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Old 08-02-2012, 06:47 AM
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Default Video: Freshly restored COB6008 reunited with historic drivers
Check out this nice little video featuring COB6008, freshly restored, being reunited with several historic race drivers who piloted it back in the day: Jack Sears, Bruce Ropner and Keith Schellenberg.

Apparently our very own Trevor Legate also published an 80-page book entitled, COB6008 - History of a Racing Cobra, to commemorate the car's restoration. But this very limited edition is already sold out.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ovSQ4bl4yM[/ame]
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I'm natrually a very big fan of this car. Thanks for posting Sundude. It was so nice to see Gentleman Jack getting on the loud pedal. Fantastic sound coming from those open pipes!









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Check out this nice little video featuring COB6008, freshly restored, being reunited with several historic race drivers who piloted it back in the day: Jack Sears, Bruce Ropner and Keith Schellenberg.

Apparently our very own Trevor Legate also published an 80-page book entitled, COB6008 - History of a Racing Cobra, to commemorate the car's restoration. But this very limited edition is already sold out.
This is the book you are talking about Brian, this is my copy.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/19634747@N00/6710610211/" title="COB 6008 by Aaron Gee, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/6710610211_7150f3438f.jpg" width="500" height="418" alt="COB 6008"></a>
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Good to see the old fella give it a bit of a shake down!
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A bit of a shakedown?? Jack Sears is a youthful 83 years of age and I can assure you he had the pedal to the metal along the pit straight! He really enjoyed that - he was forty years younger when he climbed out
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looking good,your video is awesome and very nice images,thank you for sharing the stunning images and video .
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Thanks for sharing an excellent video. What a sweet sound coming out those pipes
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It's a shame 131 YHN was recently rolled by it's new owner in Germany!!
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Beautiful car, excellent photos and video and a nice reunion of men and machine!

Question … quick jacks in the back, but none in the front and no quick jack / bumperette holes in the front either. Is this an unusual setup or were other Cobras set up like this as well? Makes for a very clean looking front end, I like it.


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A bit of a shakedown?? Jack Sears is a youthful 83 years of age and I can assure you he had the pedal to the metal along the pit straight! He really enjoyed that - he was forty years younger when he climbed out
Only forty? I would have guessed seventy-one.
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It's a shame 131 YHN was recently rolled by it's new owner in Germany!!
I thought Spa was in Belgium.
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Spa is in Belgium.
Spa is were the car was rolled by the present owner.. not Germany.
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One day, when I get around to building my own car, there will be a lot of inspiration from COB6008 in it. It is a quite unique car, and has a clear and easily traced history right back to when Bruce Ropner ordered it as the first factory FIA-bodied car after Shelby's FIA-bodied cars.

Here's another shot of Jack Sears in COB6008...


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