Carroll Shelby Tribute thread. Be a part of it.

[Sharroll Celby]

I was a just-turned teenager in the early 70's, and I remember my friend from down the street came running to my house with a car magazine in his hands, and he was saying "LOOK at this *****IN' car"! Of course it was a 427 Cobra, red with white stripes, and I HAD to agree that it WAS a "*****in'" car, with the classic looks that could only belong to the Cobra.
My first job was at a body shop as a sander/paint-prepper, and one of the other shops in that industrial center was a mechanic who worked on, among regular cars, Panteras and Cobras! So now I could look at Cobras and Panteras, and best of all I could HEAR them as they rumbled in and out of our communal driveway.
Many years pass, and I started going to the Ford Shows at Knotts Berry Farm, and seeing all the original Cobras (which I knew were WAY out of my budget!) and then seeing the fiberglass replicas, which were, at the time, about 1/6 the price of the real original Cobras. The seed was planted.......
In 2002, I was able to sell my first house at a large profit, (due to the red-hot appreciation of the L.A. housing market), and I was able to buy a used 427 Cobra replica in fantastic shape! I finally had my dream car!
I cant describe the feeling when I hit that electric garage door opener, and I can see my Cobra's shape under its' car cover, but I know that it is a GREAT feeling!!! lol !!!
People ask me all the time if I would ever sell the Cobra, and I answer that I could only sell it to buy another Cobra! Thank you, Carroll Shelby!!!