| cobrasnake |
12-19-2014 10:37 AM |
S F Chronicle "My Ride" starring one of our own.
Gary - congratulations on making it as one of the featured vehicles in this section of the Chronicle. It is a nice article and wonderful pictures on the on-line version: Pilot enjoys attention AC Cobra attracts - SFGate. You and Ted have created an outstanding car, especially with its color scheme paying tribute to the World Champion SF Giants.
Like you implied, owning a Cobra is a big check mark on one's Bucket List. There aren't a lot of other cars out there that stir the emotions one feels when driving, hearing, smelling or looking at it.
Tom |
| Gary(SF) |
12-19-2014 05:26 PM |
Thanks Tom! All credit to Ted, of course, all I did was write the check.
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| 289fia_cobra |
12-20-2014 04:05 PM |
Gary, you should have added the special "Bay Bridge" photos because those were great pics by Kirby! Congrats on the article.
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| vref120 |
12-20-2014 07:02 PM |
Nice car Gary!!
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| Gary(SF) |
12-21-2014 09:46 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by 289fia_cobra
(Post 1330742)
Gary, you should have added the special "Bay Bridge" photos because those were great pics by Kirby! Congrats on the article.
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I actually suggested it, but the Chronicle photographer was strangely uninterested... |
| tkb289 |
12-21-2014 08:57 PM |
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| Gary(SF) |
12-22-2014 07:47 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by vref120
(Post 1330768)
Nice car Gary!!
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Thanks! Your Club Cobra handle (vref120) suggests you are a pilot...air carrier?
Gary |
| mrmustang |
12-22-2014 08:16 AM |
Great article and nice looking car.
Bill S.
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| Gary(SF) |
12-22-2014 05:59 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by mrmustang
(Post 1331009)
Great article and nice looking car.
Bill S.
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Thanks Bill! |
| autobody prof. |
12-24-2014 09:08 AM |
Gary,
Beautiful Car! Sounds like you are the same as the rest of us, you remember exactly when and where you saw your first Cobra and knew that some day you had to own one. I have a question, How do you like your Billboard tires? I would like to put a set on my car but I have read a lot of negatives about them. What's your experience?
Don
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| Ron61 |
12-24-2014 10:33 AM |
That's a great article and a very nice Cobra. You should be proud of it.
Ron :)
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| Gary(SF) |
12-24-2014 05:53 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by autobody prof.
(Post 1331396)
Gary,
Beautiful Car! Sounds like you are the same as the rest of us, you remember exactly when and where you saw your first Cobra and knew that some day you had to own one. I have a question, How do you like your Billboard tires? I would like to put a set on my car but I have read a lot of negatives about them. What's your experience?
Don
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I really like the Billboards. I'm a fairly experienced driver (raced Formula Fords in SCCA for 5 years in the '70s, SSA RX-7 for 4 years after that, then HPDE in M3, Lotus Elise, and C6 Z06 for the last 7 years) and I really like how sticky they are. As long as I feed in the power at a metered rate I can open the throttle in second gear...it wags the tail a bit, but I don't have to back off. Lots of tire smoke in my mirrors, though. That's with 650 hp, 2800 lbs car weight. Would not try that with street rubber. They do tramline a bit, and flatspot until they warm up, but I'd buy them again. That said I have not experienced the Avons, and some who have like them better than the BBs. |
| Gary(SF) |
12-24-2014 05:55 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron61
(Post 1331402)
That's a great article and a very nice Cobra. You should be proud of it.
Ron :)
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Thanks Ron, I am loving every minute with the car! :3DSMILE: |
| 289fia_cobra |
12-25-2014 09:42 AM |
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| Gary(SF) |
12-25-2014 11:16 AM |
Yeah, that was a fun shoot with Kirby. I also really like the shot from in front of the car, looking down at the hood, with the bridge disappearing in the background. The local school district actually uses that shot to teach one-point perspective in their art classes. I'd post it myself but can't figure out how to load a photo into the body of a post...:(
Gary
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| Ron61 |
12-28-2014 07:58 AM |
Gary,
Wow, Those bridge shots are awesome. You should have them blown up and framed. How did you manage to get shots with no traffic?
Ron
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| Gary(SF) |
12-28-2014 12:58 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron61
(Post 1331934)
Gary,
Wow, Those bridge shots are awesome. You should have them blown up and framed. How did you manage to get shots with no traffic?
Ron
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Oh, rest assured there are several on my walls in poster size. As with most things the photographer knows a guy who knows a guy...it's the old Bay Bridge span that's awaiting demolition. |
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