Old time forum members not on here anymore.....

[ACHiPo]

Originally Posted by patrickt

I remember his build, and I also seem to remember that he lived in Manhattan. That's a tricky place to own and drive a Cobra.

No he’s in the ‘burbs. He’s in CT, about an hour outside the city.

[PDUB]

Originally Posted by 767Jockey

It sure was different back then. The biggest change I see is it was much busier on here back in the day. I'm not sure why that is, but it was noticably busier. I just looked and at the bottom of the home page it says the most ever on line here at one time was 3,146 on the morning of Dec. 23, 2011. Right now there are only 284 on line here as I type this. There's definitely less traffic on this site than in years past. Maybe sites like Facebook have taken a toll? I wouldn't know since I don't do any social media at all. I sure hope it's not a indicator that our Cobra hobby or our automotive hobby in general is waning.

Some names brought up here bring back some memories. I didn't know any of these guys but I sure remember them being very active on here. "Turk" was on all the time, now he seems to be gone for quite a while. I know that he and some others were in a bit of a clique, they had a name for themselves. I don't recall what the name was but they sort of had their own little group. Computerworks was another; he was very active but is long gone as well. I actually met him once, he had a storefront business at the time on Long Island when I lived there. I happened to be in that town one day and just walked into say hello. He was a very nice cordial guy and we chatted for quite a while. I remember Excalibur, Trularin, Hey Little Cobra, Capt. Eddie, 392 Cobra, WTM442, Rick Parker, Rick Lake and so, so many others. They were good times. Even Brent Mills (does he still own this site?) doesn't post much if at all on here anymore.

Yes, Doug, those were the days... long gone, it seems. Like you, I avoid social media like the plague! Perhaps that has taken a toll. Perhaps the young bucks are not coming up lovin' the cars like we all do...


Joined in mid-2003, so I guess I am an old-timer, as well!

[Ozgur_Tan]

g'day
what a great post
i'm member of club since 1997, because of some server problems we've to create our user names once more time that's why my join appear as 1999.
i'm still making some projects in my garage.
ozgur
www.ozgurtan.com

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by ACHiPo

Frank (428Street) is alive and well. More focused on A’Pizza these days than Cobras. I know he had his car back at Peters for some work that took a LOOONG time.

I seem to remember back then he was also trying to find time for bass fishing. Interesting guy.

[hauss]

I may be new but my favorites are buzz patrickt and yes even you Jammo and lets not forget Ron. There are more but ,sorry my memory is not working to well right now. I know you all do not like the guy from New York but I found him interesting sometimes.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by hauss

I may be new but my favorites are buzz patrickt and yes even you Jamo...

Without a doubt, I am my favorite person. And if I wasn't, I wouldn't have bought myself a Cobra.

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by Ozgur_Tan

g'day
what a great post
i'm member of club since 1997, because of some server problems we've to create our user names once more time that's why my join appear as 1999.
i'm still making some projects in my garage.
ozgur

I vaguely remember joining earlier than 2000, but for the life of me, cannot seem to find the original emails from that long ago to confirm.


Bill S.

[Buzz]

Originally Posted by Bannon

I suppose I count as an old timer since I joined in early 2000. I guess I didn't stir up enough crap to be remembered though?!?

Sold both of my Cobras over the last 20 years. incredible cars but I just found I wasn't driving them enough to keep that much $$ tied up in them. Glad to see the site is still up and running.

JB

We actually joined in the same month - 12 days apart, lol!

[Buzz]

Originally Posted by hauss

I may be new but my favorites are buzz patrickt and yes even you Jammo and lets not forget Ron. There are more but ,sorry my memory is not working to well right now. I know you all do not like the guy from New York but I found him interesting sometimes.

Love you too, brother!! New York Guy was funny as hell sometimes. He just had an uncanny knack for pi$$ing people off

[Alfa02]

@hauss, we're both still "newbie" here, and we may not have seen eye to eye on some things (water under the bridge to me ) you have been a hellva good club member, and I wish you a "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year". Some of us PNW guys were talking about running to Az. this year, maybe we can stop by and say Hi. Cheers TommyRot.

