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02-04-2012, 11:18 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Avondale,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Factory Five Roadster
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What a great way to retire...
I need to thank my wife for making my dream come true...ever since that first ride in Chicago in 1965. Have 10k miles so far and loving every minute of it. Car has been on the ground since 2002. Enough of this, it's 70 degrees and sunny. Time to warm up the Cobra!!
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02-04-2012, 11:19 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Avondale,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Factory Five Roadster
Posts: 484
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Oh yeah...69 in 30 days!
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02-04-2012, 12:20 PM
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Posts: 160
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I'm 39 and vote "mid-life crisis", or at least that's what my wife tells me 
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Thanks
Art
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02-04-2012, 06:07 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Candia,
N.H
Cobra Make, Engine: 08 Mustang GT
Posts: 109
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I am going to be 64 this month I bought my EM a little less than two years ago I was pondering the purchase My wife said listen we put our two sons through college She said I am retired you youdumb ass will work till your Hundred She said and I quote you have never done one Dumb ass thing in your life go buy the car.so I went to FLA and when I saw the car in person my knee's went weak the rest is history I have just retired and I am looking forward to a lot of time in the cobra.The most important thing to come out of this whole thing is all the great people I have met its be a great experience
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02-05-2012, 01:46 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Windham,,
Me
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dennis O'Shea
I am going to be 64 this month I bought my EM a little less than two years ago I was pondering the purchase My wife said listen we put our two sons through college She said I am retired you youdumb ass will work till your Hundred She said and I quote you have never done one Dumb ass thing in your life go buy the car.so I went to FLA and when I saw the car in person my knee's went weak the rest is history I have just retired and I am looking forward to a lot of time in the cobra.The most important thing to come out of this whole thing is all the great people I have met its be a great experience
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I turn 64 this summer I think.I see you are in NH,we live a little West of Portland, Maine in Windham.If you ever want to head in this direction give a shout maybe we can head toward you,and meet for a coffee.That is if I'm not working the wife is retired,I still look forward to work every day.
The word is: as we age there are 2 things we lose right away,one is our memory,can't remember the other one!
Mike Ross
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02-04-2012, 07:01 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Sleepy Hollow,
IL
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham #647 brushed
Posts: 412
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02-04-2012, 07:45 PM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Orlando,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA154 427 HR
Posts: 206
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02-08-2012, 10:32 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Liberty Sc.,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SuperPerformance 250 / 427 +
Posts: 25
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55 last week have owned superformance for 9 years has been great fun lots of excitment / grand children call it the burnout king
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02-08-2012, 11:01 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: West Chester,
PA
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #795 427 S/C completed Jan. '14 - '68 FE 427 side oiler
Posts: 1,059
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I'm 57 and have an ERA on order...will be 58 by the time I get it on the road. Looking forward to the entire experience. May sell my Harley if I start ignoring it.
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02-08-2012, 11:35 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Hayesville,
NC
Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft #1058
Posts: 148
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57 ....wife said...kids out , go get your damn car!...love that woman....it has been a blast.
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"He Who Dares , Wins"
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02-09-2012, 05:38 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Sammamish,
WA
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance #2743, Roush 427SR
Posts: 130
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Turned 70 yesterday
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02-09-2012, 08:41 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: CSX4000 w/CSXblock
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I was 44 when I ordered it from Shelby, 46 when it arrived, and 47 when I sold it.
Glad I owned one.
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04-13-2012, 02:47 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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I take delivery of Backdraft 1109 from Vintage next week and I turned 27 in March.
After an unsuccessful and disappointing attempt at buying back my old 2003 Mustang Cobra last year, I figured that I would swing for the car that I really wanted. And it's been a long year deciding exactly what that special car was.
It was an odd day today, when my Uncle, an avid muscle car collector at 60, asked the question..."So wait, it has NO windows???".
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04-13-2012, 03:43 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Marlboro,
NJ
Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary Cobra
Posts: 924
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How old!
Turning 60 in two weeks, hope to be getting painted by then!
Jon
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04-13-2012, 04:37 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Austin,
Tx
Cobra Make, Engine: CSX6128 with Shelby 468FE
Posts: 63
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Quote:
Originally Posted by itstock
I take delivery of Backdraft 1109 from Vintage next week and I turned 27 in March.
