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[HI Cobra]

Happy Birthday Woodz428!

[Woodz428]

Originally Posted by HI Cobra

Happy Birthday Woodz428!

Thanks...not sure how you know that...maybe you went to my profile.
How's Kailua, spent some of my fonder youth there. Littlest brother was born there, I'm sure it has been developed to death now, but it was just beginning then. We lived there when it became a state and also when they outlawed the "lei wagons" that the Hawaiian women had in Waikiki to make leis for all the tourist with their own flowers. Lived on both sides of the island and had to use the Pale' to get from one side to the other...we also were there when they opened the 4 lane from one side to the other. That was probably one of the first Fed programs they got after becoming a state.
First few months we lived in the Islander Hotel...probably long gone.
It was a great place to spend some of my formative years.

[BlackSnake]

Any Roush motor, 2 year 24k mile warranty, killer R N D and they are very supportive technically and thier customer service is excellent, nice guys too.
DOWNSIDE- pretty expensive, but I believe you get what you pay for, I have a Roush 402 R very happy, n very fast. Bout 545 hp. Ryan

[HI Cobra]

Originally Posted by Woodz428

Thanks...not sure how you know that...maybe you went to my profile.
How's Kailua, spent some of my fonder youth there. Littlest brother was born there, I'm sure it has been developed to death now, but it was just beginning then. We lived there when it became a state and also when they outlawed the "lei wagons" that the Hawaiian women had in Waikiki to make leis for all the tourist with their own flowers. Lived on both sides of the island and had to use the Pale' to get from one side to the other...we also were there when they opened the 4 lane from one side to the other. That was probably one of the first Fed programs they got after becoming a state.
First few months we lived in the Islander Hotel...probably long gone.
It was a great place to spend some of my formative years.

I have been here 35 years now - 31 in Kailua right next to the Marine base.
Hasn't changed much since I've been here - now we have the Pali, Like Like,
and H-3 to get to the other side. All the development has been west of
Pearl City on out to Kapolei.

[Woodz428]

Originally Posted by HI Cobra

I have been here 35 years now - 31 in Kailua right next to the Marine base.
Hasn't changed much since I've been here - now we have the Pali, Like Like,
and H-3 to get to the other side. All the development has been west of
Pearl City on out to Kapolei.

After the Islander we spent part of our time just outside the base too, the rest of the time ON the base......Tarrawa Terrace.... they were big on naming stuff after WW2 battles. Used to play in the old bunkers that were on the coast, the only way to play war when you're a kid......also used C-rations for food.
If you don't mind the inquiry what was the shipping to Hi for the Cobra? I remember it was so pricey at that time, my dad sold his new '57 Turnpike Cruiser wagon and bought an old '51 Chevy so he had enough money to ship a car.It was replaced later in Hi. by a new compact car called a Mercury Comet...that ol' 144 was not quite enough for a 5 kid family with luggage....or without probably.
Didn't mean to step on the thread... That is a nice color combo

[Nantucket427]

Why anyone would put a small block in a 427 Cobra is beyond me but we are all different and it would be a dull world if we were all the same.

[eric johnson]

Originally Posted by Nantucket427

Why anyone would put a small block in a 427 Cobra is beyond me but we are all different and it would be a dull world if we were all the same.

Well, how about the "no flywheel" snap and high winding feeling of a built small block Ford... Torque is great, but I love that scream! But you're right everyone is different. Viva la difference!!