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Shelby Cobra Coupe Becomes the First Federally Registered Historic Car

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Shelby Cobra Coupe Becomes the First Federally Registered Historic Car

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I was working the pits for Competition Press ( Autoweek) at Daytona when the Shelby coupe's first showed up. I liked them then and still do!
The regular Cobras were there also, along with the Ford GT 40's. They were all MONSTERS!

That was also the race where, except for my partner stepping in and stopping me, I was going to punch Chris Economaki for shoving me out of the way to get the first post race interview. I thought he was RUDE and CRUDE..

Back to my man cave now.
 
One of the CSX roadsters was owned for a while by a friend, that thing was outrageous. He sold it to Tony Hogg to buy a house for his new bride... he shoulda kept the Cobra.

Always considered Economaki to be a putz.
 
Well that has got to be the wost vid ever shown here
 
Must say the corn was waay too high in those programs. As I never was a fan of that show, I didn't see that 'til now. Kinda wish I'd not bothered to run it and remained blissfully ignorant. :smirk:
 
DrEntropy said:
One of the CSX roadsters was owned for a while by a friend, that thing was outrageous. He sold it to Tony Hogg to buy a house for his new bride... he shoulda kept the Cobra. .
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Probably worth a whole lot more than the house now. That car was one of my favorites. A 427 street Cobra with dual quads. Here are some pics

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It's now part of the permanent display at the California Auto Museum in Sacremento.
 
That's the car. Had a hard top with it as well. Beast of a thing. There are a few good stories about that Cobra and the "relationship" between it and the friend's lady, too. :jester:

Automobile Quarterly did a photo shoot and article on it (some time around '74), that's likely how T.H. got wind of it.
 
My b-I-l has a Contemporary kit, 429 with dual 4s, most uncomfortable thing I've ever sat in.
 
Love it that the Meyers Manx made the list.

And it's the only one on the list still being driven by its creator.
 
I think the Cobra is really a cool car with a great history, but I kind of wish the Thomas Flyer had gotten the honor instead.
 
So, does this mean that if Dr. Simeone wants to repair/replace a broken part on the car he'll have to ask the permission of committee? If so, who sits on this committee?
 
Hi ya'll. I don't usually post to the Pub, but this appointment to the new Nat'l registry just kind of digs me the wrong way. Even though I have great admiration ole Fred Simeone, I'm thinking there had to be a better choice by the Historic Vehicle Association's National Historic Vehicle Register and also the Historic American Engineering Record, (boy those titles are a mouth full, try to say that 5 times real fast), for an American automobile to be the first for Heritage certification. And for a Daytona Coupe to be recognized by the Historic American "Engineering " Record. Please give me a break. When Shelby "had those cars built", engineering had nothing to do with it! To me this smacks of political bias. I say that because right now almost anything Shelby and especially Cobra is experiencing a resurgence in the current and popular mass cult of automobile hysteria. And knowing how the thought processes work in Washington, DC, this whole registry had to be given the green light by the political boobs in the Dept of the Interior. Ones who obviously have no clue about the significance of the historic motoring world. Ole Fred wrote about this in his book, stating that he and others were trying to get created a Nat'l Historic Automobile Registry just as there has been developed for historic structures. The registry for historic structures was established to create an avenue for federal dollars to be funneled into communities to reconstruct blighted, delapidated buildings. I'm sure it has been used wisely. I wonder how soon the Historic Automobile Registry will give you money to restore your car? Especially since the intent of the registry is to really recognise original unrestored cars. Cars that depict history by their unaltered state. Although having said this, I must give Dr. Fred Simeone alot of credit towards working to get a historic registry started. And I suppose there was a certain amount of discretion needed to get the boobs in Wash, DC. to go along with it. But yea, the Thomas Flyer or something along that type would have come to mind to me first. Dave C.
 
I'd nominate the Winton Whippet. :thumbsup:
 
DrEntropy said:
I'd nominate the Winton Whippet. :thumbsup:
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I'm a little surprised doc, thought your first choice might be that '28 Spitzgrummish Agamemnon
 
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