Average Age?

Hi Roger,

I'm sorry to hear about your emphysematic condition. I'm very familar with the disease, my mom had it. Maybe I can help. I still own a Clinical Infusion Pharmacy and if you will tell me the medications, daily and weekly doses, perhaps I can get them much cheaper for you. I'd be willing to sell them to you at my cost. If you want to email me privately that would be okay.

Best Regards,

Mike

Mike,

Welcome to Club Cobra!

I see you are from El Centro - I grew up in Yuma - 60 miles away and have spent my share of time in El Centro and Brawley.

This is a great place for Cobra activities and friendship - hope you enjoy the time you are able to spend here.

Also, what a nice, heartwarming offer you made to Roger!!

Enjoy the Club!

Neal

Mike,

How great of you to see if you could help Roger out. Both of you are great lessons for everyone. Many of us that are healthy or assume we are healthy just work, work, work and become complacent about the good fun light hearted things in life. I'm glad the Cobras and the Cobra projects make both of you feel good. Okay, the rest of you guys, take some time out and enjoy life. Enzo, if you're reading this that includes you!

Paula Alibrandi

P.S. I guess I need to get my own password as I'm always writing on Enzos.

Neal- Where in Arizona do you live? I went to highschool in Phoenix. Brophy.

Paula- When one comes to the realization that he is truly finite it changes ones outlook on life. Why chase the almight buck when they're all staying here. Over night, family, day-to-day relationships and God take priority. There's more peace.

Sorry, don't mean to preach, it's just the way things have worked out.

Mike

I'M 38 YEARS OLD, BUT ACTUALLY PURCHASED AND BEGAN BUILDING MY ERA COBRA BACK IN 1985 AT THE TENDER AGE OF 25. CLEARLY, IT HAS TAKEN A LONG TIME FOR MY CAR TO REACH ITS CURRENT LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE. WHATS THE UPSIDE TO ALL THIS TIME AND EFFORT? I WOULD SAY THIS WHOLE COBRA EXPERIENCE HAS INCREASED MY KNOWLEDGE OF AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING BY AT LEAST 10 FOLD. FOR ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE CONSIDERING THE PURCHASE OF A COBRA REPLICA, YOU JUST NEED TO KNOW A CAR LIKE THIS NEVER REALLY GETS COMPLETED. IT EVOLVES OVER TIME WITH COUNTLESS UPGRADES AND IMPROVEMENTS. I SUSPECT THAT MUST BE THE CHALLENGE OF A CAR LIKE THIS AND WHY I STILL HAVE NEVER BEEN BORED WITH IT OVER SO MANY YEARS. BEST OF LUCK TO ANYONE MAKING A NEW PURCHASE. I WILL SAY IN CLOSING THAT I HAVE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH MY ERA AND WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE CURRENTLY IN THE MARKET TO TAKE A LONG HARD LOOK AT THEIR CAR. 13 YEARS AFTER THE SALE THE PEOPLE THERE, ESPECIALLY PETER AND BOB STILL UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO KEEP THEIR CUSTOMERS HAPPY.

I'm 48 years young and have been bitten since I saw my first Cobra back in '66. We lived a short distance from Wood-Larkin Ford in Toronto Ontario, Canada and they had a performance shop that I used to go to on a summer evening when the doors would be open and just watch them work on the cars. Besides Cobras there was an A/FX car there called the "GOLDIGGER", saw a GT-40 there once, and Shelby Mustangs. Since the price of a new Cobra was about almost double that of my dad's Chrysler 300 I knew the idea of this being my first car was not a good one. After years of trying different cars some good ('67 Corvette,'69 Cuda S) some bad ('72 Gremlin)I just had to have a Cobra so there was a 289 for sale but by the time I saved $1,000. the price seemed to go up $ 2,000. so I gave up the idea until '79-'80 when I learned about kits. The replica idea really intrested me but I couldn't find a 289. So in '81 I purchased a body shell only from Aurora Cars which was the 2nd or 3rd body out of the mould that was still exactly like the original 289 they took the mould from and a chassis custom built for me. The car was first driven in the spring of '85 and I still have it today. In '93 I purchased an ,81 Aurora MKII proceeded to tear it apart and rebodied it with a Johnex FIA body. By now you might have guessed I prefer the 289 cars over the 427's. Enough said I will probably not here the end of this for some time.

