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10-30-2003, 02:53 PM
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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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WOW - - - -
I WAS ONE HECK OF A LOT YOUNGER WHEN THIS POST STARTED!!
Y'ALL HAVE A REALLY GREAT DAY.
BLACKJACK
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It's impossible to make anything FOOLPROOF - - Because FOOLS are so ingenious.
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10-30-2003, 04:54 PM
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Location: Moorpark,California,
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I was 68 yo on 14 Aug. Cannot believe it! 60 yrs ago us kids thought that folks over 60 were ancient but now that I'm here; look out, make room, I'm coming through! Howard Tanger
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10-30-2003, 05:26 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: The Heart of the Citrus District,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Sold 3047 & 3002 in 2012
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Howard
You can tell your friends that you are really 60.
But, Stroked to 68..
It certainly sounds like more fun that way.
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10-30-2003, 05:35 PM
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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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YOUNGSTERS - - -PHEWW.
BJ
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10-30-2003, 05:37 PM
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I'm 24. Look out.
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10-30-2003, 05:57 PM
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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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I WAS 24 ONCE. I USED TO BE TALLER TOO.
BJ
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10-30-2003, 06:28 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio (well, Milford, really),
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BLACKJACK,
How good to see you back.
y'all stay as y'are.
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10-30-2003, 07:44 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Uranus,
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Cobra Make, Engine: NAF replica, 351W, about 420 HP
Posts: 3,046
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Mentally? Or physically?
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Edley, The Cobra Rogue!
"If you think that you can cut it, if you think you got the time, you'll only get just one chance, better get it right first time. 'Cause in this game you're playing, if you lose you got to pay, and if you make just one wrong move, you'll get BLOWN AWAY. Expect no mercy.
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10-30-2003, 08:00 PM
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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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THANKS, GUYS- -- --
I'M HANGIN' IN DER.
I GUESS THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN GETTING OLD IS NOT GETTING OLD.
Y'ALL HAVE A REALLY GREAT DAY.
BLACKJACK
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10-30-2003, 08:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by BLACKJACK
I GUESS THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN GETTING OLD IS NOT GETTING OLD.
BLACKJACK [/b]
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How exactly do you rationalize that one? I would have to disagree..  |
10-30-2003, 08:33 PM
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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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THE WAY YOU "DON'T GET OLD" IS TO DIE.
FRANKLY - AS BIG A PAIN IN THE A$$ THAT GETTING OLD IS I DO PREFER IT TO THE ALTERNATIVE - - AT LEAST FOR NOW.
BLACKJACK
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10-30-2003, 10:35 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Uranus,
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Cobra Make, Engine: NAF replica, 351W, about 420 HP
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Blackjack: Do you read the obituaries in the paper first thing in the morning and, not seeing your name, continue with your day? lol !!!
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Edley, The Cobra Rogue!
"If you think that you can cut it, if you think you got the time, you'll only get just one chance, better get it right first time. 'Cause in this game you're playing, if you lose you got to pay, and if you make just one wrong move, you'll get BLOWN AWAY. Expect no mercy.
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10-31-2003, 05:09 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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I NEVER LOOK AT THE OBITS. I'M AFRAID THAT I WOULD FIND MY NAME THERE. THAT WOULD OPEN UP THE BRANCHES OF A WHOLE NEW DECISION TREE.
BJ
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10-31-2003, 05:41 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Port Hope,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Johnex sold - time to start again
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I'm with you, Blackjack. I can't imagine anything worse than waking up dead some morning. It would certainly take the shine off your day!
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11-27-2003, 10:34 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Parker County,
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Cobra Make, Engine: LoneStar LS427 , 427 Windsor
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I was working as a summertime "gopher" in a Ford dealership in a small Kansas town in 1965-66 when the Ford sales rep rolled in with a 427 Cobra on a trailer. The local highway patrolman was in the service department having his patol car serviced. He asked the Ford guy how fast the car would go. The answer was "I don't know". The trooper said, "Want to find out?" The rep said, "Sure, but I'm not going to drive it. It scares me.". The Service Manager pointed to me and said, "He drives sports cars, is it OK if he drives it?". (I was driving a '59 bugeye Sprite at the time. Comparable, right?) The rep said, "If he works here it's OK".
When the trooper's car was ready and the Cobra was off the trailer, the trooper, the rep, the service manager, and I went out on highway 96 and ran the car past the radar. Many times! Every one of us ended up driving the Cobra, including the trooper, until it was nearly out of fuel. I didn't know what the redline was, so I didn't run it over 5000 rpm in 4th. The trooper made the fastest pass, although our 30 second training on police radar operation might have played a part in that.
My most vivid memory is rolling along in 3rd gear at 80+, snapping the secondaries open, and fishtailing. Wow!
I have lusted after a Cobra ever since. Now at 54 years old I have the means and the facilities to build a replica of that Cobra. Hopefully by spring I'll be re-living that memory.
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A Gnat! Quick, get a sledgehammer!
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11-28-2003, 11:26 AM
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Location: Granby,CT,
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At 51 having owned my Cobra for 13 years,as a reward for not going racing full time I remember the adage......."the older I get the faster I was": |
11-28-2003, 12:27 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: West Linn,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #684, 428 FE, TKO600
Posts: 1,378
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I'd been tracking Cobras for about 10 years, keeping up with who was making them, various stories about builds and haunting the manufacturer's web sites when they became available. Acquired a lot of product brochures over that period and always thought that "one day I'd really like to build one".
After putting if off for years (I'm now 62) my recent bypass surgery convinced me that I should really get off my a$$ and do something about it since I wasn't getting any younger. Put the skydiving on hold for a while and ordered my ERA in June. Given my schedule and other things eating up my time I decided on a turn-key even though I would probably take the same year that I'll spend waiting for Peter and his ERA elves to finish the car.
My last serious automotive endeavor was a 7 year research and development outing with a 72 240Z. I bought the car new and, when I sold it 7 years later got a thousand dollars more than I payed for it. Of course by that time the small block 8 making 400 bhp was only the most recent of the modifications that I'd made to it over the years. While I don't envision the same process for the Cobra I'm sure that there will be some tinkering with it.
DonC
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11-28-2003, 03:18 PM
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Location: Fresno, Calif,
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I am 45 years old and have had my Cobra for 1 1/2 years. I have been in love with Cobras since a teenager. I have a '68 Shelby GT 500KR convertable that I thought would satisfy my need for a big block.
There is nothing like a Cobra. My 15 year old daughter and I took a wonderful drive in it on Thanksgiving day. She loves driving in the Cobra. We share a common bond with that car. It is tough as a parent finding common ground with your teenager today! No arguments when we go for a drive. It's too loud to talk above the beautiful sound (music) of the sidepipes. It is about the only "music" we agree on.
Have a great day!
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01-06-2004, 08:56 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Wayne,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary 482 all aluminum Tunnelport Self built and owned since 1980 frame#0000017 and owner of frame CCX 33961 looking for an FIA body to go with it
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I am 47 years old but I built my cobra 24 years ago, When I built mine the orginals were going for under 100k and it cost my over 30k to complete mine. When I would go to Shelby shows the original owners would shun me like my car wasn't good enough but it didn't matter to me because I would say, at least I built mine! When I saw them on the road I got the last laugh. I don't think its a mid life thing, it is more of a timing thing I just happen to be fortunate enough to build mine when I was it my Twenties. By the way my wife hates my car it's to scary for her.
Rich
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01-10-2004, 10:16 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Toronto,
ON
Cobra Make, Engine: 2004 SPF w. Roush 402R
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I'm 32, just getting into the Cobra craze!!!!!!!!
Paul
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