Sprite and Cobra

[Mike]

My Sprite and my buddy's Cobra on a nice Texas day.

day.

Mike

 

[losmorob]

Sweet!

 

[JPSmit]

sigh - I actually prefer the Sprite

 

[Morris]

Ditto that JP.

Not that I would turn down a ride in the Cobra!

 

[drooartz]

Very nice looking pair!

 

[scoutll]

Twins, just like Divito and Arnold!!! I like the Sprite better too. If I were in it for the money, I'd take the Cobra, but for the car,, The frog.

 

[jlaird]

I prefer to think of Bugeyes as baby Cobras.

 

[bugimike]

I prefer to think of Bugeyes as baby Cobras. [/quote

Lb. for lb.and cc. for cc. I think they are really quite equal! Smiles per gallon, the Bugeye wins hands down!! :thumbsup:

 

[v8mgbal]

I must be greedy I want them both.

 

[JPSmit]

I prefer to think of Bugeyes as baby Cobras. [/quote

Lb. for lb.and cc. for cc. I think they are really quite equal! Smiles per gallon, the Bugeye wins hands down!! :thumbsup:

Babies are always cuter

 

[mxp01]

I went to a Ford Mustang show a few years ago at the local mall and at it were about 8 Cobras. They all looked brand new. My son and I surmised that most, if not all, were kit cars.

I don't think there are any kit Bugeyes running around....

Mike Pennell

 

[jlaird]

I have even been asked if Miss Agatha was a Cobra. Gesh, think on that a bit.

 

[aeronca65t]

Great picture!

The first thing I thought of was the album:

~Twin Sons of Different Mothers~ :laugh:

I like both cars, but I can get in a Frog easier.
I don't know what it is about Cobra doors, but I find these cars very hard to get into.

Virtually all Cobras we see these days are kits cars.
It's rare to see a real one.
They only made about 1000 real ones......there are roughly 50,000 replicas out there.
And I would have to guess that if any of you see a real Cobra out there,
the owner is a very wealthy person.
Even a ratty one is worth about $250,000.
A nice 427 Cobra will still bring about $1 to $2 million
with some of the factory race cars bringing twice that amount.

 

[jlaird]

Back in the day I actually got to drive a real Cobra. Belonged to Harvey Greenstein. Nice guy, great car. Actually there were two in the club.

 

[JPSmit]

Ditto that JP.

Not that I would turn down a ride in the Cobra!

I've had a ride in a kit version - pretty impressive. The owner let me sit behind the wheel and more than anything I remember how hard you had to push the clutch - more than most trucks I've driven

 

[ArkleyOkie]

I guy I knew in college bought a new 1965 289 Cobra in BRG with a tan interior. Absolutely gorgeous car. In one of the all time great bone-head moves, he sold it a year later for a red 428 Ford Galaxie convertible. I'll bet he still bangs his head on the table every time he sees what those original Cobras are worth...

 

[drooartz]

Local company here in Utah makes aluminum ones (bodies come from a former MIG factory):

https://www.britishcarforum.com/bcforum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/396367

They sure look nice! I'll keep my Tunebug, though.

 

[JPSmit]

If I had the dollars I'd actually go for the Daytona body. Unfortunately Cobra kits are becoming common like kias to my mind