I first saw a Cobra in 1963 at the old Riverside driving school. I was working near there then and tried to buy a 289 for a couple of years, but by the time I could afford one, they had quit making them and I didn't really like the big blocks as I felt they didn't handle as well. Sorry, no intention to start a fight, just an observation. Then other things happend and I can no longer afford an original of any kind, but I followed Shelby's career before the Cobra was born while he was proving to the Europeans that Americians can drive on a road course. Though some of what he has done in the later years may have tarnished his reputation to a degree, I think he will always be the icon for Americian Road Racing and the Cobra will be a car that will never be forgotten.
Ron
