A Fuzzy Thread

VRM · #1 (**permalink**) 05-04-2009, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by trularin

No cobra?????

Nope - and you don't either!

I don't really have much interest in replicas, regardless of how nice they might be. I'm too much of a history nut - I would love to have an original CSX (I'd like CSX3016, or maybe 2299), but it is just not within my means right now.

Steve

Ron61 · #2 (**permalink**) 05-04-2009, 11:40 AM

Oh heck Steve, go for it. By the time that you figure they are in your means we won't be allowed to drive cars any more.

Ron

bomelia · #3 (**permalink**) 05-04-2009, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by VRM

Nope - and you don't either!

I don't really have much interest in replicas, regardless of how nice they might be. I'm too much of a history nut - I would love to have an original CSX (I'd like CSX3016, or maybe 2299), but it is just not within my means right now.

Steve

What? And your sideline business/hobby is scale models of cars?

VRM · #4 (**permalink**) 05-05-2009, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by bomelia

What? And your sideline business/hobby is scale models of cars?

Yep. I would not call it much of a business though. It generates enough profit to go to Goodwood or Monterey and buy a few race books, but that is about it.
Replica Cobras have no history (that I am interested in) - models of a Cobra at a specific race at a specific point in time are as close as I am going to get to the real thing. To me it is almost like having a 3 dimensional photo. I have even managed to duplicate the SW on the Smiths instruments (which are about 3mm tall) - and you can read it if you have a loupe.

The fun part is that my anal-ness carries over into that sort of detail as well, and I have been involved in the restorations of a few cars - including a Ferrari whose chassis number I am not allowed to mention (but that was a Scuderia Serenissima team car

).

Steve

bomelia · #5 (**permalink**) 05-06-2009, 08:16 AM

VRM - I would love to have an original CSX (I'd like CSX3016, or maybe 2299), but it is just not within my means right now.

You are being serious here? Expecting an inheritance? Who has to kick the bucket?

VRM · #6 (**permalink**) 05-06-2009, 08:29 AM

No inheritance - and certainly nothing big enough to cover the cost of a Daytona. I don't like to rule out the possibility, even though I think it is highly unlikely.

VRM · #7 (**permalink**) 05-06-2009, 10:35 AM

Mike,
So what do you think of Miss CA possibly getting her crown taken away because of her topless photos?

Personally, I'm all in favour of more boobs, but it looks like she did violate the rules.

Steve