[Buzz]

Originally Posted by Alfa02

@Buzz, you still in BC ? This next summer we have talked about meeting some club member @ the Border, you could ride down with one of them, so we could finally meet face-to-face. TommyRot.

Hi Tommy - due to unexpected circumstances (mostly good) I'm back here in the Caribbean for another month or so. I will be in Canada til the end of June when I have to return here to tie up some business. Once I'm actually settled, I will absolutely like to meet up with you and some of the Cobra guys. In the meantime, all the best and take good care of you and yours.

[Ron61]

Bill, I can't remember what year I joined but I do know that during some of the server problems from several years ago mine got lost and it now shows 2001. But I think it was around 1996 when I actually joined but it was never important enough to try and find out or have it corrected.

Ron

Originally Posted by mrmustang

I vaguely remember joining earlier than 2000, but for the life of me, cannot seem to find the original emails from that long ago to confirm.


Bill S.

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by Ron61

Bill, I can't remember what year I joined but I do know that during some of the server problems from several years ago mine got lost and it now shows 2001. But I think it was around 1996 when I actually joined but it was never important enough to try and find out or have it corrected.

Ron

Ron,

Per records archived in my files, this sites official date of birth was January 23th, 1999.

There was the original cobraforum, which was produced by Mike and Val Senior that dates back to early 1997, but was more a specialized site for early FFR builders.


Bill S.

[Blue66]

cool thread. Time goes by so damm fast !!

[hauss]

Originally Posted by Alfa02

@hauss, we're both still "newbie" here, and we may not have seen eye to eye on some things (water under the bridge to me ) you have been a hellva good club member, and I wish you a "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year". Some of us PNW guys were talking about running to Az. this year, maybe we can stop by and say Hi. Cheers TommyRot.

Sometimes I can be opinionated this is true .That said I am a really a nice guy But, that just my opinion . Yes I would welcome your visit no hard feelings water under the bridge or, like I prefer to say like water off a ducks back

[Stan Mitchell]

Joined 2-8-99, based on the info in my profile. Had just purchased a Superformance, #346. Didn't post much, but learned so much from this forum and all the personalities on it.

Sold the car many years ago, and still miss her .

Merry Christmas to all, and a Happy New Year!

[MOTORHEAD]

Merry Christmas and Happy new year to all members.
We lost a bunch of guys when the website became unusable for many of us, due to computer problems that I, and many others will never understand.
A major lost soul was "Cobra 3170" , a retired ford engineer, racer, autocrosser, who kept us abreast of his autocrossing adventures. His Cobra knowledge was vast, and he shared it all with us. Frustrated with problems with this site, he jumped ship to "Cobra talk", and still posts there.
I really miss the group of "Aussies" with their amusing version of the English language.
My memory aint what it used to be, so I can't recite a list of names, but the one I was keeping tabs on was "Leroy 17" who was restoring an Arntz. He had bought some land in a hilly location, and had bulldozed a side of a hill flat to erect a large "Shed". Last I remember, a forrest fire had started at some distance frome his land, but was headed towards his new house & shed !! Talk about a "cliff hanger" !
Hope he survived it all !

And of course, we have the normal "aging out"of some members, which will include me, in the near future, and my Kirkham may be showing up on bring a trailer this spring.

We shall see what the future brings,

Ted

[Voyager]

I remember a thread for early 2011... A drag race between a cobra and a ferrari out in Vegas. Supposedly a fair amount of money on the line. Epic read.

[767Jockey]

Whatever happened to "Turk"? I remember that beautiful dark blue ERA he had with the white stripes and the meatballs on it, geez that was a gorgeous car. He used to be on here all the time and then he just sort of disappeared.

[Dumpling]

Originally Posted by 767Jockey

Whatever happened to "Turk"? I remember that beautiful dark blue ERA he had with the white stripes and the meatballs on it, geez that was a gorgeous car. He used to be on here all the time and then he just sort of disappeared.

Him, and a small group of bullies were asked to leave. In a huff they set up their very own website where they could continue their off-topic conversations revolving around conservative politics, misogynistic views of women, bad jokes, and how best to display Porsches in a living room.