I do believe Bruce Cambern has owned his Cobra since day 1. You could get a
289 Cobra for a mere $5000 when new, and even less during the early 70s before
the car nostalgia stuff kicked in. I didn't price the 427 because I thought
the 289 had plenty of power and the 427 was overkill. Didn't buy the 289
either--they lead when it rains--and would have had to be my only car. Did buy
the Lotus 7A so cheap that I could have two cars.
--Pat K
Jeff Winchell wrote:
> > Ok, here's the deal guys,
> > the RSR that Greg & Jodi drove is *NOT* state of the art technology, it's
> > *LAST* years state of the art ;-) Also note that it can be had for right
> > around $125k.
>
> 125... for me, it gets more in the grey area. Not an obviously too
> expensive car for autocross (clearly not cheap either). Knowning that,
> and given that Greg is such a great driver and car prep person, if I were
> running in AP I don't think I would have protested. (though perhaps I
> would have petitioned for a rules change next year<s>)
>
> ****
>
> I was thinking some more about the original 427 Cobra too. In my mind,
> if someone bought one of those when they were cheap and raced it I
> wouldn't be irritated about someone "buying the win." OTOH, if they
> plunked down 500K or 1M because they had it and knew the car would
> be an automatic winner with a good driver, then that doesn't seem fair.
> Jeff Winchell
> http://PonyCar.Net
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