Cobras, RIP?

[Excaliber]

A driving school is not going to keep you from "rolling" your Cobra. Maybe, for some, it would encourage even MORE speed on a race track that comes from the "confidence" gained in class.

My point about convertibles is I would not trust the windshield area, as strong as it might be, to protect ME in a roll over. At best it offer about the same level of protection as a single hoop roll bar on a Cobra.

The "street" Cobras didn't have a roll bar. NONE of my other english cars (MG, Austin Healey, Triumph's) had roll bars (and no way the windshield was gonna help)!

So the newer cars have a stronger windshield, the Bimmers now have a roll bar as well. If you roll a convertible it's STILL a "roll of the dice".

If you choose to drive a Cobra on the track and drive it HARD and FAST, it's a roll of the dice. I've seen several FFR spec racers with a FULL roll cage, same for the "serious" drag racing Cobras. If you haven't got a "serious" roll cage, you shouldn't be doing "serious" racing.

But we know that anything can happen anytime, anywhere, street or track. WTIHOUT even driving "hard", that is the risk you have to be willing to accept if you drive a "convertible". Simply put, you have LESS protection than a "hardtop" offers.

UNLIKE normal convertibles, the Cobra "mind set" tends to foster a "let's go faster attitude". SO, drive responsibly, accept the risk or build yourself a roll cage, your call.

Ernie