIND RIGHT HERE.
Y'ALL HAVE AREALLY GREAT DAY,
BLACKJACK
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