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[lambertpix]

I came home from the London Cobra Show with close to 1400 photos this year, and I'm still working my way through them, but this is one of my favorites so far. Just in case anyone ever wonders why we buy stupid cars, this is why:

IMG_0720.jpg by lambertpix, on Flickr

 

[tirediron]

Very cool! I'd get rid of the little bits of green in the background corners, but other than that, love it!

 

[CAP]

Nice man,

 

[mmaria]

Don't take me seriously (crappy computer at work) but... is it just a bit underexposed?

I like it!

 

[IzzieK]

I came home from the London Cobra Show with close to 1400 photos this year, and I'm still working my way through them, but this is one of my favorites so far. Just in case anyone ever wonders why we buy stupid cars, this is why:

IMG_0720.jpg by lambertpix, on Flickr

Yeah, well...I find that here in our area at least, when we see a sports car, it is usually driven by a guy with a headfull of white hair (he's retired, he can afford it...and it was a gift to himself for his retirement) and the girl sitting down beside him is usually his "daughter".

And if you see him driving down the middle of the road this way (as in above photo), he usually owns a plane or was a commercial pilot before he retired.

And if other people drive in that yellow lane he is driving in the middle of, it is usually the fault of the other driver, not his. He owns a big stake in the Department of Transportation and did not kill himself for 40 years when he was a commercial pilot, didn't he? So he considers himself the best driver in the world. Don't worry about where his world of driving was. He is just the best driver in the world. Period.

Did I say anything about your shot. Lots. I will leave this as is. :lmao:

 

[lambertpix]

I came home from the London Cobra Show with close to 1400 photos this year, and I'm still working my way through them, but this is one of my favorites so far. Just in case anyone ever wonders why we buy stupid cars, this is why:

IMG_0720.jpg by lambertpix, on Flickr

Yeah, well...I find that here in our area at least, when we see a sports car, it is usually driven by a guy with a headfull of white hair (he's retired, he can afford it...and it was a gift to himself for his retirement) and the girl sitting down beside him is usually his "daughter".

And if you see him driving down the middle of the road this way (as in above photo), he usually owns a plane or was a commercial pilot before he retired.

And if other people drive in that yellow lane he is driving in the middle of, it is usually the fault of the other driver, not his. He owns a big stake in the Department of Transportation and did not kill himself for 40 years when he was a commercial pilot, didn't he? So he considers himself the best driver in the world. Don't worry about where his world of driving was. He is just the best driver in the world. Period.

Did I say anything about your shot. Lots. I will leave this as is. :lmao:

It's ok. It was a closed course, and his "daughter" contributed to cystic fibrosis in return for the ride. Here's a shot that includes the cruisers closing down the other end of the road:

IMG_0665.jpg by lambertpix, on Flickr

 

[astroNikon]

I noticed all the launch marks .. I figured ppl were doing launches there for fun.
Nice Cobra, good capture symmetrically wise

 

[lambertpix]

This shot shows the k-rail that lined both sides of the launch area (and a big cystic fibrosis sticker on the hood):

IMG_0564.jpg by lambertpix, on Flickr

 

[Braineack]

So he considers himself the best driver in the world. Don't worry about where his world of driving was. He is just the best driver in the world. Period.

you have to be to handle one of those cobras. hell, lot of them don't even have power steering and one blip of the throttle and you're ass backwards.

 

[imagemaker46]

Nice shot.

 

[imagemaker46]

So he considers himself the best driver in the world. Don't worry about where his world of driving was. He is just the best driver in the world. Period.

you have to be to handle one of those cobras. hell, lot of them don't even have power steering and one blip of the throttle and you're ass backwards.

I got to drive a 427 cobra a number if years ago, it was great fun, and you're right about the throttle, one has to pay attention.

 

[lambertpix]

I saw something like a couple dozen drivers make probably a hundred or so passes over the course of the day, and there were clearly a couple of them who really knew what they were doing. Given that most of the cars at the show were kit cars (including, I presume, all the ones making passes), I think there's a pretty good variation in drivetrain from one to the next, including a number of posi-equipped rear ends. Even the Mustang II-derived suspensions are probably quite a bit easier to drive than the originals.

There were also some pretty nice motors on display -- this one from Lingenfelter actually had coil packs hidden in the valve cover, and the velocity stack-style intakes had FI units tucked under those butterflies to help keep the old-school look.

IMG_0327.jpg by lambertpix, on Flickr

And, of course, the brakes & tires of the original Cobras would be pretty scary these days, too. Here's a set of Wilwood discs visible beneath a set of tires doing their best bias-ply imitation:

IMG_0333_HDR.jpg by lambertpix, on Flickr

Note: This was a show car -- cars that choose to mount knock-offs typically wire them to the wheels before they're driven.

 

[manaheim]

Love the idea, almost love the shot.
I feel like it needs a LITTLE more space above her fingers, and I wish those yellow lines were more centered.

 

[astroNikon]

I just noticed that's a Michigan license plate .. "TOO COOL" plate

 

[Braineack]

There were also some pretty nice motors on display -- this one from Lingenfelter actually had coil packs hidden in the valve cover, and the velocity stack-style intakes had FI units tucked under those butterflies to help keep the old-school look.

IMG_0327.jpg by lambertpix, on Flickr

Would rather see a turbo setup that Corky Bell himself built: CB1 Super Cobra - The Mongoose - Hot Rod Magazine