Cars done

Art Burtt · #1 (**permalink**) 01-22-2004, 04:37 PM

I finished up the last details today which included bolting on the
side pipes and cleaning the interior. I planned to pull her outside and get some pictures but,just as I finished the sky opened up and we got some more snow---figures!!! Hurry Spring!!

Okiesnake · #2 (**permalink**) 01-22-2004, 05:26 PM

Congratulations Art,
However I did not think they were ever really done. There's always seams to be something to improve, modify or add.

Double Venom · #3 (**permalink**) 01-22-2004, 07:08 PM

Well done Sir Art!
However, I'm afraid Okie is right...they are never done!

DV...

mrmustang · #4 (**permalink**) 01-22-2004, 07:43 PM

Art you pansey, I had mine out today

.................

Bill S.

Tongue Pirate · #5 (**permalink**) 01-22-2004, 08:59 PM

That's a bummer about the weather! The car's looking great though

The 70+ weather here really is a downer

petek · #6 (**permalink**) 01-22-2004, 09:23 PM

Hey Art... you can take pictures of the car while it's in the garage.

Congrats on the completion... and I agree, hurry up spring!

Art Burtt · #7 (**permalink**) 01-23-2004, 06:19 AM

Bill S,
I would have gone out with it but the tire chains I ordered didn't get here yet. My driveway is one solid sheet of ice!!!

Tongue Pirate · #8 (**permalink**) 01-23-2004, 07:46 AM

It's gonna be like driving on ice anyway might as well get a "Crash" Course

dscott · #9 (**permalink**) 01-23-2004, 08:56 AM

Way to go Art! You ready for the next one?
Don

Art Burtt · #10 (**permalink**) 01-23-2004, 04:42 PM

Don,
Yeah I'm ready want to open a build shop in the East? There's a 4 bay garage down the street for rent har har.

Art

Jack21 · #11 (**permalink**) 01-23-2004, 05:02 PM

Hey Pirate, don't rub it in, OK (chilly 70 deg, brrrrr! Poor baby!). East Coast, Boston to D.C. running -10 to +20, and snow. And, yeah, I know, Don, that's considered "Spring" where you are.

Art, congratulations on getting your car street ready. The feeling of euphoria of building an entire car and takinjg it out on the street for the first time tops almost everything.

Mine was two weeks after the terrorists blew up the World Trade Center, and the Pentagon. The car had no hood, trunk, or doors, but I fired it up and said to the wife, "Get in"! We just cruised around the neighborhood. The looks we got were priceless.

You are just not going to believe the attention and admiration this car is going to get you. Be humble, smile, and say thank you. I'd like to hear your tales of how you survived your first trip to Wildwood. Welcome to The Cobra Experience.

Tongue Pirate · #12 (**permalink**) 01-23-2004, 05:15 PM

The question that always baffles me is "what kind of car is that"? My neihbor keeps asking me if it's a Corvette

One more time & he's going down!

Art Burtt · #13 (**permalink**) 01-24-2004, 07:12 AM

When That happens I point to the red one and say no,that's a Corvette,after all all Corvettes are RED!

mrmustang · #14 (**permalink**) 01-24-2004, 03:51 PM

Art,

Be careful what you wish for

.........I am counseling a client right now who wants to do just that............

Bill S.

Quote:

Originally posted by Art Burtt

Don,
Yeah I'm ready want to open a build shop in the East? There's a 4 bay garage down the street for rent har har.

Art

Jack21 · #15 (**permalink**) 01-24-2004, 06:01 PM

Hey Pirate, your neighbor is not worth the bruised knuckles. He's either pulling your chain, or not of this Earth to keep asking if your car is a Vette. The hood, and trunk emblems say "COBRA", don't they? The side emblems say "Powered by FORD", don't they? Most all born here American males (and a substantial number of females) over 40 years old can spot, hear, and identify a Cobra a mile away.

For this guy, just say to yourself, "Forgive him father, for he knows not what he speaks. He is an infidel not born of this Earth". Let discretion be the better part of valor, and walk away.

Now if somebody at a car event where car savvy people gather asked you that, then, by all means, paste him! He's a Chevy guy pullng your chain.

But if you really want to have some fun, drive your Cobra to a Harley-Davidson event. (A Cobra has been described as a Harley with 4 wheels anyway). When these guys honor you, ask you dozens of questions, peer under your hood, and complement you on your build. Feel genuinely honored. These guys mean it, and it takes a lot to get their admiration and respect.

But another fun thing to do is drive your car to a Ford dealer (any Ford Dealership will do, but the more performance oriented the Dealership is, the more profound the the effect will be) park it in front of the showroom, open the hood, and walk away. Talk about ants around a sugarbowl! Within 20 min, the entire staff of the dealership is surrounding your car wondering who it belongs to. Plan on spending from 1 to 4 hours with these folks describing the car in detail, and bench racing. This is the ultimate ego trip for a Cobra owner.

I tape a brief writeup of the car to the passengers side sun visor describing the car when the car is parked. Curious folks appreciate this.

Tongue Pirate · #16 (**permalink**) 01-24-2004, 07:59 PM

He really is a nice guy

& I'm not really gonna punch him!!! I've been around cars all my life so it seems odd that someone wouldn't know the difference between a cobra & a vette or wouln't even know what a cobra is but there are a lot of these people out there. I think we replica owners are changing that & exciting more & more poeple to get into & want to own these cars.