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Old 05-10-2010, 05:04 PM
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Dwight, that name doesn't ring any bells. A man that had a shop in downtown Huntsville told me, right after I had missed them both, he bought two Cobras in sorry cosmetic condition of the back row of a used car lot across from the Hick Building, cleaned them up some and sold them for $500 profit and he actually felt bad about making that much on a couple of used cars until Cobras hit $20,000 in Hemmings.....................


I heard of one car off a used car lot in Huntsville with about an inch of plastic filler all over it no one wanted to buy.


I have been playing tag with an ex-427 Cobra owner in Hunstville for decades and my wife talked with him at the fall Woody Anderson event but didn't get his contact information. Same event a man told us about the Cobra he had that he street raced in Huntsville but costs to keep it up and insurance made him decide to sell....he said in hind sight selling was a bad idea.


Those were the days, Shelby Mustangs out of the paper for $1,500 and Cobras about double that. My dad didn't see any use in such cars......



Talking to early owners pays off sometimes. One ex-owner in Huntsville let me get all his left overs except the pictures and movies of him racing his Cobra.
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