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10-08-2007, 11:01 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Scottsdale,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR 302 Mass-Flo mild race engine
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You are what you are guys..I just prefer to tell people that mine is a very fine replica and almost exactly like the original only better performing and faster now...dave
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10-08-2007, 11:02 AM
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Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: Dublin,
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Cobra Make, Engine: TBD
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Another Way...
After the comment about it being a replica, if the person asking has a young boy ( 8-12) with them, I'll ask the kid if he wants to get in, after he is in the drivers seat, I'll point out the little pad on the gas pedal and ask him if he can reach it, I will then start it up and let the kid rev it up.........I figure it makes for Cobra fan in the next generation.
A video of me doing this showed up on You Tube several months ago......the "now" generation has its own twists, I had no idea it was being recorded. I love the look in their eyes with the side pipes screaming beside them and how they have to duck their entire body below the cowl and inside the foot box to push on the gas.
TR
Last edited by Tony Ripepi; 10-08-2007 at 11:04 AM..
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10-08-2007, 11:56 AM
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Join Date: May 2003
Cobra Make, Engine: A Cobra
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I have a bag of popcorn, keep going.
I asked this once a long time ago.
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10-10-2007, 09:26 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Fontana,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: Lonestar LS427, 408w, 48IDA Webers, TKO 600, 9" Currie 4-link 4.11 rear
Posts: 390
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"Would you know the difference?"
Thats my favorite...or my next one for the smart punk is,
"would it matter, you obviously don't know the difference."
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08-30-2012, 08:49 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Pittsburgh,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
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I love it when they come up to ask if its a kit or real. I tell them Naaa..... Wish I had the know how and patients to build one. This one came from South Africa. They never know how to respond other than to say .... Oh Wow!! 
Last edited by JLip; 09-01-2012 at 11:43 PM..
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08-30-2012, 10:30 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Dallas,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR track car, SL-C track car
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That is a question that I hope to be answering real soon.  |
09-09-2012, 08:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony Ripepi
Another Way...
After the comment about it being a replica, if the person asking has a young boy ( 8-12) with them, I'll ask the kid if he wants to get in, after he is in the drivers seat, I'll point out the little pad on the gas pedal and ask him if he can reach it, I will then start it up and let the kid rev it up.........I figure it makes for Cobra fan in the next generation.
A video of me doing this showed up on You Tube several months ago......the "now" generation has its own twists, I had no idea it was being recorded. I love the look in their eyes with the side pipes screaming beside them and how they have to duck their entire body below the cowl and inside the foot box to push on the gas.
TR
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Finally decided to read through this thread. I let my 3 year old do this (above) and I about shi*t myself. He slid under the dash and mashed it down. 0-7500 rpm instantly. Didn't like it, had to show him how to flutter it a bit.  |
10-08-2012, 08:56 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Boise,
ID
Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadster 302 cu 290 hp
Posts: 191
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Vicki always replies, "It's real to us." Seems to work.
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10-09-2012, 03:17 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Ft Lauderdale,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft 427R
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Once, I was asked how many MPG to I get ????????  |
10-09-2012, 07:33 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: bridgeport,
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Cobra Make, Engine: era 427 side oiler
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when asked about gas milage i just smile and say "who cares" ? that usually ends that subject!
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10-09-2012, 07:39 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Paradise Valley,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR MK3/302/570 street avenger
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06-22-2013, 12:27 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Epharta,
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Cobra Make, Engine: year 2000 SPF 351
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Yes. a real blast to drive.
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10-08-2007, 11:12 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: West Monroe,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Joey Manufacturing Inc.
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Tony, I would love to see that video, do you have the link to it?
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"Me fodder was King Neptune, me mudder was a mermaid. I was born on the crest of a wave and rocked in the cradle of the deep. Me hair is like hemp, me arms are like spars. When I spits, I spits tar. I'm hard, I am, I is, I are. "
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10-08-2007, 11:39 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Sacramento,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby CSX4795 (Sold)
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Genuine Shelby!
I avoid the words 'real' & 'original', when I respond.
I usually refer them to the license plate or dash plaque, and tell them they are looking at an authentic or, genuine Shelby Cobra, CSX4795!
I ask them if they know that Carroll Shelby is back in the car business? Have they seen the new Shelby Mustangs? Well ol' Shelby has a factory down around Las Vegas and makes 'Shelby Mustangs' for Ford & 'Shelby Cobras'. This is one of the brand new Shelby Cobras.
I didn't spend all the addition $$ for the 'Shelby tax', and wait for 3 years for a CSX number, NOT to say that! 
I paid dearly for my car to come with Cobra emblems 'already' attached to the hood & trunk!
I also enjoy saying: "Yes, it's a genuine 427 side oiler!", but that's for another post.
jdog
P.S. The next question is the one I won't answer: "How much?" 
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10-08-2007, 11:32 AM
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Hi Joey,
It is titled teenager but, the kid was about an 8 -9 year old little guy....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQZ8qhStEQM
From the kids perspective ...it was real enough.
Hope the link works.
TR
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10-08-2007, 11:59 AM
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Location: West Monroe,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Joey Manufacturing Inc.
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soon they'll start with the "it is real" argument...its great...hold on...getting a cold drink
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"Me fodder was King Neptune, me mudder was a mermaid. I was born on the crest of a wave and rocked in the cradle of the deep. Me hair is like hemp, me arms are like spars. When I spits, I spits tar. I'm hard, I am, I is, I are. "
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10-08-2007, 12:02 PM
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great video tony! awesome sounding side pipes! love the "chugga, chugga...waaaaaa!!!..chugga chugga waaaaaaa!!"
the best part is when you can hear mom say, "get out of the car now" ha hillarius! you definetely made a future cobra owner there.
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"Me fodder was King Neptune, me mudder was a mermaid. I was born on the crest of a wave and rocked in the cradle of the deep. Me hair is like hemp, me arms are like spars. When I spits, I spits tar. I'm hard, I am, I is, I are. "
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10-08-2007, 12:27 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Colorado Springs,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft, supercharged Coyote
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Q: Is it real?
A: You see it too?
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10-08-2007, 12:48 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Perrysburg,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF #298 427 FI
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It depends on the person. I had a snooty vet guy ask if it was real and I responded with "your looking at it arent you" His face was priceless.
If I get "is it a Kit?" The answer is no it's a factory car.
If someone is smart enough to use the word replica I say "yes it's a replica, I have neither the money or the balls to drive around a half million dollar car"
I did meet a guy the other day who had an original. I asked where it was and he said "in the bottom of sanfransico bay where I ran it off the road". He then proceeded to tell me that his mother during her last days yelled at him for it. He asked her why she did not yell at him when he was 17 and wrecked it? She said beacuse then it was just a noisy car and that if she knew how much it would have been worth she would have yelled at him then. |
10-08-2007, 12:41 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Mesa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary Classic, 428 FE CCX 3069
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Q: Is it real?
A: No. You're asleep and having the best dream of your life.. Of course it's real. Touch it!
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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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