Drop top fever is running it's course

[jiminbogart]

Drive the Cobra. Insure that sucker and drive it. That's what it's made for.

 

[Dub]

Drive the Cobra. Insure that sucker and drive it. That's what it's made for.

Agreed.......I have other retirement plans that have been brewing since I began working.

I may not be wealthy at the time of my retirement......but I'll be able to afford the cost of the occasional speeding ticket. .


All jokes aside.....much respect for anyone, like @Quepos1 , who had the wherewithal to pick up an AC Cobra on the downtick......and hang onto it. Much respects.

 

[Quepos1]

Agreed.......I have other retirement plans that have been brewing since I began working.

I may not be wealthy at the time of my retirement......but I'll be able to afford the cost of the occasional speeding ticket. .


All jokes aside.....much respect for anyone, like @Quepos1 , who had the wherewithal to pick up an AC Cobra on the downtick......and hang onto it. Much respects.

Thanks, I got it nearly 30 years ago long before the prices took off like they are today. I also have a couple of other cars which are appreciating nicely although nothing like the Ford but hope springs eternally.

 

[Mr Bya Lungshot]

I do not drive the Cobra. It lives in a climate controlled storage unit along with a couple of other cars I have for my retirement. The each get cranked regularly warmed up, oil changed twice per year and driven approximately 25 miles per yr each. Too valuable to have on the road or put miles on.

First I’m a Ford man. Second I’d drive it more than 25 miles a year. Third I’d sell that climate controlled money maker for something I could use and not worry about crashing when I did. Just me. No way I’m letting a car sit. Tomorrow is a gamble. If I ever become rich my money won’t be tied up in climate controlled car storage for 30 years. I can look at yours and admire it from afar for way less. It’s just a car. Trade it for the big money while you still can. I do realize they are going up. But one day they will come down and fast. I’d send it on down the road and invest in a hotel/real estate then build a casino. Steppingstone if you will.

 

[Quepos1]

First I’m a Ford man. Second I’d drive it more than 25 miles a year. Third I’d sell that climate controlled money maker for something I could use and not worry about crashing when I did. Just me. No way I’m letting a car sit. Tomorrow is a gamble. If I ever become rich my money won’t be tied up in climate controlled car storage for 30 years. I can look at yours and admire it from afar for way less. It’s just a car. Trade it for the big money while you still can. I do realize they are going up. But one day they will come down and fast. I’d send it on down the road and invest in a hotel/real estate then build a casino. Steppingstone if you will.

I do not need the $s and I enjoy owning it along with a couple of other cars I drive very little. I have enough money that I'm not really interested in growing my portfolio at this point in my life. My cars are to me the same as paintings are to people who collect art or anything else. I also have some antique firearms all black powder which I will not shoot but like my cars I enjoy them and their history and beauty.

 

[Mr Bya Lungshot]

I do not need the $s and I enjoy owning it along with a couple of other cars I drive very little. I have enough money that I'm not really interested in growing my portfolio at this point in my life. My cars are to me the same as paintings are to people who collect art or anything else. I also have some antique firearms all black powder which I will not shoot but like my cars I enjoy them and their history and beauty.

Agreed and understood. I just don’t believe that classic car(s) will be as valuable in 25 years as it is now. One day it will become outdated. IMO that’s all.
Love the car. Just not as much as time moves forward.

 

[Quepos1]

I will not be alive in 25 years and I really don't own the cars at this point to increase my portfolio but rather hold what I've got.

 

[Dub]

I will not be alive in 25 years and I really don't own the cars at this point to increase my portfolio but rather hold what I've got.

Understood.


We are all at different stages in the walk of life.

I was lucky enough to be a kid at the time when there were still plenty of true American muscle cars roaring up and down the roads......and many European tight handling gems arriving.

I suppose it's why my car tastes run from lightweight low slung convertible...to heavyweight hyooge horsepower growler. So many iconic cars of my youth.

Good stuff to ponder.

 

[Quepos1]

Understood.


We are all at different stages in the walk of life.

I was lucky enough to be a kid at the time when there were still plenty of true American muscle cars roaring up and down the roads......and many European tight handling gems arriving.

I suppose it's why my car tastes run from lightweight low slung convertible...to heavyweight hyooge horsepower growler. So many iconic cars of my youth.

Good stuff to ponder.

I understand completely, my first car was a 1967 Olds 442 I ordered exactly they way I wanted. W 30 ram air, close ratio 4 speed, no AC, power brakes, or power steering. I didn't want anything reducing hp. My second car was a 1969 E Type Jaguar which I loved but it hated me. I have also owned 2 Austin Healeys, an Alfa, 3 Porsches, and currently drive a MB AMG. I like HP and handling.

