Main Menu
|
Nevada Classics
|
Advertise at CC
|
S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
|
|
|
|
|
CC Advertisers
|
|
View Poll Results: Poll: When Asked Is Your "Cobra" Real?
|
1. No, it's a kit car of the original
|
|
12 |
18.46% |
2. No, but a good replica of the original
|
|
28 |
43.08% |
3. No, but an authentic reproduction of the original
|
|
14 |
21.54% |
4. Yes it is real (as in you can touch it and drive it)
|
|
7 |
10.77% |
5. Yes, registration lists it as a '66 Shelby Cobra
|
|
4 |
6.15% |
10Likes
04-07-2014, 08:23 AM
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 1,092
|
|
Not Ranked
Poll: When Asked Is Your "Cobra" Real?
What is the best right answer?
|
04-07-2014, 08:41 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Dallas,
tx
Cobra Make, Engine: FFR track car, SL-C track car
Posts: 1,262
|
|
Not Ranked
I just laugh and say 'hell no'.
|
04-07-2014, 08:52 AM
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Carlsbad,
Ca
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2932 with 438 Lykins Motorsports engine. Previous owner of FFR 5452.
Posts: 2,616
|
|
Not Ranked
I say "I wish". "If it was, it would be sitting in my living room"!
__________________
Jim
|
04-07-2014, 09:05 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Dadeville,
AL
Cobra Make, Engine: Sold my EM.
Posts: 2,459
|
|
Not Ranked
"if it was a real one, I doubt you'd see it parked in front of Taco Bell."
__________________
Tommy
Cheetah tribute completed 2021 (TommysCars.Weebly.com)
Previously owned EM Cobra
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor
|
04-07-2014, 09:29 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Williamsport,
PA
Cobra Make, Engine: Kellison Stallion 468 FE
Posts: 2,703
|
|
Not Ranked
after around 10 years of that question, i take the smart-arse approach.
i respond either with "A real what?" or " are your girlfriends hooters real"
the physical stature of the person asking usually dictates which one i use
__________________
Fred B
|
04-07-2014, 10:01 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Virginia Beach, Va & Port Charlotte, Fl.,
Posts: 2,284
|
|
Not Ranked
A simple, "No, it's a replica" works for me. If there are additional questions I usually answer them in the same mannerism as they were asked.
__________________
Too many toys?? never!
|
04-07-2014, 10:30 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 144
|
|
Not Ranked
My typical answer "It's real fun"
|
04-07-2014, 10:37 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Atlanta,
GA
Cobra Make, Engine: 86 Everett Morrison 90" WB. 428 FE
Posts: 1,151
|
|
Not Ranked
My new answer, " I thought it was, but a Rocket Scientist said it's 3% incorrect. And something about carbon dating the frame?"
Not sure if you get it?
Ralphy
__________________
What?
|
04-07-2014, 10:59 AM
|
|
Stolen Avitar
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Brunswick,
GA
Cobra Make, Engine: BDR 1311 428PI
Posts: 3,044
|
|
Not Ranked
My response?
"Thank you but no, it's a fake!" It's cool that you think I might be that well off though!
|
04-07-2014, 11:09 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2010
Cobra Make, Engine: Sold - Shelby Cobra CSX6045, 468 ci all aluminum Shelby engine
Posts: 370
|
|
Not Ranked
How many times do we have to revisit this question?
I tell them exactly what it is - a 1965 Shelby Cobra that was built in 2011. If they express more interest I'll explain how all that works.
|
04-07-2014, 11:57 AM
|
|
Senior Club Cobra Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
Posts: 9,591
|
|
Not Ranked
Quote:
Originally Posted by Al G
How many times do we have to revisit this question?
|
Exactly my feeling.
I tell everyone it's a Ferrari Testarossa or California depending on my mood.
|
04-07-2014, 12:34 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Huntington Beach,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby, 427FE stroked to 511 cid
Posts: 23
|
|
Not Ranked
I tell them it's "real", but it's not an "original". That's when most get a funny look on their face, thinking I'm making fun of them or being a smart a$$!
__________________
Shelby Cobra CSX6104
2008 Corvette
|
04-07-2014, 01:06 PM
|
|
Member of the north
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2003
Cobra Make, Engine: A Cobra
Posts: 11,207
|
|
Not Ranked
Dang, I think I caught crap for asking this like 10 years ago ( maybe last week - these old people memory problems ).
So, I asked back, "Real what?"
Or, the completely insane answer of, "Oh hi...yeah I like it also."
Then there is the "who me?"
I mean, you only live once - have a little fun with it.
__________________
I'm a writer, feed the artist and buy a book.
|
04-07-2014, 01:15 PM
|
|
Senior Club Cobra Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
Posts: 9,591
|
|
Not Ranked
Well, if this is a clever way to bring Evan out of hiding, except for Boss 302 threads, then I applaud it.
|
04-07-2014, 01:56 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Grand Rapids,
MI
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance #1309 www.spfowners.freeforums.net
Posts: 524
|
|
Not Ranked
I usually say yeah it's an original car I found it in a barn it had been sitting there for the last 30 years and I personally have spent the last 5 years restoring it to perfection. It's worth about $1,000,000 so if you could get your greasy hands off it I would appreciate it!
JK
|
04-07-2014, 02:57 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Central,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: Midstates Cobra, RFGT40
Posts: 2,038
|
|
Not Ranked
I got no problem with that question when I'm wearing this shirt.
Hersh
__________________
Crookedoaktexas.COM
|
04-07-2014, 03:12 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Chandler,
AZ
Cobra Make, Engine: FFR 289 FIA 347 Stroker
Posts: 444
|
|
Not Ranked
I do get tired of that question, I just say its a FFR. People usually smile and say cool.
On another note, I was tracking this past weekend and there was a cobra with the plate REAL 1. Made me want to get a plate that says NOTREAL.
Have a good day.
Dave from Chandler
|
04-07-2014, 03:28 PM
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Kansas City,
KS
Cobra Make, Engine: jbl
Posts: 2,291
|
|
Not Ranked
If she's nice looking I tell her to give me $5 and she can touch it....
|
04-07-2014, 04:48 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Stow,
OH
Cobra Make, Engine: Everett-Morrison, 418 Stroker
Posts: 22
|
|
Not Ranked
When someone asks "Is it real?", my standard response (using the subjunctive mood for things that cannot be) is "If it were there would be six burly gentlemen about twice your size, with bad attitudes and garlic breath, keeping you about 30 feet away." (I generally don't mention the tank traps and sticky paper...)
And I try to reeducate the masses away from the term "kit car" because it seems to have such a negative connotation. (Always with the negative waves, Moriarty...) I tend to slide right past "replica" and prefer the Barrett-Jackson terminology "tribute car".
|
04-07-2014, 06:34 PM
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Santa Clarita,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: Factory Five Mk4, Ford Racing Z427
Posts: 32
|
|
Not Ranked
There should be more options
How about it's a very well developed component car that I painstakingly built with my own two hands taking the care and attention to detail that can never be found on any assembly line.
Just saying
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 08:33 AM.
Links monetized by VigLink
|