[charles roybal]

Found this story on the ffcobra.com site by Kris Mangrum.

I came to the off ramp of I 840 in Tenn and have to turn left or right on highway 100. When I looked to the left(the direction I was headed) I saw that there where three state troopers under the interstate bridge and they had a road block going on. There were cars lined up going both ways. So I pulled in line and noticed that they were just checking drivers lisense's. I got mine out and waited my turn. One trooper was on the left, one on the right and one standing in the middle overseeing everything. As I got closer the trooper in the middle that haden't beeen doing anything nudged the other trooper and pointed to me (as to say I got this one). He walked over to me(at this time there were still cars in front of me) and the first thing he said was WHERE DID YOU GET THIS CAR! I told him that I built it and who the manufactor was and he just kept going on and on about how much he liked the car. He never asked for my lisense so I just handed it to him mid sentence. He glanced at it and asked me if everything was correct and I said yes and he said good enough and asked me about the motor. Not to long after this the cars in front of me we were gone. He looked up and then leaned over to me and under his big hat and dark sun glasses said "If you were to drop the hammer when you leave out of here I wouldn't say a thing"! I couldn't believe it! So I eased forward a couple of feet and popped the clutch in first and the car started to swap ends with me while I was going forward. I went probaly 25 to 30 ft with the back end of the car going back and forth and then hit second and took off. IT WAS SO AWESOME!!!! The state trooper in the left lane didn't know that I was going to do that so he spun sround so fast that his hat almost come off of his head and the last car that I passed in the other lane was looking at me with his mouth wide open. I'm sure they were thinking that I was running from the cops. I was shaking the whole way home with excitement. I called everyone that I thought would listen. This is by far the best thing that has ever happened to me in the cobra! To those still building.......HURRY UP! See what you are missing.
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89 GT Donor,Three link,Rebuilt 5.0,Gt40 Heads, Explorer upper and lower,65mm TB,73mm MAF,Trick Flow Stage 1 cam, 3:73 gears,