Bringing this to the top again.

Brent Mills
Club Cobra

I was first bitten in 1966! It took me 30 years to get my Cobra!A high school dream come true!!!!I'm 49 years old, but behind the wheel I'm 18 again!
Tom

As it seems that this topic has resurrected, perhaps I will throw in my story. It was in the mid-to-late 70's and I was finishing up college in Texas. I was setting at a red light when my car started shaking rather noticeably. Then there was this noise that I hadn't really heard since the 60's when I devoted time to fast cars. I looked to my left and there was a Cobra. I don't know if it was an original or a kit. I rather suspect there were not too many kits at this time and it showed signs of having a few hard miles. The light quickly turned green and it was off. What a sight and experience. I had no inkling about the kit car industry until a few years ago when I walked into a magazine store at the mall and purchased a copy of a kit car magazine. That grabbed my attention and got the 'ol juices flowing. So a few years later, after much research I have decided on the kit I will get. Space limitations make it impossible to build the car at this time, but I do have a '69 351W block and crank being magafluxed this week. Might as well build the motor. Two or three other "gotta haves" are either a '65 GTO or '64 Impalla SS (a '62 would do if it was the right car) for a frame off restoration and maybe a '36-'40 Ford, probably a kit. I guess I am a prime example of once a gear head, always a gear head. Oh, I turned 50 this past May.

Regards,

Richard

I am 32 years old and have been nuts for these cars for almost 4yrs.I passed by a Sunoco gas station and saw a blue/white Cobra and remembered seeing pictures of cobras(at the time we referred to them as AC Cobras) in magazines in the late 70's and early 80's. I did like them but never knew a kit market was there and did not have the $$$ anyway.
After seeing the blue Cobra at the gas station I started to research cobras and was quite surprised. I think that I started saving immediately after.
I checked out some of the kits at car shows, went to S.A.A.C. 21 and visited the local companys(N.E.).I was ready to buy when I heard Shelby(S.A.) was going to "compete" with the kit car industry.
So I looked into my new option and figured why not wait a little longer and save up a little more and buy from S.A.. So I left my deposit and almost 2yrs later I got my csx4000 cobra in Nov.1998 and have been building it over the past year. I'm almost done and I am psyched.

This site is great, I just saw this thread for the first time. I'm glad someone brought it to the top.

Andrew

I was bitten by the Snake venom when they first came out in the 60's. Just took me 35 years to own one. I'm 56 now, but when I'm behind the wheel of my Cobra, I'm 22 again.

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I am currently 32 years old and started my Cobra when I was 27 years old. I have a brother 12 years older than me that got me interested in Cobra's. So, I have him to thank for "showing me the ropes" about cars.
He also played a big part in building the car which I feel is half his. Although he insists that its only mine.

