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01-04-2003, 06:13 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Ft. Worth,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Lone Star Classics, 302
Posts: 128
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Dumb Questions about your car
Beyond the "is it real" question, I thought it might be fun to hear some of the other dumb questions asked about our cars by the general public. So far, the most interesting of mine fall into the "what is it" category. So far, I have been asked:
Is it some kind of Corvette? 
Is it a Miata? 
Is that a Ferrari? 
I am sure there are more interesting questions out there...care to share?
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01-04-2003, 06:33 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: rocky river,
Oh
Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 289FIA / SA 351W / a truly glorious machine
Posts: 3,949
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Rocksnake,
Haven't own a Cobra very long but I've never been plagued by that question... Seems that everyone knows what a Cobra is...
That was part of the beauty of it... (part of this is attributed to fact that it says COBRA on the plate and has a couple of snakes on the hood and trunk)
However, if they did think it was a Miata I'd certainly play along with that....
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01-04-2003, 07:26 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Olympia/Lacey,
WA
Cobra Make, Engine: West Coast. 514 / 6 speed Richmond overdrive
Posts: 1,981
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My side logos should answer the question
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/s...t=1&thecat=500
They are just over the polished aluminum louvers (not yet installed in the pic) and they are ghosted so will be hard to see in daylight, from a distance.
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01-05-2003, 06:02 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Shasta Lake,
CA
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1. Is that the same kind of car that James Dean was killed in ?
2. Will it burn rubber ? As many adults ask this as younger people.
3. Does it really have a radical motor or have you altered the exhaust to make it sound that way ?
4. Would it meet the Federal requirements for crashing into a wall at 20 MPH ?
Ron
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01-05-2003, 06:27 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Elgin, Texas,
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My Dad had a Fiat just like yours
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01-05-2003, 06:43 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: omaha nebraska,
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A couple of weeks ago was the first time i had my cobra out in the public. The first person I was approached by asked if it was a corvette. After reading several posts about the questions one is asked about their cobra I just had to laugh. Bly.
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01-05-2003, 06:57 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Devil's Backbone,RR 32,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: Lone Star Classics #240,Candy Apple Red,Keith Craft 418w - 602 HP,584 TQ
Posts: 8,157
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is that the same car austin powers drove in the movie ?
are those side pipes legal ?
is it legal to drive those cars on the street ?
why did you take the radiator grille off,aren't you worried about rocks ?
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01-05-2003, 07:56 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: St. Augustine,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: E-M / Power Performance / 521 stroker / Holley HP EFI
Posts: 1,926
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We were rolling along at about 45mph in West Virginia one sunny Sunday afternoon when a Harley pulled up alongside. It was populated with two XX-large humans, apparently one male (driving) and one female. As the driver turned toward me and smiled, I noted an almost complete lack of teeth.
"Is that a Mustang?" he shouted.
"Yes" I replied.
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01-05-2003, 08:51 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Fort Worth,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance Roush 427
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Got a great one yesterday, this very large "Pat person" (male or female) said she/he had an "orginal" in storage in California and wasn't driving it because the 427 Chev engine was broken. LOL, db
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01-05-2003, 09:07 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Diego,
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"That's a nice Jaguar; does it have the original inline 6?"
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01-05-2003, 09:50 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Senoia,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 427SO with big twin autolite inlines on custom intake, jag rear, top loader, wembeldon white, guardsmen blue stripes
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A fella in a new thunderbird pulled along side at a red light on Hwy. 74 just outside Peachtree City, HEY!! is that a Jag?, I kept pointing at my ear like I couldn't hear him, he kept getting louder and louder, finally the light turned green thank goodness.
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01-05-2003, 12:38 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Chicago,
IL
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 454 S.O.
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Had somebody ask me if it was an MG. I told him yes.
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01-06-2003, 06:43 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Fort Worth TX USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Lone Star Classic Competition #56, 425HP Lingafelter 428 Cobrajet
Posts: 75
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Can I drive it?
The question most asked about my Cobra is, "How fast will it go?" The second most asked question is "What is it?" There are a few people who get confused with the Mustang Cobra when you tell them it is a Cobra.
The dumbest question that many people ask me is, "Can I drive it?"
Later,
Alan
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01-06-2003, 07:23 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: columbus,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427 roadster with 351C-4B
Posts: 5,129
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Billy Derelict and the Stupid Questions
Ah the questions. From the is it real (the snub you when its not and get into their real Neon) to the know-it-alls.
I have had people ask me if it is a Miata, Mustang and Corvette. I had a know-it-all insist it was real, another insist that they only came with 427 and 289 and that there was only one type of 427. 'What is it' I have heard more than a few times. How much did you pay? Thinking that the Cobra was named after the Mustang. Thinking that since it is a 'kit' car it sits on a VW chassis. Where does the top fold into (IE where is the POWER top). Where is the grill. Man that is a small radiator (my oil cooler). Do those pipes get hot? Small trunk, where is the spare(maybe not so dumb!). Is that safe?
The list goes on. Some questions are not so bad. Curious, want to learn. Others are down right stupid. The one previously posted where a complete stranger said 'Can I drive it'. Man that takes a big pair! |
01-06-2003, 09:07 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Royersford,
Pa
Cobra Make, Engine: FFR2479K, 351W yellow/black stripes
Posts: 1,604
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Dumb questions... ah, I can't wait for the weather to warm up so I can hear them again.
The dumbest one of all.......
"Is it fast?"
What do they think this is, some kind of rebodied Fiero? 
Steve
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No, it ain't "real", but it's real fast....
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