Rick Dorman referred to the Cobras in front of the Ohio State Capitol in starting this thread, and I was there.
One of poker run stages had us running through downtown Columbus on Friday, and the route took us right past the Capitol building. One of our CACCers in a just finished, unpainted FFR, started hearing a nasty suspension noise coming from the left front, and decided to pull over right in front of the Capitol (obviously a no parking zone). Of course, about 7-8 other Cobras joined him to help.
It was quite a sight and obviously was attracting quite a bit of attention. The State Highway Patrol showed up quickly, and a crowd began gathering. They very nicely set up flashing lights behind to protect us.
The senior officer approached me, and asked, "What the heck is going on with all these Cobras running through town.....we've had a couple hundred through there this morning and afternoon?" He said people had been calling them all day. I told him about DVSF, CF, and Team Jenny, and he said, "Wow that is very cool......thanks, I'll make sure we explain that to everyone."
As we were getting ready to leave, a couple of state legislators came up as I was getting in my car, and asked me the same question. One of them knew an astounding amount about Carroll Shelby and Cobras. I gave him the same answer, and he said, "that's wonderful, God bless you all." Wish I'd gotten his name. Every state needs legislators like that, and he deserved to be supported by our fraternity.
I'm just p....d, I didn't get any pictures, and I don't think anyone else did either. We were a little busy........
BTW, the FFR just needed a little grease in the ball joint, and he was fine....drove it all the way back to DC.