John

Saw the first one at Tallakson Ford in the 'U' district in Seattle. I had just bought a new '67 Mustang coupe. The money for those cars seemed like a lot then, I mean 7 grand was a lot of hours of trucking. I had the desire, without the funding, as like many of you, kids and houses took the bulk of the bucks.
I had brief fling with a new '68 Cobra Jet Stang and raced a 7 Liter until '72 when an NHRA rule change, ruined the Super Stock class. With bracket racing left, to compete in, I bailed. I bought a sail boat and got into 4 wheel drives with a '55 Willys pick-up, powerd with a Ford 6. The Ford got a trailer hitch and the pick-up became the toy of choice. I migrated to Toyota Land Cruiser pick-ups and still have one in the garage today. I had as many as 5 at one time and did all the rebuild and chevvy V-8 stuff one would expect. About this time, I was sitting around the fire station, reading a new magazine and 'BANG', there was that car again and it was called a kit.
Well anyone who knows, knows that Firefighters have great schedules but not a lot of $$$$$$. So the kit theme appealed to me and I began my quest for the right car. I believed that going to the plant and seeing the car you wanted was important. As a result I took a few years to get around to the places I wanted to check them out. Enter my lovely wife, Sally Jo.
Sal talked me into pulling the pin and moving back to Oregon, where I had grown up. So in '88 we moved back here and are now sitting on 25 acres with our kids, horses, cattle, and soon to be done, 4 bay shop, complete with reloading room and car lift.
Meanwhile, we took the kids to Disneyland in '95 during Christmas break, and she had a bit of a surprise for me. It seems that LA Exotics had a spot very close to Knott's Berry, and she wanted to see this Cobra thing; I was raving about. They got her out in a red 427 and the first thing she said, when she got back was,"We're gettin one of those!" At that SHE pulled out the checkbook and did a deposit. I got to pick the color. Talk about major role reversal! I knew I needed to sieze control, NOW! Thank you very much dear, I appreciate you letting me choose the drive train stuff. We got a roller and picked it up in Oct. of '96. Bob Hubler, (some of you remember what Cosby said about all mechanics named 'Bob') is a local engine builder who does a lot of roundy -roundy and drag stuff. He put together a 351w with 351c heads and tried to get it at about 400hp, as the car is a driver but we wanted a different approach with the 'LOOK'. We put a 4 speed out of a mustang in her and as of today, we're chipping away at little stuff like carpet install, door panels, e-brake, cleaning etc. It has a soft top and the wipers are just coming on line, Oregon has already had it's week of sun, and since we missed it, we need wipers. I'm lucky to have an 'A' code '66 mustang coupe as a driver, but not to worry, I've got my own set of keys and she does go to work.
Actually the car was as much her idea as mine. You see, we have 6 kids and she wanted a car that a kid could't fit in, no back seat, in fact just enough room for us and an over night bag.
We're down to three kids left at home and cruising is on our agenda. One of our first cruises, is to cruise over to eastern Oregon to look at a Cobra, which is for sale. It seems that Sally Jo really wanted a green one and the one for sale could be painted.
Eat your hearts out guys, I get guns, reloaders, tools, and really neat stuff on X-mas and birthdays too!
Life has been very good, to this 53 year old, grey haired, but FAST, man.

34 years old and have wanted a cobra for as long as i can remember-it was truly love at first sight. I hope to take delivery of my new Superformance cobra within the next two weeks. My grandfather helped start a Ford dealership here in our small town many years ago, so have been a "ford-guy" all my life. Can't wait to get behind the wheel! DC

Im 32 going on 21. i have never felt any older than 21 and loving life having built my first 67 427 in 2 months, so can see i have no life besides the cobra.
have love the 427 look because when i was 14 a red one pass me loved the sound

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built my first everette morrison at age 37. now in the process of my second everette morrison at age 42.

Thought I'd bring this back to the top of page 1.

Any newer members care to contribute?

Thanks!
Neal

IM 37 AND WAS BITTEN IN THE LATE 70S WHEN I BOUGHT MY FIRST MUSTANG, A 1968 COUPE. SINCE THEN I'VE RESTORED SEVERAL MUSCLE CARS FROM THAT SAME ERA. NOW PLANNING ON BEING ON THE ROAD AGAIN IN THE SPRING.

54 and never to young...decided I was bored... I've been driving my cobra for about 6 years so ... Enzo, Ed Eveld and myself bought GT 40 kits... their ERA's are in production and mine is rolling. I put a 351/427 stroker with Webers. I think they decided to use that new Fontana block... its supposed to be awsome! Now... what are we going to do with three cobras and three GT 40s ... build a bigger garage!! What else !!

I'm 38 and started on mine when I was 34. Let's face it we're all in a mid life crisis, but who cares!