Thanks for bringing this thread back to the top, as this has been very interesting reading while waiting for the outside temperature to hit the magic#(for me-above 42). I am 52, with 53 coming in the new milennium 2/24/2000-wow!
My lust for a Cobra first started in West Texas in 1965 ( I grew up in Lubbock, then moved to Dallas in 1972). I was a senior in high school when a guy about 2 years older named Kent Clark got his dad to buy him a sports car- a black 1965 Cobra- 289 hi-po with 2-4's, chrome wire wheels. One day I finagled one of his famed " $100 bill sticking half out of the passenger floor mat, if you can pick it up as soon as I drop the clutch-it's yours- rides". Bang,smoke, 0-120, eyeballs embedded in my skull, nooo $100 bill for me, but gut-hooked for life.
Like most of the others in this forum, many life parallels, other cool/fast cars, single until I found the "right one" at 36, then father at 40, then at 42- & I feel truly fortunate & blessed as these are the 3 finest moments in my life. The pursuit of the 4th finest began approximately one year ago, when I finally came to the realization that the one obstacle to the fulfillment of my dream was time, so I began a search for a turnkey car. After lots of searching, I decided the car that came the closest to meeting my desires was a Superformance car, & I flew to New Orleans for a day in the sun with Doug Reed in 2 Cobras. What a day, what a ride, what a meeting of the minds- & what a deal!!
Fast forward 4 months, & my 10 yr. old son & I hop a plane, land in N.O., and there sits the most beautiful car we have ever seen- because it is ours!! The next day(10/21/99), we drive it home to Dallas, about 560 miles by the time we get home. We have never put the top on it, it is driven every day that the weather permits (I think we have missed about 7/8 days total so far), & have logged 2056 miles, until we start it in about 10 minutes.
I intend to keep this car(God willing) until I get too old to drive, then the kids get it, but as we all know how about 20-25 years melt away as soon as the engine fires & the rumble of a VERY healthy big block(or whatever you have)warms up, my kids have a very loooooooooooong wait!
Happy new year to you all, & thanks for starting this.
John R.