Why do you own a Cobra?

[SS COBRA]

My girlfriend and I lived in the Hellertown Pa. area and I followed sport cars racing, (more so Corvettes since my family owned a Chevrolet Dealership) and I met Hal Keck in the early 60's when he was racing Corvettes. One day in '66 we stopped by to meet Hal and Nancy and see what this winning Cobra ( #88, CSX3008) was all about. Their shop was behind their house and we ended up spending about 4 hours with them and their family. One thing lead to another and they invited us to join them at the next SCCA race. For the next 5 years we traveled with the team and spent several nights a week at their shop working on the car, and just hanging out until they bought a Z28 Camero from us. Hal and Nancy raced both cars for a couple years and we had the time of our lives. Then SCCA changed from AP to GT and the Camero, well, got dented all over..... My girlfriend and I got married and moved to Florida. All the times we spent with the Keck family and the Cobra never went away.
In 2005 we bought a Backdraft, Guardsman Blue with white stripes, same colors as CSX3008 was in the beginning. No, not the same car,we know that, but what fun and what a great way to refresh memories.