It's Official!! I'm a published writer!

[hurricaneharold]

Originally Posted by VRM

Yep, I got paid. I got an email from Jay Lamm asking if he could run it, and telling me what they would pay for it. I probably would have let them run it for free.

The only political stuff has to do with racing and a corporate buyout.

Ron,
The link I posted goes to an online version of the article. It's racing history, not political stuff. They have some good historical pics as well.

Harold,
I have written Cobra stuff - I've done all the long-winded driver bios over at Computerworks cobra site. He hasn't posted the last two I sent, so I've not bothered to write any more. The majority of Cobra guys seem less interested in history that the Corvette guys (though the Corvette guys history emphasis is mostly on stock). I think it's due to the fact that the majority of Cobras are still new.

Steve

Its a good article,its always good to read about the history of the Cobra`s also,if your articles were not put on csxinfo then I dont blame you for not writing anymore.

What do you mean that the majority of Cobra`s are still new ....?

[VRM]

Originally Posted by hurricaneharold

What do you mean that the majority of Cobra`s are still new ....?

Well, there are about 1000 original Cobras that are 40+ years old. There are how many thousands of replicas that are a lot newer than that? Most replica owners that I have talked to actually know very little about the real history of the original Cobras. Just an observation based on my experience.

Steve

[bomelia]

Congrats Steve... really.

DeVaux? So you are French??? Hmmm

But seriously, this could neot be written by our beloved VRM, could it? I scanned for spelling, and found program, not programme.

Mike

[VRM]

Originally Posted by bomelia

Congrats Steve... really.

DeVaux? So you are French??? Hmmm

But seriously, this could neot be written by our beloved VRM, could it? I scanned for spelling, and found program, not programme.

Mike

Thanks, Mike,

Nope, I'm American, by way of France, England, Scotland and Canada on my dads side, and Germany, England, and the US on my mums side.
Just like you are an American by way of Ireland and who knows where else...

My wife did the final read through/edit and she 'fixed' all of my spelling 'mistakes'. She does give me a hard time about my proper English spelling every so often, but I return the favour regarding her occasional Bahstan accent (I don't have it - and despite having lived all my life here I can't even imitate it well enough to fool a local).

Steve

[Ron61]

Hey Steve,

Where is my gold script autograph? That was a good article as I said before and interesting even though I have never owned a Corvette, I do like them. I believe there is so much written about Cobras that it is hard to come up with something original to get it published.

Ron

[VRM]

Originally Posted by Ron61

Hey Steve,

Where is my gold script autograph? That was a good article as I said before and interesting even though I have never owned a Corvette, I do like them. I believe there is so much written about Cobras that it is hard to come up with something original to get it published.

Ron

I'm working on the autograph...It takes time to build a smelt, design a pen that can write in liquid gold, and hunt down the perfect bit of wood.

I've had a couple of ideas for Cobra articles/books that Dave Friedman has actually not done. The Cobra community is a much tougher nut to crack, though, as a lot less Cobra enthusiasts seem to care about the historical aspects of the cars. The SAAC is really the only torch bearer in that regard (though we will see how Shelby does on this aspect soon). There are a half dozen mags about Corvettes that I can think of off the top of my head, but only 1 magazine about Cobras (originals - not replicas), and that seems to be published only when SAAC feels like it.

Steve

[Ron61]

Steve,

I belonged to the SAAC for a few years and then quit. They published a magazine called Driven that was pretty good and I have all of my old copies. It was monthly and had a lot of good information in it. But it seemed to me they were moving more and more away from real information and into promoting races that they would be having and such. I did learn a lot from them though and the races they had at Thunder Hill were well organized. Then my health went down hill and I quit going even for open track, so I just quit the club. Also, and I have nothing at all against making the cars as safe as possible, but by the time I quit they had gotten the rules to where you almost had to have a full race car even for the open track events which were supposed to be fun. So I sold all of my racing stuff including tires and wheels except for the helmet which I missed, and it isn't legal now.

Ron

[VRM]

I really think that SAAC is missing the boat in a number of ways, but they also have some really good resources and knowledge base that nobody else has. I have considered writing for their mag, but I am not really fond of the idea that the SAAC guys make a bunch of loot from SAAC, but do not compensate contributors in some way.

The Cobra site that Computerworks and Kris Kinkaid have is a good concept, but it is a little too tightly controlled and irregularly updated for my tastes.

I would love to take the best elements of SAAC and somehow combine them with the best elements of the NCRS (National Corvette Restoration Society). Maybe someday when I have enough time I'll do it myself...

Steve

[VRM]

Thanks Wes, and everyone else as well. I think that the forum is mostly comprised of decent and honourable people. Despite my tooth and nail approach to arguments I have no ill will towards anybody here.

I have a pet project that involves the old Cheetahs that were supposed to be the Chevy version of the Cobra. They never did very well, and they only made about 12 or so. They were quite a bit more brutal than a Cobra, though. Who knows...maybe I'll get something published about them as well...

Steve

[bomelia]

Originally Posted by VRM

decent and honourable people.

Steve

You could save SO much time by dropping all the excess letterage. BTW, why did your article contain no such alphabetical decoration? (never mind, I read your post)

Mike

[VRM]

Originally Posted by bomelia

You could save SO much time by dropping all the excess letterage. BTW, why did your article contain no such alphabetical decoration? (never mind, I read your post)

Mike

But that would give you one less thing to complain about - sorry, but I don't like to ruin anyones fun...even yours!

Steve