Another newbie here! just found this site the other day and have been waiting for time to type something up. I did'nt build mine as I did'nt have the room or the skills... did'nt want the wheels to fall off at 100mph:-) Never thought short of winning the lottery that I would ever own my dream car. We had a 96 Mustang Cobra that I was getting to the point of wanting to modify and just drive on the weekends but miles were adding up quickly and I wanted something different. Met a guy in Oklahoma while attending a car show that had a Saleen Cobra and was getting very interested and started saving my pennies. One day my cousin (who I lost lastb year to cancer) and my wife were talking and my cousin said Mustangs are cool but always changing. Why don't you go after something you have wanted all your life? My wife said you get the Saleen and it will be cool and your car. You get the Cobra and it will be OUR car. That's all it took. We were going to have one built by Cobra Restorers out of Georgia until me and the credit union went to war. Seems after telling me no problem for several months, reality kicked in right before we were going to visit them. Seems they were not going to give me ANY money until it was finished. Well let's just say we parted ways. Started looking for a used one which we found in California. It was close to what we wanted and the price was right so I sold off all of my collectibles, traded the Mustang in for a Dode Stratos for my wife, took all I could get out of an old IRA that was'nt doing anything and put a big enough down payment so I could obtain financing. The rest is history as we have had it a little over a year and I'm allready gathering parts for the eventual transformation. It is set up as a street car and I want to change it to the S/C variety. It's an ERA 427S/C with a 427 sideoiler stroked to 450 with more goodies than I would have been able to swing had I had it built as I would have had to go with the 428 to save money. Looking to take it to Tulsa Oklahoma this year for the Mid America Shelby Meet we have attended the last 2 years as spectators. Almost forgot it's blue with white stripes, black roll bar and sidepipes. Will send a picture to Brent as soon as I figure out how:-). Sorry to ramble on but have been waiting for a web site like this since I got the car.

By the way i'm 44 in the Dallas Texas area.