Average Age? - Page 35

BLACKJACK · #1 (**permalink**) 08-28-2006, 09:59 AM

Jan - -

Are You The Baby Here??? Weelll, Maybe You Are And Maybe You Aren't.

Truth Be Told - - It's More Like I'm The "old Fart" Here.

I Just Hope That When All You Youngsters Get To Be My Age That You're Having As Much Fun As I Am.

A Very Wise Man Once Told Me, "nobody Ever Got Old And Said - Gee, I Really Wish I Had Spent More Time At The Office Working".

You Only Get One Pass Through This Way Guys - Live Every Friggin' Minute Of It. Never Hold Anything Back For A Tomorrow That May Never Come.

Y'all Have A Really Great Day.

Blackjack

ox_ford_guy · #2 (**permalink**) 10-16-2006, 03:35 PM

Wow..I am really the old guy here. Any other seniors out there?
Turned 60 in July 06 and bought the car for my 60th. Always wanted one. Quite a challange, but i'm retired so along with my other cars and living in 2 locations my time is well filled out. And, to be proper,...that little Cobra really hauls as_
Have fun..Regards to all...ox_ford_guy

BLACKJACK · #3 (**permalink**) 10-16-2006, 04:34 PM

"Wow..I am really the old guy here. Any other seniors out there?"

60?? 60???? HELL, MATE - - YOU'RE A MERE CHILD.

I NEVER CONSIDERED MYSELF TO BE "MIDDLE AGE" UNTIL I PASSED MY 70TH.

Y'ALL HAVE A REALLY GREAT DAY.

BLACKJACK

ox_ford_guy · #4 (**permalink**) 10-16-2006, 05:20 PM

Hats off to Blackjack, he is the senior so far...ox_ford_guy

Juggernaut · #5 (**permalink**) 10-17-2006, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott S

A question from my wife. Is building and owning Cobras an adult thing or just a mid-life crisis kind of thing?

I'm 40, how about the rest of you?

[This message has been edited by Scott S (edited 02-11-99).]

I'm 48 and started building my Cobra in 2002, should have it done by spring. I wanted to build a Cobra for 20 years or so but had to wait until the kids were grown & out of the house.

It's my time now!!

RNT · #6 (**permalink**) 10-17-2006, 05:10 PM

I'm 63 and about to take delivery on SPF 2457. The first 427SC I saw was when I lived in Manhattan Beach, CA in mid 60's. Dick Smothers (Smothers Bros) had one and we all hung around his place on Saturday morns to hear him crank it. In 1969, I bought a 61 AC ACE but sold it when I got married 6 mos later. (Wish I'd kept it!)

DRAGON · #7 (**permalink**) 10-17-2006, 05:47 PM

My body will be 63 in December but I am still a teenager.

IGOTBIT · #8 (**permalink**) 10-17-2006, 06:51 PM

44 here, and just got my first one. I could not have afforded it until now. I would have had one at 20 if I could have afforded it. Of course I'd probably have been dead by 21.

pmfranke · #9 (**permalink**) 10-17-2006, 05:45 PM

i'm 50 . I loved going to the races at laguna seca in the sixties and watching the cobras and corvettes ,mustangs and cuda's, mini's and alfa's battle.the feel of the ground pounding as the big blocks drove by still gives me the chills.Now i have my own ground pounder,it gives me that the same feeling.Peter.

Tom of VA · #10 (**permalink**) 10-17-2006, 08:27 PM

I'll be 42 in 1 hour & 30 minutes. I work about 100+ hours a week and mess with my Cobra on Sunday while I watch my 4 & 6 year old boys (the wife has to get out of the house on Sunday so she doesn't go kid crazy). I don't know If I'll be able to drive it much, but I like to work on it in my garage and ocassionally just go out and look at it.

Blittleton · #11 (**permalink**) 10-17-2006, 10:33 PM

I'm 40 and I'm a Dealer for Backdraft. Loving life......!

LuvDaBlues · #12 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 11:03 AM

I just turned 48, and if I have to hear one more idiot comment about a mid-life crisis, I'm gonna vomit. I can finally afford one now.

Owned Mustangs ('66), a MG ('74), then a host of family rides. I graduated from college in '81, my wife in '83, and almost everything we've worked and planned for has turned out great. One child in college and one in high school. This has been a great connection for my younger daughter and me. We started displaying the car together at car shows and exhibitions.

