Gone very far to the Dark Side - Cobra Kit
02-22-2015, 10:35 AM
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Wow. That color is beautiful.
02-23-2015, 09:09 PM
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Hate to break this but I don't have a GoPro.
02-23-2015, 09:32 PM
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02-24-2015, 08:17 AM
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02-24-2015, 11:06 AM
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In the Mid-South meow
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02-24-2015, 11:46 AM
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02-24-2015, 11:49 AM
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02-24-2015, 01:32 PM
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02-24-2015, 01:45 PM
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Who was the lucky person that got to drive it from the paint shop to the dyno and run it on the dyno?
02-24-2015, 02:49 PM
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02-28-2015, 09:35 PM
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Just thee visual things to do when I get it home: Put on the knockoffs, swap the front/rear black quickjacks for polished stainless steel versions & swap out the modern standard sealed beam for the classic 1950's Lucas tri-lenses lights modified to take halogen bulbs.
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02-28-2015, 09:52 PM
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Car is still in Greensboro & the weather + real life is not cooperating. Need a clear day & worse case is Friday.
This weekend is dead since my daughter borrowed the Expedition (tow vehicle) to go skiing & will not be back till Sunday night
03-03-2015, 06:18 PM
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Sitting on eggs shells. Have a trailer rented for Friday, weather sucks so far.
03-03-2015, 06:29 PM
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License plate is good to go
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03-03-2015, 08:40 PM
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Are ya'll not getting any of this nice weather we have down here? It's supposed to be staying between 65 and 70ish for the next week or so. Hopefully ya'll get some of it to come your way.
03-03-2015, 10:18 PM
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damn i would love to take that for a spin along PCH...
are you going to wear special socks when driving that car? because it seems the exhaust could burn your ankle when you get out.
are you going to wear special socks when driving that car? because it seems the exhaust could burn your ankle when you get out.
03-03-2015, 10:51 PM
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Weather here is bi-polar. Between 60 and 70 the next two days, then 40, then back into the 60s for the weekend.
03-03-2015, 11:53 PM
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03-04-2015, 10:48 AM
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I weep anytime I watch Mecum & think what my bank account would look like if I still had the cars I once owned in my 20's & 30's to sell today.
Beautiful Seaside NJ before it became famous. Still lived in Jersey City
Beautiful Seaside NJ before it became famous. Still lived in Jersey City
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03-05-2015, 09:35 AM
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You had a 60's GTO too?!?! Damn, good to know you always had good taste.
03-05-2015, 11:26 AM
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Brought my oldest daughter home from the maternity hospital in that car. Got hooked on cars as an early teen helping the older guys with their cars passing tools & stuff. Learned a lot about mechanics & it kept me out of the Infantry when I got drafted.
Tried to have at least one performance car ever since.
Tried to have at least one performance car ever since.
03-06-2015, 02:04 PM
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I CAN'T WAIT to see your Cobra come home!
I hope and pray to be you when I get to be your age. Only I'll try to keep at least one or two performance cars from my...um.....middle age
.That's a nice GTO by the way.
03-06-2015, 02:09 PM
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GTO is stunning. Can't wait to see it in person, later this year BEAR.
Dr. Bob-you need to keep the S2k. It will be worth millions. You need to sell the silly GM wagon to those of us waiting in line
Dr. Bob-you need to keep the S2k. It will be worth millions. You need to sell the silly GM wagon to those of us waiting in line
03-06-2015, 07:26 PM
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Sorry but the GTO is long gone was replaced by the StingRay & a Country Squire, Family stuff had started to take over. Gave up sports car racing (TR3 A&B, Morgan+4 SS) in 1969 the year we bought our first house.
The last car before the big drought in new performance cars was a 1969 Firebird 350 HO. It was replaced by a Volvo station wagon.
During the new performance car drought the StingRay under went a number of engine changes, 1 trans rebuild & two rear end gear choices. Rear spring was swapped for a composition version.
Car was at Englishtown quite often since by that time I had moved to Centeral Jersey.
The last car before the big drought in new performance cars was a 1969 Firebird 350 HO. It was replaced by a Volvo station wagon.
During the new performance car drought the StingRay under went a number of engine changes, 1 trans rebuild & two rear end gear choices. Rear spring was swapped for a composition version.
Car was at Englishtown quite often since by that time I had moved to Centeral Jersey.
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03-06-2015, 08:44 PM
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Pick the trailer up tomorrow morning @ 9:00AM. Feel like a 10 year old on Christmas Eve.
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Man, this is exciting. Can't wait for pictures and impressions!