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I stumbled onto the Los Angeles Shelby American Automobile Club's 9th Annual Tony Sousa Memorial Car Show this morning. It was mind-boggling. Cobras! Classic Mustangs! GT40s! Sunbeam Tigers!

http://www.lasaac.org/

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You should watch that video about 'the top ten sports cars trying to kill you'. Number 1 is the Shelby Cobra. It is not a very convenient automobile.
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Wow that must have been something to see.
Always been a Cobra and GT fan. Too bad they didn't make more GT's for the US market.
Love the blue #7 and the green Shelby at the bottom.

In the early 80's our neighbor had a Pantera,it had a 351 Ford engine and the guy said many people thought Ford made the car but they were an Italian company.
Cool car though 8)
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Great rare classics Jeff - thanks for sharing.

Viking, that would be deTomaso

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That's the one Jim,they looked pretty cool but I think they were kind of junk.

The De Tomaso Pantera "The car Elvis shot"
I remember watching an old tv program many years ago and some guy was telling the story of Elvis shooting his car when it wouldn't start.
http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/elvis_p ... tjNBQ.dpbs

Elvis has left....bullet holes in his car 8)
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I'm pretty sure that's a blue Pantera in the far background of the picture with Cobra 7 in the foreground, the 4th picture down.
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jarvis wrote:I'm pretty sure that's a blue Pantera in the far background of the picture with Cobra 7 in the foreground, the 4th picture down.
Good eye,it sure is. I was too busy looking at #7 8)
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heviarti wrote:You should watch that video about 'the top ten sports cars trying to kill you'. Number 1 is the Shelby Cobra. It is not a very convenient automobile.
"Convenient" or notness, should it be my fate to die in an auto accident, I would prefer to do it behind the wheel of a Shelby Cobra...
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JerrBear wrote:
heviarti wrote:You should watch that video about 'the top ten sports cars trying to kill you'. Number 1 is the Shelby Cobra. It is not a very convenient automobile.
"Convenient" or notness, should it be my fate to die in an auto accident, I would prefer to do it behind the wheel of a Shelby Cobra...
I'd like to go in my old 57 Chev, running into the back of a corona truck, throwing me through the back door with just enough life left in me to pop one more cap :lol:
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