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<P>But as a point of perspective, a number of years ago the Shelby Convention (SAAC) was in Portland and they "allowed" the Northwest Pantera owners to participate. After one blue Pantera (owner to remain nameless, but some of you know who it was) with a nicely tuned suspension and a well built 351 (stock block and heads) with stock brakes, blew all the small block and big block Cobras into the weeds during the open open track event, the Pantera owners were "uninvited" from future events.</P>
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<P>Cobras are fun, but they can't stand up to a well built, well driven Pantera....</P>
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<P>FYI.</P>
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<P>Jeff/2467<BR><BR></P>
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<P><B>From: </B>"Dick Koch" <arkoch@earthlink.net><BR><B>To: </B>"DeTomaso Mail List" <DeTomaso@poca.com><BR><B>Sent: </B>Sunday, December 8, 2013 10:22:00 AM<BR><B>Subject: </B>[DeTomaso] NPC - 289 Cobra Destroys Everything In Its Path.....for your Sunday enjoyment<BR><BR>Ed Zabinski posted this video on his Facebook page which I think most of <BR>the Pantera junkies on this forum will enjoy. As most of you know, Ford <BR>ruled the race circuits in the mid to late '60's, as portrayed with the <BR>likes of the Cobra and GT40. To get an idea of that dominance, watch the <BR>following 14 minutes of pure gearhead "adult film." The Cobra in the <BR>video is way pissed off and sideways half the time but it eats 'em all <BR>up and spits 'em all out. Hit the link, crank the speakers, and watch a <BR>driver DRIVE!<BR><BR>As pointed out in an article on Bangshift.com, "This video is some <BR>killer stuff. In fact, this video is 14-minutes of lumber generating, <BR>ooga booga, screaming V8, road racing dominance. The driver of this <BR>289ci Cobra competition coupe is Bill Shepherd and this video was shot <BR>in 2010 at the Nurburgring during a historic race run on the Grand Prix <BR>circuit at the 'Ring...... To boil it down, Shepard qualifies on the <BR>pole for the race after completely annihilating everything else on the <BR>race track. The little Cobra eats up Porsches like VW bugs and only has <BR>to sweat when working around another Cobra!<BR><BR>"Outside of the sound, Shepard is a pretty bad ass driver and you'll see <BR>him really work the wheel in the little Cobra. He's steering, counter <BR>steering, and man handling the car around the race track like it is his <BR>job. Oh yeah, he's also working the shifter up and down the gears like <BR>nobody's business, too!<BR><BR>In this setting, it is really clear to see why the Shelby Cobra was such <BR>a feared machine among the European road racing teams of the 1960s. Yes, <BR>they were completely brutal even with the small 289 engines in them but <BR>in the hands of the right guy, a Cobra was virtually untouchable in that <BR>time."<BR><BR>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btqQrpnpXj4<BR>_______________________________________________<BR><BR>Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA<BR><BR>DeTomaso mailing list<BR>DeTomaso@poca.com<BR>http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com<BR></P></div></body></html>