ok.....mondays are generally hell for me. all of my tool suppliers, parts reps, etc. stop in on mondays.
so i'm standing in the parking lot talking to one of the independent suppliers, and hear the "lope" of something hot. i look over to the side driveway of the parking lot, and there's a cobra pulling in. black with white racing stripes. friggin BEAUTIFUL. unfortunatly, i didn't have my camera handy.
anyway, as we're walking over to the pumps to check it out, in pulls an 09 corvette.....bright yellow. even with that flaw, it was still a beautiful car.
the problem? everyone walked over to the cobra. not a single person looked at the vette, nor did they notice the hot blonde in the passengers seat. eventually, the vette owner even came over, like he was "sizing up" the cobra.
the dood looked like he stayed consertive with the build. only had a 347, which he says was dyno'd to 500hp. not much, but more than enough for a car weighing under 3,000 pounds.
it was a factory five racing kit. i asked him a bunch of questions. he said that the build wasn't as easy as they make it out to be. they sent him the wrong rims with it. he had trouble finding the spindles. he had trouble with the wiring harness to install the FI engine. he had it painted in Connecticut. the interior was friggin PERFECT. he had installed the heater vents, and defrosters, and has the soft top for it, and did put wiper on it.
he said it took him about 400 hours total working time to build, and a little over 50k. all in all, not too bad. when he mentioned money, the vette dood asked him " that;s not including your labor, right?" as if he was trying to justify something.
when i asked him if it was worth all of the time, money, and headaches, he just smiled like a 10 year old. he's only got 200 miles on it, and not had it to any tracks yet. he's local i think, as his face looked familiar from being in the station before. next time he pulls in, i'll get some pics.......but.....seeing and hearing that beautiful beast made my monday.
