[PDHse]

Hi, i would also like to thank Carroll Shelby for the marvellous cars he built. I have always liked cars and especially cobras ever since i was a kid. When i was quite young my uncle was mad on hot rods and custom cars, he still lived with my grandparents then so we saw a lot of him. I remember he built a hot rod from scratch once, and a custom car he also built was featured in a magazine.
He told me this story once that he had a passenger ride in a cobra and to a twelve year old i was hooked. To add to the story he dug out in his shed, amongst the old wheels, gauges and car bits a plastic model kit of a cobra made by Frog and gave it to me. A few years later i actually saw one near where i live, it was pouring with rain and this cobra had its top up and was filthy dirty but what a sound. Remember in Britain you don,t see or hear many V8s on the road.
Ever since i ,ve collected any book, model or magazine article on the subject within my grasp. I can,t afford a cobra or even a replica as i have not the means but enjoy reading about the racing history and seeing them at Goodwood. My wife supports my interest/ hobby and now my son also loves cars especially Ol Yella which he sat in recently.
Finally , i would also like to say thank you to the CCmembers who share their memories and old pictures of cobras on this website. If it was,nt for you and ultimately Carroll Shelby there would be none of this.