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There is no other car event where you can see as many REAL and not so real Cobras in one place.
I have had many years at SAAC events mixing it up on the track with original Cobras and found many of the owners more hospitable than some of the replica owners who post here.
If you have never attended a SAAC event you have missed out on a good time.
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At the SAAC bash at VIR, during one of the open track sessions I ran down the front straight at 135mph, door handle to door handle with the late/great Dick Smith, I backed off the gas at the end and got behind him, mainly cause his ball$ were a lot bigger than mine........after the session he found me in the paddock and we had a very freindly chat, he told me he made a dent in the floor under the accelarator trying to pass me and then looked over my POS 65 Mustang Coupe race car and had nothing but good to say about it!!!!!!!!!!!!
Howard Pardee and Kopec both had time in their busy schedules to talk to me and I found them both very nice guys........I never did see any of the BS about real/replicas there.......Each group of show cars had their designated area to park and that was that........
Going to the yearly SAAC meet is like stepping back in time with soo many original cars there......You will see everything from the 2000 series cars up to the latest 4000 series cars.........My favorite has always been the "survivor" cars....unrestored, all original cars, still just like they were made in the 60's!!!!!!!!!!!!!
David