Question for those that have owned Shelby Cobras/replicas - Lateral-g Forums

**GregWeld** · #1 09-10-2017, 06:25 PM

Funny ---- a quarter mile from the house is The Sun Valley Lodge.... a wonderful historic "place" --- it's on the only road I take to get to my house - and lo and behold as I cruised home from a little fly fishing -- bright colors catch my eye!!

A gaggle of COBRAS parked side by side! LOL --- what's the odds of that - that they'd be here this week.

Probably 40 of them. And lots of trailers in the gravel lot out back. I was going to take a picture of them to post up here - but most of them were parked behind a gate. Wasn't really worth the effort (I'd have had to park and walk over -- LOL).

Maybe I should get the drone out and go buzz 'em.

**fleetus macmullitz** · #2 09-10-2017, 08:55 PM

The current owner posted this vid of the car Anne Francis drove.

The 'show-touring' version of auto-crossing I guess.

**GregWeld** · #3 09-10-2017, 09:19 PM

That's pretty embarrassing......

LOL

**fleetus macmullitz** · #4 09-10-2017, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by GregWeld

Funny ---- a quarter mile from the house is The Sun Valley Lodge.... a wonderful historic "place" --- it's on the only road I take to get to my house - and lo and behold as I cruised home from a little fly fishing -- bright colors catch my eye!!

A gaggle of COBRAS parked side by side! LOL --- what's the odds of that - that they'd be here this week.

Probably 40 of them. And lots of trailers in the gravel lot out back. I was going to take a picture of them to post up here - but most of them were parked behind a gate. Wasn't really worth the effort (I'd have had to park and walk over -- LOL).

Maybe I should get the drone out and go buzz 'em.

Greg,

Sometime back I came across a write-up of the Sun Valley Lodge. Historic for sure.

Oh and btw... imho if you came across a bunch of C2's, we'd be lookin' at pics by now!

**GregWeld** · #5 09-11-2017, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Cosmo mentis

Greg,

Sometime back I came across a write-up of the Sun Valley Lodge. Historic for sure.

Oh and btw... imho if you came across a bunch of C2's, we'd be lookin' at pics by now!

No --- I would have done the same thing..... Only reason I'd have stopped to take the pic was just to tie the coincidence of them being here in town with the thread being fresh. I have 20,000 car photos on my computer.... don't really need any more. LOL

Sun Valley is "historic" for one reason -- it was the WORLDS very first ski lift (1936). Averell Harriman (owner of Union Pacific Railways) had it built and built the lodge for his rich and famous friends - and to pimp passengers to ride his railroad. A walk thru the hallways is a trip back in history of the "who's who" during several decades.

Funny -- the stores at the base of the mountain are named "The Brass Ranch" -- the area was, in fact, the Brass Ranch - which was purchased (at $4 per acre) to build the "resort". To put that into perspective.... I bought 1.6 acres for 1.625M - to put that into perspective - current owners of "Sun Valley" bought the entire operation in 1977 for 12M - of which my property was part of that deal. LOL

**fleetus macmullitz** · #6 09-11-2017, 08:28 AM

Greg,

My wife likes old musicals and watched

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Valley_Serenade that was filmed there.

Being in the same room, I caught some friendly fire.

**GregWeld** · #7 09-11-2017, 01:46 PM

Okay -- just for you Skeep..... I pulled over on my way home and took a couple shots.

There are 26 ORIGINAL Cobras -- about to start on a 1000 mile cruise up in to Montana and back here (their trailers are all here). It explains them being at the Lodge (not the cheapest place in town - it's 5 star hotel).

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**fleetus macmullitz** · #8 09-11-2017, 02:38 PM

I appreciate that Greg.

Food will taste better, you'll sleep better, Charley might even be a little nicer (for one day). All these kinds of things happen to people that take pics of real Cobras.

**fleetus macmullitz** · #9 09-11-2017, 02:54 PM

**GregWeld** · #10 09-11-2017, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Cosmo mentis

I appreciate that Greg.

Food will taste better, you'll sleep better, Charley might even be a little nicer (for one day). All these kinds of things happen to people that take pics of real Cobras.

Never happen..... and I have to spend 6 or 7 days with him this month on the GoodGuys Hall of Fame Tour.... UGH!