Ok, well it might not make your Cobra famous, but it sure can't hurt!
Many of you may have seen my last book "The Complete Book of Shelby Automobiles" that was published in 2009. While it covered all CSX2000/3000/4000/7000 and 8000 cars, what I was not allowed to cover were cars not built by Shelby. Well, as luck would have it, I have been asked by Motorbooks to write another book dedicated solely to all things Cobra. It will be released in the fall of 2011 in time for the 50th anniversary of the Cobra, hence the title "Cobra: Fifty Years."
I've been hard at work on it for many months now, and in my humble and completely biased opinion, it will be great! It is as much about the Cobra lifestyle as it is about the cars themselves. As such, I am allowed to cover all variations of non-Shelby built Cobras as well, which I am really pumped about since these cars (and their owners) far outnumber that of the 998 original Cobras built from 1962-1967.
So, to make things interesting, I want pictures of YOUR Superformance/ ERA/ Factory Five/ etc car for consideration of being published in the book. If you have a great shot of your car that you are particularly proud of I want to see it. Action shots are great, as are high quality still photos with "clean" backgrounds- although if you have a nice Cobra shrine built in your garage that is even better! I have tons of photos of original Cobras, but I want to properly represent the huge number of quality replicas- as I think they are very important to keeping the Cobra flame alive and also represent the future of this hobby as originals continue to disappear and get tucked away.
Photos should be high quality JPEG files, ideally between 1mb and 4mb each in size. Please send one or two only, and make sure the total email size is under 5MB, otherwise my computer may spit it out. I'll need details on the car, your name, and if you didn't take the photo I need to know who did and that they are willing to sign a release to get it printed.
Email what you have to me at
comer.colin@gmail.com - if your picture(s) make the final layout I will email you with details on what comes next. This will be a quality book that will make any coffee table burst with pride!
Since I just got the green light on this chapter, unfortunately time is short- I will need all submissions by January 10th to be considered.
Let's see what you've got! Any questions, please feel free to email me at any time.
Happy Holidays to all!
Best regards,
Colin Comer
comer.colin@gmail.com