Average Age? - Page 40

StreetSnake · #1 (**permalink**) 12-22-2008, 07:14 PM

Mine is all finished and I was 29 at the time. Now the big 3-0. I like talking with all the old-schoolers who actually know what they're talking about.

LudicrousSpeed · #2 (**permalink**) 12-26-2008, 07:01 PM

37, but brain is stuck at 25. Love at first sight

when saw a Cobra in a museum as a child (30 some odd years ago). A ride in a 'real' Cobra in 'Vegas in 97 sealed it. ONLY car I've ever LUSTED after. I'm working my way through the buyer's remourse now before I purchase it so I can plunk down the cash with a clear conscience when the time comes.

cab · #3 (**permalink**) 12-26-2008, 07:45 PM

I raced off road bikes for 37 yrs ,never had a fast car ,but always liked cobras ,when I got hurt for the last time I said I need 4 wheels ,so I got the cobra,after the firt ride I came back and told my daughter I think I need a helmet for this thing

Iam 53 feel 25 ....

emberglo66 · #4 (**permalink**) 12-27-2008, 10:15 AM

45 but been told I act like a kid! Who cares

tchrome · #5 (**permalink**) 01-01-2009, 08:53 AM

i am 64 and sgot my cobra when i was 62. i always wanted one. i had 2 harley's at the time and so i sold one of the custom ones and bought an older north american fiberglass car. it had a 351 cleveland engine in it. it was a new engine and runs like a bear, but, i just soldthe engine and i am now putting a 427 with dual quads in it. something i always thought was something that had to be done if it was to be a real cobra , if you know what i mean! happy new year to you all

tchrome · #6 (**permalink**) 01-01-2009, 12:33 PM

sounds like weare all cut from the same cloth. i have had a dozen muscle cars through the years, and now along with my cobra i have a68 elcamino 396 super sport. it is almost done with a total restoration. we are reinstalling the inereior now. just had it all redone. the car is one of 5000. they only made 5000 super sport elcaminos in 68 it was the first year for a s/s elcamino. also making it even more rare is the fact that is has factory a/c and factory power windows. it is a beautiful ride and since we rebuilt the 396 with a little extra muscle, it is now pushing 450 h.p. but now my timeis really on the cobra with putting the new 427 in it. i sold the 351 and am in the mid'st of swapping engines. take my friend and happy new year.

tony

UncleDenny · #7 (**permalink**) 01-04-2009, 10:20 AM

72 years in So Cal. 1966 I had cash in hand for one and my then girl friend talked me out of it and I ended up with a Buick. Todays dollars Cobra:=priceless Buick:=bout $1.98.

paulbarrick · #8 (**permalink**) 01-04-2009, 01:23 PM

I'm 63 and just have a need for speed and power, it's so much fun to pull up next to the young kids and they go "Dad, what's that old man driving". When I fry the tires and pull away, I see the youngins jumpin up and down in the car and sayin " Daddy let's get a car like that." Life is sooooo goooood....

peterv · #9 (**permalink**) 01-13-2009, 11:38 AM

I am 52 and started building when I was 48. I completed mine after 3,5 years (another good question is average build duration!). I wanted one since the late 80's, but had kids to educate! Right now I am spending their inheritance on fuel

jklehe · #10 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 05:13 PM

60-yo new member here in Boerne, TX. Sending a wire transfer tomorrow for a rolling BDR in SoCal and w/ transport expect to get it this weekend. Have had a lifelong itch for a Cobra that owning Porsche's, Corvette's, and assorted muscle cars could never scratch. BTW, thx for the great site, have already gotten some great info on insurance from a thread from years ago.

N2VENOM · #11 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 05:45 PM

I am 43. Bought my first cobra at age 32. After owning 7 cobra's, I finally purchased my Kirkham LeMans KMP500 at age 40. I was worth the wait.

Fred Douglass · #12 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 06:15 PM

...I was born on 12 March, 1945.....so that makes my "average age" 32?

Did I get it right?

HEY! Just because I'm mentally challenged doesn't mean I can't enter your contest!!!!!

wtm442 · #13 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fred Douglass

...I was born on 12 March, 1945.....so that makes my "average age" 32?

Did I get it right?

Nope

1945 plus 12 plus 3 equals 1960. 1960 divided by 3 equals 653.

Your average age is 653 which is not quite as old as Ron61

Fred Douglass · #14 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 09:11 PM

I feel much bettah! Actually,since I was borned months before the War ended...I'm technically NOT a BUCKIN' FOOMER!

Yippa daing!

JWilly · #15 (**permalink**) 01-20-2009, 07:43 AM

I entered this world Sept. 1947. However the material I am composed of has been around since the Big Bang. That would make me approximately 4.5 billion yrs. old. I think I look pretty good for a 4.5 billion year old guy! I like this logic, I think?

JB in Alabama · #16 (**permalink**) 06-26-2009, 08:50 PM

WOW!

This thread is that old?
I've had mine for a couple of weeks & i'm 44.
I have wanted one since I fist saw one at 15 in a car show.......
Man, it took quite a while to get to here

But WHAT a feeling!

SKINNEDR · #17 (**permalink**) 07-30-2009, 08:25 AM

I have had mine over two years, however 28 years ago I saw an original, that was being sold for $28,000 and since that it has been my dream to own one. When I got separated two years ago, to ease the pain of my wife leaving after 23 years of marriage, I went out and purchased my car. The day she left was the day I brought it home.
I'm 51 years and I have thought more about this car than I have about anything else in this world including women.
Today I have the car and I don't have a wife. Not sure if I have progressed in life,
the jury is still out there...LOL
Dex..

tbirdz12 · #18 (**permalink**) 07-30-2009, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SKINNEDR

I have had mine over two years, however 28 years ago I saw an original, that was being sold for $28,000 and since that it has been my dream to own one. When I got separated two years ago, to ease the pain of my wife leaving after 23 years of marriage, I went out and purchased my car. The day she left was the day I brought it home.
I'm 51 years and I have thought more about this car than I have about anything else in this world including women.
Today I have the car and I don't have a wife. Not sure if I have progressed in life,
the jury is still out there...LOL
Dex..

Now get a nice pound dog and youll be set. Women are highly overrated. (As far as Im concerned anyways

)

cobraltd · #19 (**permalink**) 07-30-2009, 08:33 PM

Just turned 53, lost my business partner of 25 years, suddenly at age 51 in April. He knew that I had a lifetime dream to own a cobra ever since the day I laid eyes on an original when I was 10 years old. I am know about a week away from getting my car (SPF)completed and I will think of him and his love for fast cars and how he lived his life to the fullest each and every day.

Cobraltd (life time dream)

Needforspeed · #20 (**permalink**) 06-24-2009, 12:42 PM

I got mine a year ago at age 32- I have wanted one since I was 9- I was smart and through out the disclaimer to my wife long ago that it was coming..... yesterday she returned the favour by letting me know her/my baby is on the way- thank god I got it in the garage before she had time to put a wood-panelled station wagon in there!
The thought of waiting until I was 50 to own one of these cars was too depressing- its better than I could ever have imagined even at age 9!