I raise my glass to ALL of you young and old(er) who have acheived owning a dream that VERY FEW even get to sit in the passengers seat. To all owners who drive an original, roller, or kit, I'm buying the first round!!! (Hope my credit card has a high enough limit)

WarrenG · #13 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 06:32 PM

Were you wondering about the age I ordered it or the age that I'll probably get it? When I ordered it I was 50+. Still haven't received it and pushing 52!

yeager · #14 (**permalink**) 11-02-2006, 02:40 PM

23 years old...dreaming about a cobra..and dreaming and dreaming..

ROUSHAC · #15 (**permalink**) 11-02-2006, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott S

A question from my wife. Is building and owning Cobras an adult thing or just a mid-life crisis kind of thing?

I'm 40, how about the rest of you?

[This message has been edited by Scott S (edited 02-11-99).]

I got mine when I was 56. I certainly hope it's a mid-life crisis kind of thing!

Cheers!
Dave

Roger Vincent · #16 (**permalink**) 11-03-2006, 07:22 PM

I am 56, will be 57 the 29th of this month. Bought an SPF MKIII (SP2080) March, 2005 and a new 05 Ford GT (1490) about two months ago. If it is a mid-life crisis, I have been in one since I was 16; I have owned about 250 cars since then. Hope to own more before I die.

Roger

Michael P. Wole · #17 (**permalink**) 11-04-2006, 05:59 AM

I am 61..bought a used LA Exotic 2 weeks ago(found it on this site). Have always wanted a Cobra since I drove one back in '65..still have the knot on the back of my head from hitting the roll bar on the 1-2 shift(helmet, shelmet).Life is structured in reverse, i.e: we should be able to have all the toys we want before age 50 and then have to go to work to pay for them(and you cannot leave your debt to your heirs). I hope this is a midlife thing because that means I can drive the Cobra for 61 more years. THE NEED FOR SPEED NEVER GOES AWAY. Me and the Tool Man AUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHH

Nickpz1 · #18 (**permalink**) 11-07-2006, 07:58 PM

I picked up a kit all of 2 years ago - just got it on the road and it has all of 800 miles on it now. I will be 58 this month - and loving every mile of it!

FlaRalph · #19 (**permalink**) 12-09-2006, 10:58 AM

I am 60, pushing 61, but I ALWAYS wanted a Daytona replica, except that until a few years ago, you could NOT purchase one for less than 60K (minus engine & trans). That was too rich for my pocketbook. I was looking at an early retirement and had a nice 401K sitting there, so I borrowed the $$$ (from myself) to buy Coupe #6 from Factory Five Racing back in Nov 2000. I am now living north of Tampa Bay and still working on it- it is amost all together and am doing bodywork and painting- body on. I have had the engine running but it needs tuning- have not go carted it yet. I plan to hit a lot of shows and races (as a spectator only) with the Coupe and it will be painted the traditional dark blue with white stripes and bubbles. I always thought Shelby should have made Coupes for the street, but even so, if he did, I would not have been able to afford one back in '65 either!! So whether it is $6,000 or $4.4 Million, if you can not afford it, what's the difference?? I applaud Factory Five for offering a Coupe kit at a reasonable price.

I still pinch myself and sometimes raise the garage door where the Coupe is to just kinda look at the lines and imagine it completed!!! Soon I hope I will not be imagining!! Life's too short, my body is telling me to finish quickly or it might not get done- of course if your aching, you know your still alive!!!
Later

289fia_cobra · #20 (**permalink**) 12-09-2006, 01:48 PM

Wow, this thread started over 7 years ago and still going??? That's gotta be some record for the longest surviving thread.

When I tunred 40 eight years ago, I was ready to retire my VW GTI. Like a lot of people, we scoure the magazine racks in the automotive section for cars to buy. I picked up a 1997 issue of Kit Car magazine and Kit Car Illustrated and having really not thought much of the AC Cobra's up to this point, I saw a few photos of Uniques, Shell Valley's and a few others.

I was captivated by the volumptous lines of every Cobra. There was just something about the proportions and lines that screamed "sexy". But I had to wait until 2003 before I could begin the project. It took me 3 years to complete the FFR as a project (technically, I finished the kit in 1 year; it arrived on 11/2/05 and it was ready for registration by 9/30/06; the prior 2 years were all stripping the donor before realizing I wanted new parts) At 48, I'm feeling like a giddy teenager again. This thing is a freaking time machine!!!!!