He claims he bought one new

[Mark IV]

Little known fact: Shelby built over 27,000 Cobras in the sixties. Despite that not jiving with records, it MUST be true otherwise how could every car show spectator say he "owned an original!"

[DanEC]

I think there's some sort of mental defect that is predominant in a number of car show spectators. The wanna be - but don't know crap defect. Corvette owners see it too. "Yeah, back in 1965 my Dad bought a brand new split window coupe with a 454 in it. It was one of them with a metal body too - none of that cheap fiberglass."

[Ron61]

Dan,

In some cases that applies to painters too. A few years ago I stopped at a local body and paint shop to look at a Cobra I saw there and see if it was from around here. Their chief painter, being an arrogant a** Ho** informed me he hated those damn fiberglass cars and normally would only work on Corvettes and do custom paint jobs. I asked him what the Corvette bodies were made of and he informed me that any idiot knew they were good old American steel.

Ron

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by Ron61

Dan,

In some cases that applies to painters too. A few years ago I stopped at a local body and paint shop to look at a Cobra I saw there and see if it was from around here. Their chief painter, being an arrogant a** Ho** informed me he hated those damn fiberglass cars and normally would only work on Corvettes and do custom paint jobs. I asked him what the Corvette bodies were made of and he informed me that any idiot knew they were good old American steel.

Ron

Ron - probably an older guy used to painting lacquer for years who now sprays urethane still using a dust cartridge respirator. I don't think I would be going to him for a paint quote in the future.