A Funny Thing Happened On My Way Home
#1
08-22-2010, 03:19 PM
A Funny Thing Happened On My Way Home
On my way home from a delightful lunch at the best Mexican restaurant in town, I notice a Shelby Cobra kit a few cars up from me. As a battle thru traffic, I notice that, as kits go, this one is quite stunning. Silver with dark gray striping.
By the time I finally get behind him, he is turning off the main road onto the same rural one lane road I am. After the turn, nothing but a road and trees for 3 straight as an arrow miles. Jets of black smoke shoot from his beautiful dual chrome side exhaust, and hes off. I spur the Monte, desperate to know if he cheaped out on the power plant.
Apparently he did. I never fell more then 2.5 car lengths back. With a V6. With the air conditioner on!!
All those pretty smoke shots when he hit the gears didnt mean much. By the time he realized I was not going to be impressed by his disastrously underpowered "hot rod", we were at about 90 in a 55, too darn fast for that bumpy road. He slowed to a much more reasonable speed, and I gave him some courtesy car lengths.
He comes to his turn, and he drives away. In one of the prettiest cars on the road.
By the time I finally get behind him, he is turning off the main road onto the same rural one lane road I am. After the turn, nothing but a road and trees for 3 straight as an arrow miles. Jets of black smoke shoot from his beautiful dual chrome side exhaust, and hes off. I spur the Monte, desperate to know if he cheaped out on the power plant.
Apparently he did. I never fell more then 2.5 car lengths back. With a V6. With the air conditioner on!!
All those pretty smoke shots when he hit the gears didnt mean much. By the time he realized I was not going to be impressed by his disastrously underpowered "hot rod", we were at about 90 in a 55, too darn fast for that bumpy road. He slowed to a much more reasonable speed, and I gave him some courtesy car lengths.
He comes to his turn, and he drives away. In one of the prettiest cars on the road.
Last edited by Snyderman; 08-22-2010 at 03:22 PM.
#2
08-22-2010, 03:21 PM
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#5
08-22-2010, 05:34 PM
Yeah, it must have been a really small engine... those cars are just lightweight fiberglass on a minimal metal frame. There is hardly anything to the interior, the engine is like 1/4th the weight of the car... so that's not a lot of power in that car. Sounds like a crate 302 or 305 that has been burned up doing that take off thing a few too many times.
i've heard of some crap like that lately with other cars...
#7
08-22-2010, 07:35 PM
Shoot, that actually wouldnt surprise me! At first I thought it was funny, then I sorta felt bad for the guy.
#8
08-23-2010, 09:23 AM
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Jets of Black Smoke came from the exhaust
Meaning TONS of unburnt fuel. That car must have been running plenty rich...
Meaning TONS of unburnt fuel. That car must have been running plenty rich...
#10
08-23-2010, 11:42 AM
Most of the shelbys you see driving around are kit cars. Usually if someone has a real shelby they will probably not ever really get on it. Or even drive it for that matter.
