How to charm a couple of Cobras

This weekend I had the opportunity to do a photo shoot with 2 rare snakes.  I'm putting together a calendar for my local Mustang car club.  I was surprised when I got a submission from one of the members and it was 2 Shelby Cobras.  Unfortunately the pictures were too small to use.  I asked the person if he would have the time to have me come down and get some high resolution shots and he said yes!  I drove about an hour and a half to his location but it was all WELL worth it.





When I got there he opened up his "barn" to uncover 2 beauties just begging for attention.  Both of these cars are original Shelby Cobra's but not built in the 60's, they happen to be built around 2000 by Shelby Automobiles.  We took a few photos inside the barn before wheeling them out onto the pavement.  We found that moving them around was easy at times but harder to get them in position for shooting so the owner fired them up and WOW!!  Talk about waking the neighbors!!



I photographed them for a couple of hours and in a couple of positions and I think I got a few good shots!  We put the red race-ready cobra away and then I heard, " you ready to go for a ride?"  OH YEAH!  Getting in and out of a car that was meant for racing required a bit of finesse and those that know me know I have 0 of that stuff.  Once nestled it's a bit tight but that's the whole idea.  He started up the 427 Cubic inch engine and it roared through every bone in my body.  He needed to get the mail so off to town we went.  I was really surprised how tight the suspension felt and how nimble this engine on wheels felt!  Once we got on the road there's where the car really wanted to GO and go we did, there were several times we hit over 100mph in seconds!    Needless to say I have a permanent grin that will probably last a month!

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