After an unsuccessful and disappointing attempt at buying back my old 2003 Mustang Cobra last year, I figured that I would swing for the car that I really wanted. And it's been a long year deciding exactly what that special car was.
It was an odd day today, when my Uncle, an avid muscle car collector at 60, asked the question..."So wait, it has NO windows???".
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Nice one Itstock- good to see you young'uns have good taste. 1109 looks great!
I am 48 and have BDR 1091 being finished by Vintage at the moment - should get it next week too.
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04-13-2012, 05:47 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Nampa,
ID
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA EXP002, 1968 PI 428 FE
Posts: 691
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Let's see Scott started this thread in February of 1999 and was 40 at the time. He is now 53. I was 52 then and am 65 now. I wonder how that "average age" data will work out in the end for this thread? Youngest, oldest, owned longest. This thread has been around a long time and the subject has even spawned a few other like threads over the years. I wonder how many that first answered this still have their Cobra? What is the average length of time of ownership?
I still have mine. The car is 32 years old and I have owned it for 8 years.
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04-13-2012, 07:26 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Penn Valley,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: Purchased CSX3225 in 1968 for $4,995. Original 428 car but changed to 427 MR about 20 years ago.
Posts: 238
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I was 23 when I got mine in 1968. So I have had it for 54 years. Talked my dad into cosigning on the loan as I was graduating from college. I kept telling him it was going to be worth a lot more in the future. I was thinking 10 grand. It took a week to convince him. I really didn't care if it went up in value I just wanted the car. With my college loan and the payments on the car I had very little extra cash for the next 2 years. Right after I got it there were times I couldn't afford to drive it except to work. You know gas was expensive at 36 cents per gallon.
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04-13-2012, 07:49 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Covington,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance # 532, 466 BB, 560HP
Posts: 3,029
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Quote:
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I was 23 when I got mine in 1968. So I have had it for 54 years. Talked my dad into cosigning on the loan as I was graduating from college. I kept telling him it was going to be worth a lot more in the future. I was thinking 10 grand. It took a week to convince him. I really didn't care if it went up in value I just wanted the car. With my college loan and the payments on the car I had very little extra cash for the next 2 years. Right after I got it there were times I couldn't afford to drive it except to work. You know gas was expensive at 36 cents per gallon.
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So, did it go up in value? 
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04-14-2012, 10:07 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Allen,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: Werk77 289FIA
Posts: 1,295
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lamaluv
Let's see Scott started this thread in February of 1999 and was 40 at the time. He is now 53. I was 52 then and am 65 now. I wonder how that "average age" data will work out in the end for this thread? Youngest, oldest, owned longest. This thread has been around a long time and the subject has even spawned a few other like threads over the years. I wonder how many that first answered this still have their Cobra? What is the average length of time of ownership?
I still have mine. The car is 32 years old and I have owned it for 8 years.
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Good Point, just opened a Poll Average Age - Take II here is the link...
Average Age - Take II (Poll)
That completes that and the thread can continue until..... 
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Scratch build 289 FIA see the Scratch builder forum on CC - sold
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FF5 Mk4 #7733 302/T5/IRS - dark blue - sold
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FF5 MK4 #8414 501/TKO600/48IDA Ollie the Dragon #91 - sold
FF5 Daytona Coupe 347/TKO/IRS Homage CSX2299 Viking Blue - sold
SPF 2063
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04-14-2012, 01:59 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Ancaster Ontario,
Ont
Cobra Make, Engine: Boss Replica Motors BB 460 by New Generation Engines
Posts: 189
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First Cobra
I wanted a Cobra since I sold my '66 Tiger on July 20 1970. That day I jamed the traction bars through the frame at Cayuga Dragway. I ordered my Cobra from BRM in 2007. I was third in line to have one built for me. The Cobra will be dilivered this June 2012. It has been a long wait, but not that long considering they are hand built, from the rubber meets the road to the sun shinning of the top. The unit is built and designed by Bret Ward of Boss Replica Motors. I am not concerned with the length of time of the build. You can not rush perfection. Nor would it be in my best interest to push the builder. Besides having is not as much fun as desiring the unit in the first place.
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