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06-26-2014, 04:20 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by NewYorkGuy
My Nissan lease will be done next summer and frees up the parking space for a fake Porsche 550 Spyder. This toy will be a better match for the family.
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Ohhh-Kay. 
The bookies will love that. They'll get to keep all the Vette, Boxster and Miata money.  |
06-26-2014, 05:09 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by NewYorkGuy
copy that, Jamo!
After months of reading, researching, and kicking nostaglia, I have taken myself out of hot rod cobras...
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Smart choice... these cars just basically suck anyway.  |
06-26-2014, 05:21 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Cobra Make, Engine: Sold - Shelby Cobra CSX6045, 468 ci all aluminum Shelby engine
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Originally Posted by NewYorkGuy
Unless u are driving, it is no fun in the passenger seat. Remove the extra seat and install a mini fridge.
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My wife loves the passenger seat. |
06-26-2014, 05:34 PM
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NYG should research those 550 Spyders. I'm more of a 911 kinda person, but just anecdotally, those 550 Spyders seem to be a hard sell. And the Porsche-philes seem to completely ostracize the replicas. Far more than the original Shelby crowd.
I think there's far less room for kitty litter and diaper bags too.  |
06-26-2014, 07:19 PM
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Big Apple,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Nissan
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Originally Posted by RodKnock
NYG should research those 550 Spyders. I'm more of a 911 kinda person, but just anecdotally, those 550 Spyders seem to be a hard sell. And the Porsche-philes seem to completely ostracize the replicas. Far more than the original Shelby crowd.
I think there's far less room for kitty litter and diaper bags too. |
That's okay, I don't follow crowds.
If I did I'd have dumped my personal banker at Angelo Gordon last week. I heard ETFs are better return investments than sneakers.
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06-27-2014, 08:10 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Quogue, NY,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 427SC by Unique Motorcars, Ford 302 V8
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550 Spyder "tribute"? I am thinking about building a red one myself... this coming winter.
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06-27-2014, 09:38 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Grand Rapids,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance #1309 www.spfowners.freeforums.net
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NewYorkGuy
copy that, Jamo!
After months of reading, researching, and kicking nostaglia, I have taken myself out of hot rod cobras... at least until year 2017.
My Nissan lease will be done next summer and frees up the parking space for a fake Porsche 550 Spyder. This toy will be a better match for the family.
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Here's your new forum!
www.spyderclub.com • Index page
See you in 2017! |
06-27-2014, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by NewYorkGuy
That's okay, I don't follow crowds.
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That must be tough to do (not follow crowds) as a Hublot-wearing New Yorker.  |
06-27-2014, 10:17 AM
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Chas & I follow crowds; that's the best way to find the really good restaurants. |
06-27-2014, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by patrickt
Chas & I follow crowds; that's the best way to find the really good restaurants. |
I don't have enough life expectancy to follow you anywhere...
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06-27-2014, 12:18 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby Cobra CSX4206 aluminum body, original 1965 NASCAR 427 SO, Dual quads.
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Originally Posted by NewYorkGuy
Unless u are driving, it is no fun in the passenger seat. Remove the extra seat and install a mini fridge.
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Amazing how you can be dead on correct and then dead on incorrect.
I have a list of people that want rides in my Shelby. I would defy you to come for a ride and not break out in a huge smile ear to ear.
Beck spyders are very cool. The car forces images of James Dean to mind. However, you do seem to be in wrong forum for that car.
Does anyone know what happened to James Dean's Sypder?
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06-27-2014, 03:48 PM
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I love those little cars!!! Real eye catcher and relatively free as compared to a cobra $15k-30k at most. I believe beck makes them. I saw one on ebay awhile back but title was fked so didn't take it. It was 15k.
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That's okay, I don't follow crowds.
If I did I'd have dumped my personal banker at Angelo Gordon last week. I heard ETFs are better return investments than sneakers.
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06-27-2014, 07:56 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-289 FIA, 65 Sunbeam Tiger, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
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Originally Posted by REAL 1
Does anyone know what happened to James Dean's Sypder?
