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I was leaving campus on my first week in college when an all black Cobra blew by me like I was standing still. Up until then I was a Corvette fan, as I rode to high school almost everyday in a friend's '66 Vette. That single event of seeing a "real" Cobra etched itself into my memory. I promised to someday own one, if possible. After many cars in my life, the image of the Cobra surfaced one day in 2003. I knew what I had to do and started searching for a Cobra. Unable to afford a Shelby, I looked for my favorite replica. I wavered between a Superformance and a Backdraft. Backdraft won out and I was able to order it in all black, just like the car I saw in 1968. BTW, the car I saw back then belonged to another student. He drove to school everyday for almost two weeks before wrapping it around a big tree and totaling it! I almost cried when I saw what was left of it. Thinking back, who would give a 427 Cobra to a college freshman? Someone with much more money than sense!

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