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Cool Cars: This 289 Cobra is the Real Deal

Posted April 27, 2008 12:01 AM by dstrohl

Pathfinder Tags: 289 cobra automobiles classic cars cobra 289 shelby

Get back from lunch today and see everybody standing around this Cobra that had just come off the lift in the Hemmings Sibley shop. Okay, so it's a 289, which is cool, but what's the big deal? Four Webers, okay, that makes it cooler.

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CSM Engineer Guru Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Reno, NV (USA) Posts: 609 Good Answers: 65	#1 Re: Cool Cars: This 289 Cobra is the Real Deal 04/28/2008 10:29 AM
	Shelby's original 289 Cobra has some nice subtle lines that are lacking in the later big-block version and would be my personal choice in a Cobra. Owning a 289 Cobra is a sign of a connoisseur, rather than a "self-indulgent wanker with too much bloody money". __________________ Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem.

Pretendgineer Power-User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 223 Good Answers: 4	#2 Re: Cool Cars: This 289 Cobra is the Real Deal 04/28/2008 4:00 PM
	Now that things cool! It's funny though, with all the "FFR" replica's on the road (being a New England based business), the average Joe will likely mistake that original for a replica. I'm considering a FFR Cobra. My rationalization is becoming, "better get it now before gas becomes cost prohibitive or obsolete."

EnviroMan Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gone to Alabama with my banjo on my knee... Posts: 5755 Good Answers: 20	#3 In reply to #2 Re: Cool Cars: This 289 Cobra is the Real Deal 04/28/2008 5:50 PM
	Hmmm...so if a real Cobra gets mistaken for a replicar, then a replicar should be as easily mistaken for a real one, so which is the best bang for the buck? Well, D'OH! The Cobra, of course - it's a COBRA! Hell-O! __________________ Veni, vidi, video - I came, I saw, I got it on film.

Pretendgineer Power-User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 223 Good Answers: 4	#5 In reply to #3 Re: Cool Cars: This 289 Cobra is the Real Deal 04/29/2008 8:18 AM
	Check out this site. These guy's are about 45min from me, so I see quite a few on the road. You can choose to take the inexpensive route and use a donor mustang or spend all your wallet has to offer, going 427 and all. At least request the free info DVD. http://www.factoryfive.com/ This forum should help answer any questions. I'm no expert on them, just a drooling spectator. http://www.ffcobra.com/forums/

EnviroMan Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gone to Alabama with my banjo on my knee... Posts: 5755 Good Answers: 20	#6 In reply to #5 Re: Cool Cars: This 289 Cobra is the Real Deal 04/29/2008 8:25 AM
	Thanks! I bookmarked that site immediately...I noted this... ...which made me smile! __________________ Veni, vidi, video - I came, I saw, I got it on film.
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Snaketails Guru Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Wrong end of the yellow brick road in Oz Posts: 910 Good Answers: 15	#4 Re: Cool Cars: This 289 Cobra is the Real Deal 04/29/2008 1:46 AM
	chuck the Webers and inject it. __________________ Qn, Whats the differance between a Snake and a Onion? Ans, No one cries when you chop up a Snake

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