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saw a beat up Cobra today that was rumored to be a Dragonsnake
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Coincidence! I was at the Cars & Coffee meet in Irvine this Saturday and I saw a ratty Cobra
black , lots of dings, that somebody said was a Dragonsnake once. It was a small block.
It was owned by a Costa Mesa guy whose name is the same as a car dealer but I don't know if he is the car dealer since he seems to have aged from the guy I knew with the same name back in the day.
I took one picture , front 3/4, so let me know if you want to trade it for
a pic of a genuine AC Cobra from the UK. I don't know if it came out yet so contact me in a couple weeks (yes, I still shoot film and want to finish the roll...) to see if the picture came out. Be prepared to see a ratty car.
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I was there as well. The car is CSX 2075 (although I couldn't confirm since he had the bonnet closed). But he did have some pics which I perused through which showed the car in several states of dress, always black. He said it was the first 2000 series to get a 289. There were pictures of the car at various dragstrips, most of which were in the Oregon area. The car had a 1960's-ish Oregon license plate purported to be original according to the owner. It had a Hurst Shifter with a vintage (haven't seen one of these orginals in years) Hurst line lock button strapped to the shifter. Magnesium wheels, and big street tires. Interior appeared to be original well worn leather, with carpeting that had badly torn exposing the aluminum floorboards. Black rollbar, bumperettes front and back, with a grille. Early Cobra badge (not AC) on the front end. Said he bought it about a year ago. Claimed it was a "barn find", but research apparently showed it up for some kind of sale around 2005. The owner said it went through a complete body work/paint overhaul in around 1974.