[Argess]

I am ....er.....just a few days past my 50th b-day. I ws probably 17 when I saw Gumball Rally at the theater and was thoroughly impressed with the Cobra. At age 23, I was given a copy of Kit Car magazine and of course, it was filled with Cobra stuff.

Being rather poor, it took a while, but jsut before I turned 34, I manged to get my kit ordered. Had it on the road in 1996 just before I turned 37.

There was no "magic age" where it suddenly became "attractive".

So, to answer the OP's question, it was never a mid-life crisis. It was a passion for all internal combustion and all things mechanical. For me, the Cobra is the epitomy of the passion.