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At the grocery store this evening.....
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Original! He has a 195? MG GT for sale now by the way.
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If its real, its a million dollar car - can't tell from the size of the photos...did you tap on it to see if it was fiberglass?
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We have a car show tomorrow and he said he might bring it instead of his GT. I was afraid to walk up to someone's 20 minute old car (repro or not) and start touching it. I stood back and took photos with my camera phone (it was all I had)
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I'm betting fiberglass!
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Fiberglass or not.....I want one! I bet it goes REAL FAST!
TO be honest....if its not, I'm not sure I'd have the guts to drive it. He had his 13-14 year old son with him, and I wish you could have seen his grin...you could tell this was a real car guy in the making!
TO be honest....if its not, I'm not sure I'd have the guts to drive it. He had his 13-14 year old son with him, and I wish you could have seen his grin...you could tell this was a real car guy in the making!
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Neighbor of mine has a Unique Motorcars kit that, unless you tap on it, looks exactly like an original - until you open the hood & see that NASCAR engine! Its so fast, its scary - I know....but, what a way t be scared!!!
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Sort of like sticking a 427 in my midget? YEEEEEEEEHAH!!!
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There's a guy here in Calgary who owns an original Cobra 427 and willingly shows it off at local shows, I've seen the car at tons of car shows and I'm almost spoiled by the sight of it that I take it for granted at times...
And the owner is very friendly and approachable as well
And the owner is very friendly and approachable as well
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hehehehe. got some uploaded. I'm going to the track tomorrow and I'll take a bunch more. There were 3 original GT40s and at least 1 genuine 427 Cobra in the race reenactment downtown tonight. Shelby American usually is set up at the track with an eyepopping assortment . But what I was really impressed by this year was the Bugatties. DOwntown, parked on the street, with people milling everywhere, and then running in the reenactment were 14!!!! open wheel/ pre-war Bugatties!! I got a video. it'll be on youtube shortly.
All that said. It's still really cool to run across a Cobra at a grocery store. how often does that happen?!!
I'll go get my own thread now, and stop hijacking this one.
All that said. It's still really cool to run across a Cobra at a grocery store. how often does that happen?!!
I'll go get my own thread now, and stop hijacking this one.
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That one looks like a kit car albeit a nice one! Take a close look at bthe shift lever.vping said:
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One of the easiest ways to tell a real Cobra (or at least an aluminum bodied one) is to look at the bottom side of the hood. a fiberglass car has a moulded ridge around the hood for support, whereas an aluminum car has a seperate tube that the hood skin is rivited to. also the edges of the body, like the wheel openings are a lot thinner/sharper on an aluminum car. they have to keep the fiberglass thicker, or it'll crack.
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Pretty, but the chances of that being a real Cobra are somewhere between slim and none. As Tony said, nobody drives a gazillion-dollar car to the grocery. Well, almost nobody.
3 years ago at our annual Brit car show in New Orleans, a local rich guy trailed in his real-deal full-race 427 Cobra to the show. He had bought it off of Edsel Ford. Mint. He quietly winched it off the trailer then got in it to crank. When that monster turned over, every man, woman and child on the grounds of the car show snapped their head in his direction. That was the most wailful bark I have ever heard in my life. That 427 side oiler made the entire show. And its origin, or sorts, was British.
3 years ago at our annual Brit car show in New Orleans, a local rich guy trailed in his real-deal full-race 427 Cobra to the show. He had bought it off of Edsel Ford. Mint. He quietly winched it off the trailer then got in it to crank. When that monster turned over, every man, woman and child on the grounds of the car show snapped their head in his direction. That was the most wailful bark I have ever heard in my life. That 427 side oiler made the entire show. And its origin, or sorts, was British.