Anyone have any information on this DRAGONSNAKE?

[PDHse]

Fantastic !

[cobrajeff]

Amazing! That Cobra with 28 miles on it - I looked at that car in Cincinnati over 30 years ago! I went to look at a wrecked DeTomaso Mangusta at a body shop down there. That Cobra was sitting outside behind his shop. Once I saw the Cobra, I was no longer interested in the Mangusta - but, I could not talk him into selling the Cobra. The paint and the wire wheels were in much better condition thirty years ago.

Never was able to wrangle a deal on a real 289 Cobra, although I looked at a few over the years - always just out of reach (more recently - WAY out of reach). I ended up buying a Pantera, which I enjoyed for a dozen years, before selling it to build my ERA FIA car (I kept the BOSS 351 engine and Webers that I had put in the Pantera for my ERA).

Very cool! What's the VIN on the 28 mile Cobra?

Jeff

[PurpleVenom]

Wow, as everyone else said, except for that goober STL Mark , leave it as is please and take pictures when you dust it off, it would be worth more to me as is than restored I know that. Thanks for sharing!

[93CobraR]

Originally Posted by cobrajeff

Amazing! That Cobra with 28 miles on it - I looked at that car in Cincinnati over 30 years ago! I went to look at a wrecked DeTomaso Mangusta at a body shop down there. That Cobra was sitting outside behind his shop. Once I saw the Cobra, I was no longer interested in the Mangusta - but, I could not talk him into selling the Cobra. The paint and the wire wheels were in much better condition thirty years ago.

Never was able to wrangle a deal on a real 289 Cobra, although I looked at a few over the years - always just out of reach (more recently - WAY out of reach). I ended up buying a Pantera, which I enjoyed for a dozen years, before selling it to build my ERA FIA car (I kept the BOSS 351 engine and Webers that I had put in the Pantera for my ERA).

Very cool! What's the VIN on the 28 mile Cobra?

Jeff

Here is the Mangusta that you saw, it used to be a off white or tan color but he painted it this red color, he has two of them. Here also is a few pictures of one of the two Boss 429 cars that he also has. The boss only has 6300 miles on it and the Mangusta only has 6100.

[PurpleVenom]

Can I come hang out at 'friends' place? One of our members now lives in Columbus (near London) and would love to see these cars.

[93CobraR]

Originally Posted by PurpleVenom

Can I come hang out at 'friends' place? One of our members now lives in Columbus (near London) and would love to see these cars.

I wouldn't mind but he is very weird about letting people know about the cars much less see them. He actually doesn't even really know that I posted these on here or he would probably flip out. Anyhow, I will talk to him and maybe we can work something out.

[PurpleVenom]

Naw, I know, was kidding. I mean, we do have a former member there, but I would be the same way about letting strangers NEAR a collection like this. Love the pics. If you restore, post some progress pics. I really like these "barn finds" type stories and love the as is original stuff.