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Troy McHenry has the engine
What was left of the chassis was sold off to Bill Eschrid .
Bill S.
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06-28-2014, 10:26 AM
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That curse thing is pretty creepy.
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06-29-2014, 05:24 PM
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You can look up and search James Dean curse and it seems that everyone adds a bit here and there.
I had Bill Hickman back in the early 80's try to authenticate one of the Bullitt cars(also Loren Janes). We spoke about the James Dean crash. Dean died in Bills hands shortly after the crash. Some reports state he died an hour later or on route to the hospital. Dean did get a speeding ticket and in fact they met Lance Reventlow and Bruce Kessler on the way. I think Lance had gotten a speeding ticket as did Dean. Mr. Hickman did tell Dean that the silver Porshe and and the sun makes it blend into the scenery and difficult to see.
Some people look at all the warnings that he had that day. Now I know there was some guy that broke is legs when the display of the wreck fell on him. I heard one tale of two of the tires that came from the wreck blew out at the same time. Now I understand McHenry died while racing with Deans engine and Escrhid seriously hurt in his accident.
Wreck was sent around on a publicity tour on the result of high speed driving and some other accidents happened. A truck driver was in an accident and thrown from the truck that was carrying the wreck and it fell on top of him and killed him. There is more to the tale if you want to look it up.
Barris states he had a bad feeling about the car. Jeffries who painted the little bastard on the car didn't get that feeling at all when we talked.
Now Dean was seeing Vampira a self-proclaimed witch and who knows what went on there. Maybe she put some hoodoo voodoo on the car. Some of these guys are out there getting involved with things that they should not. I don't know I heard some strange things decades ago at Jimmy's Loch Ness home.(Boneskin?) if you know anything about Aleister Crowley well it use to belong to him. Jimmy use to be into that stuff and had an occult book store at one time. And don't think black magic either guys. Occult means hidden knowledge. JP was very advanced using symbols with Zeppelin, a sort of talismanic magic. He lived the life of magic and music.
By the way Hickman did three famous movies as stuntman, Bullitt, 7-ups and French connection.
James Dean and Shakespeare selling his 30 Bugatti's for peanuts are two of my favorites automobile stories.
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06-29-2014, 05:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NewYorkGuy
copy that, Jamo!
After months of reading, researching, and kicking nostaglia, I have taken myself out of hot rod cobras... at least until year 2017.
My Nissan lease will be done next summer and frees up the parking space for a fake Porsche 550 Spyder. This toy will be a better match for the family.
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That's actually funny. Guess no rode warrior cobra for you. Maybe the movie will be good enough for you.
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07-05-2014, 08:03 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NewYorkGuy
copy that, Jamo!
After months of reading, researching, and kicking nostaglia, I have taken myself out of hot rod cobras... at least until year 2017.
My Nissan lease will be done next summer and frees up the parking space for a fake Porsche 550 Spyder. This toy will be a better match for the family.
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you should really drive one before you commit.
I "borrowed" one from a friend, we swapped cars for the weekend. It had the larger vw motor (I think 2200cc) and found it boring to drive. handled "ok" but seriously lacked in power. The porsche boxster is more fun, handles better, is faster/quicker, and has about the same used cost |
07-05-2014, 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by JoeT
The porsche boxster is more fun, handles better, is faster/quicker, and has about the same used cost
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The boxster is a "girl's car." |
07-05-2014, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by patrickt
The boxster is a "girl's car." |
The boxster's success saved Porsche from bankruptcy. Porsche can thank the Miata (another girl car) for reinventing the convertible market.
If there were more female hot rod cobra owners, these "cobra" events wouldn't feel like a retirement get together for old white guys
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07-05-2014, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeT
you should really drive one before you commit.
I "borrowed" one from a friend, we swapped cars for the weekend. It had the larger vw motor (I think 2200cc) and found it boring to drive. handled "ok" but seriously lacked in power. The porsche boxster is more fun, handles better, is faster/quicker, and has about the same used cost
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I've driven a Beck spyder and it's fine for my purposes.
My goal is to get a toy car that is cheap to own and resell later for the next
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