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I'm 43, have 3 rug rats (6, 4, & 2). They all now know how to say "Cobra" and when I show the 2 year old a picture he says "fast car." Growing up my dad bought a 69 mustang with a straight 6 engine. I "nationalized" the car for my use in high school, conned my little brother into loaning me the money for a 302 engine, and while my parents were out of town me and the neighborhood guys replaced the engine in the car. Went like a bat out of hell in a straight line but cornered like a flat bottom boat. What really got me going was the man next door. He had a completely restored '67 GT 500 Shelby convertible. He got too old to drive it safely and they had to take the battery out of it to keep him from driving it. That got me interested in Fords and of course lead to discovery of the ultimate; The Cobra.

Don't know why it's only hit me now to really go get one, so I guess it is a mid life crisis. I've been driving myself crazy over analyzing every make, color, engine, carb, transmission, price combination out there and still haven't settled on one yet. However that will be the easy part.

The key question is "What was the best line you used on your wife (or husband) that got them to agree to letting you get one of these?" I've threatened mine with a 50 page Powerpoint analysis, told her I could modify it to hold 3 car seats, and basically pitched a fit and rolled on the floor (seems to work for the 2 year old).
Great site and this is the best thread I've seen yet.
Thanks!
Scott