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01-04-2013, 01:31 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Jonesboro,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft 874 solid red Roush 427 small block 515 hp
Posts: 572
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I am 60 but I got a new Backdraft for birthday when I turned 58.
I had wanted a Cobra since I was 14 and my dad and grandfather got brochures from Shelby to be a dealer. He was Ford dealer in Jonesboro, AR 1929-1967.
Sadly for me, they did not do it.
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01-04-2013, 05:21 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Loudon,
Tn
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance#2352/Aluminum SO/490 c.i. 650 h.p. 605 tq.
Posts: 410
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Bought my SPF when I was 60. no mid life crises, love to haul ass in the middle of a loud rumble!!!!!
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01-04-2013, 11:34 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: ione,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF #1473 392 cu.in. titanium/black stripes
Posts: 945
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I bought my Superformance when I was 60 and haven't looked back since. It was a car I have wanted since I was 16 and it finally became a reality. Regrets... NONE! I'm lovin' it!
Bob
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01-05-2013, 04:03 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Jonesboro,
AR
Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft 874 solid red Roush 427 small block 515 hp
Posts: 572
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Is somebody doing the math on our "average" age? Mean or median or whatever the smart guys use for statistical studies.
This page looks like most us could have AARP
memberships.
Best wishes for 2013!
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01-05-2013, 04:26 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Near Chichester, Sussex by the sea......,
UK
Cobra Make, Engine: Crendon 427 S/C 428 FE+toploader
Posts: 668
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I'm 48 - but told i look just turned 40 this week 
I first got hooked on this hobby when i was 31, and it took me almost 10 years to build my first cobra replica. Hopefully the second will be a little quicker.
Mr Patton - love your tag line, made me laugh out loud!
btw my guess is that age will be a bell-shaped distribution, if so, mean is fine, but id like to see a histogram!
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01-05-2013, 06:52 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Jonesboro,
AR
Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft 874 solid red Roush 427 small block 515 hp
Posts: 572
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Histogram?
Is that ladies' surgery? Please call me Russell. Mr. Patton is my dad and 86 years old. He like wife's yellow 2002 Thunderbird. My car is too noisy and runs rough.
Russell
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01-08-2013, 08:03 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
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I am 27. Just purchased a finished 2008 B&B build that had about 130 total miles on it. Love the car, drives (and sounds) better than I could have imagined.
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01-08-2013, 08:41 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Jonesboro,
AR
Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft 874 solid red Roush 427 small block 515 hp
Posts: 572
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Drive it like you stole it!
Not really, but people tell me this about my red car.
Post photos!
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01-13-2013, 07:06 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Mesa,
AZ
Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary Classic, 428 FE CCX 3069
Posts: 7,512
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A histogram is not female surgery.
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"It's a great car and I love it, but it doesn't do 'SLOW' very well."
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01-13-2013, 06:47 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Jonesboro,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft 874 solid red Roush 427 small block 515 hp
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Histogram?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Danr55
A histogram is not female surgery.
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I know. My brother in law is an internal medicine doctor and two of my sisters are RN's. One is a nursing professor and the other is a LTC in US Army.
Sorry for my feeble attempt at humor.
Have a great 2013 in spite of me.
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01-13-2013, 08:23 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2607 Roush 427IR 8-stack EFI
Posts: 69
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With all respect, wondering if we have a spread of balls here or we have females in this hobby as well, I am 35. Thks
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01-13-2013, 10:37 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Houston 'burbs,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance MkIII, Ford Racing crate 514
Posts: 26
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hectorturer
With all respect, wondering if we have a spread of balls here or we have females in this hobby as well, I am 35. Thks
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Hmmm... spread of balls? Interesting observation! 
Yes, there are Cobra owners of the "gentler" sex, or at least ONE...I'm sure I will run across a couple more down the line, but I just joined CC today.
