Back Road shakedown

[Grayeagle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viYh-fqwya8&feature=youtu.be

No traction control, computers, automatic .. just a 4-gear rompin small block vette on a nice day

-GE aka Frank

[PFactorDave]

That looked fun.   

[Flipperk]

On my list of cars to drive that stingray....absolutely beautiful car!! Great sound and power, but most of all a classic look. My dad owns a 07' C6 Corvette, used to own a 67' modified Corvette back in the day. Love Corvettes.

However..

... I raise you a 1965 Shelby 427 Cobra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=End6w3mfZKE&feature=fvwrel

[F22RaptorDude]

  that's an awesome sound!!!!!!!!

[EskimoJoe]

that's an awesome sound!!!!!!!!

Yes, yes it is.

Nice avatar.

Savor it, it may be the only compliment you ever get from me.

[AAJagerX]

 

[Grayeagle]

wow.

As a 'raise' I'd hafta say that was a fail.

The guy in the Cobra never smiled.
May as well be drivin a trundle-car.

Perhaps I should offer him my Nissan Pickup in trade, would suit his driving style more.

Nothin against the car tho .. sounds nice all the way up the scale,
..the few times he actually pressed on the pedal to the right.

-GE aka Frank

[PFactorDave]

Just watched the Cobra video...  Is that a typical speedometer for that car?  Probably just me but it was distracting to have the speedo going counter clockwise when he accelerated.

Also curious on how the cameras are mounted, nice steady shot.  I have a Fiat Spyder and know of a nice little twisty road that would make for a fun video.  Wouldn't mind demonstrating that you don't have to have huge horse power to have fun driving!  

[CAP1]

the shame of this is that that dork's gonna total that car some day. was nice sounding, but you can see he's not up to that cars ability.......but he seems to think he is. he's gonna get overly cocky with it, and wrap it around a tree. and the driving gloves......he needs to lose them.  

 just got to the part where he crossed the intersection....looking both ways. he looks like the car salesman from true lies. 

[Skuzzy]

Just watched the Cobra video...  Is that a typical speedometer for that car?  Probably just me but it was distracting to have the speedo going counter clockwise when he accelerated.
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A period correct speedometer, for the old Cobra, does rotate counter-clockwise.

[CAP1]

A period correct speedometer, for the old Cobra, does rotate counter-clockwise.

i thought the tach was supposed to do that also, but i noticed the one in the vid going clockwise.

[PFactorDave]

i thought the tach was supposed to do that also, but i noticed the one in the vid going clockwise.

That's what threw me a bit as well.  Odd to have the guages turning opposite like that.  Or maybe it isn't for that car, I really wouldn't have any idea.

[CAP1]

That's what threw me a bit as well.  Odd to have the guages turning opposite like that.  Or maybe it isn't for that car, I really wouldn't have any idea.

that used to be one of the biggest mistakes people made, when building kit cobras. they'd put in gages spinning clockwise, when they should be going backwards.

[PFactorDave]

that used to be one of the biggest mistakes people made, when building kit cobras. they'd put in gages spinning clockwise, when they should be going backwards.

Ya, but are they supposed to both go backwards (tach and speedo) or just the speedo?  In the video, only the speedo is going counterclockwise...

I'm just curious by the way...

[CAP1]

here's where cobra drivers take their cars for sunday drives. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9f1A3tSLts&feature=related

just remember......only little boys wear bow ties.