[snakeeyes]

Guilty as charged, sir. A testament to the extreme kindness of the car's owner. Even if I never exceeded 15 mph (the paddock at Laguna Seca is a tight place during the MHR weekend), it was the high point of my automotive experience.

I don't hate the Supersnake, btw. I recall lusting after the car as a kid when I first saw the one-pager on it in Road & Track. The magazine quoted a 0 - 60 time of 3.8 seconds, IIRC, which is quick as anything short of a Veyron these days and seemed otherworldly back then. As has been intimated, the casual collector probably attaches more value to it simply because it's a special 427 that was Carroll's personal car. As a longtime champion of the Flip Top I guess it irks me that what I consider the ultimate Cobra may never be so recognized.

Enough self-analysis. After all this introspection, I now declare the FT's value to be $15,000 and dropping fast. In the interest of supporting a friend who made a bad investment, I will reluctantly take the car off of Rich's hands for that amount. Best hurry lest this charitable streak burn out...