I have always been a "gearhead" and horsepower freak and have/have had many other not-so-traditionally-feminine toys. In addition to the new Cobra, I currently have a 118hp Harley FLHTCUI and 140hp custom chopper. I also have a '69 custom Chevy C10 shorty in restoration that will run an all-aluminum 427. My daily driver is a Prius (go ahead, chuckle now), but I also have a Hemi Ram for the toy-hauler.
Gee...it would be soooo much cheaper if I could just get off on shoes and handbags like most chicks, wouldn't it?
And by the way, as far as age is concerned, I'm of a "sixties vintage"...c'mon, you guys know women never divulge their real age!
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Reason: Just 'cuz
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04-08-2013, 07:42 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Plano,
IL
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF #253 Silver/Black 358 Windsor
Posts: 360
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Quote:
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Hmmm... spread of balls? Interesting observation!
Yes, there are Cobra owners of the "gentler" sex, or at least ONE...I'm sure I will run across a couple more down the line, but I just joined CC today. |
Love the name, Snakewench! Wish I would have thought of that, as my name comes from my many years at the Renaissance Faire!
There are a few of us gals out here. I've had my Superformance for almost 3 years. Later this month is my birthday, I'll be 42 - the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything (for those sci-fi/fantasy geeks out there).
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02-19-2013, 07:33 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft Racing rosche 427r
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54 here Just purchased backdraft with 427R in early dec. drove it everyday in high 40s low 50s weather when i got it but had to put it away for now . To cold and salt on roads here on jersey shore. love the car so far! Its parked next to 07 fatboy and has replaced 05 boxterS and 09 honda cbr600. all great toys in there own ways. Looking forward to warm weather and hopefully better traction with the higher temps.
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02-19-2013, 08:34 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Grandview,
MO
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Being into building cobras or any car for that matter is definitely not a mid-life crisis thing... I am only 18 and absolutely love any 1960's era vehicles, with the 427 AC Cobra being my absolute favorite. While I currently do not own or drive a Cobra I do plan to at least start a build by the end of this year.
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02-19-2013, 09:45 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Aurora,
Co
Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft Roush 427 r
Posts: 2
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35 years ! It was my fathers dream car, it rubbed off on to me.
Good luck
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02-24-2013, 11:15 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Golden Isles,
GA
Cobra Make, Engine: Butler Cobra. 350 Chevy Engine, blueprinted, heads cc'd, ported, polished, manifolds matched, big valves, 1.6 roller rockers, TB Injected, mild cam, MSD crank trigger electronic ignition. TKO-600 transmission. XKE Jaguar rear. IFS by Fast Cars
Posts: 558
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I fell in love with the Cobra in about 1964. I was 14 at the time and no other car has stirred my passion as much. I guess it's like a first love, you don't ever forget it.
In 1987 I was 37 years old when I ordered a body and frame Butler Racing. Since then I have worked on the car every now and then, but never enough to make a lot of progress as I do everything myself. During the last year I have really concentrated diligently on the project and on January 29, 2013 I drove the car for the first time. I'm 62 years young and the love affair that started at 14 still burns strong.
You can see my build in the link below. I hope you enjoy it. Arthur
How I built My Shelby 427 Cobra | Facebook
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02-25-2013, 02:54 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Bay Area (Peninsula),
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427, 427/487 side-oiler
Posts: 1,248
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I'm 47 and building ERA 797 with my three mini gear heads, ages 7/7/9.
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02-28-2013, 07:57 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2013
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F/25/ building Cobra. BOOM.
Most people are in a quandary when they find out Im building one. "But you're a girl". Why don't I just build a car that washes my clothes while it drives?
They see me rollin'... they be like, "get back in the kitchen". haha....
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03-01-2013, 05:37 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: SEVERN,
Ont
Cobra Make, Engine: SP
Posts: 104
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I'm 42 and turning 43 tomorrow (march 2), building my first cobra and almost ready for the first go kart ride. 
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