Actually my day to day driver is a 2001 Ford F 250 Super Duty with 7.3 litre diesel. For some reason I love this truck and bought it new to tow my boat. Sold the boat but kept the truck

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

I have a couple of convertibles, a '74 MGB I drive daily when the weather permits (I've never put the top up) and a '65 AC Cobra with 289 which gets driven about 25 miles per year, it is part of my retirement portfolio.

Wow. The last time I saw a "real" AC Cobra "in the wild" was in Palmetto, Fl at Tony D's, an Italian restaurant and sports bar, parked in a gravel parking lot.

The owner saw me admiring it, laughed, and said "Go ahead, knock on the body, I know you want to." Now is real, or not?

I knocked on the body, it was aluminum, but something about the interior was off. I said "It's not a fiberglass kit car by a long shot, but it isn't "real", either, there's something just a bit off about the dash that I can't quite put my finger on and most of all, ain't nobody in the world gonna drive car worth about a million five to a local dive like this and park it in a gravel lot in a regular parking space surrounded by drunk rednecks.

The owner laughed again and told me I was right. He had purchased a wrecked AC Cobra frame from a race car that had been sitting for 40 years, sourced NOS parts from all over and there is a company now that bought the old dies for the body and makes new aluminium bodies. Because of using the original frame, he was able to get it titled as whatever 60's year model the frame was. Everything else was either NOS or custom made.

The AC Cobra, in my opinion, is like the SR-71 of cars, best of it's class. Beautiful and dangerous looking, like the most fun women. You know you're going to go broke or get killed messing around with it, but it's a heck of a ride.

 

[sinclair1]

Wow. The last time I saw a "real" AC Cobra "in the wild" was in Palmetto, Fl at Tony D's, an Italian restaurant and sports bar, parked in a gravel parking lot.

The owner saw me admiring it, laughed, and said "Go ahead, knock on the body, I know you want to." Now is real, or not?

I knocked on the body, it was aluminum, but something about the interior was off. I said "It's not a fiberglass kit car by a long shot, but it isn't "real", either, there's something just a bit off about the dash that I can't quite put my finger on and most of all, ain't nobody in the world gonna drive car worth about a million five to a local dive like this and park it in a gravel lot in a regular parking space surrounded by drunk rednecks.

The owner laughed again and told me I was right. He had purchased a wrecked AC Cobra frame from a race car that had been sitting for 40 years, sourced NOS parts from all over and there is a company now that bought the old dies for the body and makes new aluminium bodies. Because of using the original frame, he was able to get it titled as whatever 60's year model the frame was. Everything else was either NOS or custom made.

The AC Cobra, in my opinion, is like the SR-71 of cars, best of it's class. Beautiful and dangerous looking, like the most fun women. You know you're going to go broke or get killed messing around with it, but it's a heck of a ride.

Shelby still makes CSX resurrection cars today. They are aluminum or fiberglass as well as kirkham. Which is aluminum hammered on the original molds. Quespos1 289 car is hot with collectors but most people can barely recognize a 289 cobra with no sidepipes, roll bars,stripes and proper wheels and tires.

 

[Quepos1]

Wow. The last time I saw a "real" AC Cobra "in the wild" was in Palmetto, Fl at Tony D's, an Italian restaurant and sports bar, parked in a gravel parking lot.

The owner saw me admiring it, laughed, and said "Go ahead, knock on the body, I know you want to." Now is real, or not?

I knocked on the body, it was aluminum, but something about the interior was off. I said "It's not a fiberglass kit car by a long shot, but it isn't "real", either, there's something just a bit off about the dash that I can't quite put my finger on and most of all, ain't nobody in the world gonna drive car worth about a million five to a local dive like this and park it in a gravel lot in a regular parking space surrounded by drunk rednecks.

The owner laughed again and told me I was right. He had purchased a wrecked AC Cobra frame from a race car that had been sitting for 40 years, sourced NOS parts from all over and there is a company now that bought the old dies for the body and makes new aluminium bodies. Because of using the original frame, he was able to get it titled as whatever 60's year model the frame was. Everything else was either NOS or custom made.

The AC Cobra, in my opinion, is like the SR-71 of cars, best of it's class. Beautiful and dangerous looking, like the most fun women. You know you're going to go broke or get killed messing around with it, but it's a heck of a ride.

Mine is a 289 and not worth as much as a 427 but too valuable to drive on the street. I have trailered it to a couple of tracks for some vintage events or track days but no way I'm parking it in parking lots or driving on the street. A couple of less valuable cars I take out on the street and have had drivers distracted by them almost hit me so the Cobra stays safely in climate controlled storage.