My love for cars goes back to the 60 s when I was lucky enough to be a teenager in the real muscle car era. My buddies and I all had muscle cars of varying degrees, some much stronger than others. Mine was a 66 Impala 2-door, clearly on the lower end of  muscle ! However, I made my first trip to New York City in 1965 where I sat in this 2-seater white roadster with what I remember to be blue stripes. It was the coolest car I had ever seen and I believe the price was around $6000. It might as well have been $1M because it was more money than this kid from eastern NC had ever thought about having! And yes, it was a  real  Cobra, although I didn t appreciate what it represented at the time. Fast forward 40+ years having had a great career with FAA and having owned a number of cars, the thought of that car back in NYC so many years before resurfaced. I honestly don t remember what brought it back, but clearly the memory had never really left. Anyway, as retirement approached, I did my research I determined first what type Cobra I wanted, a slightly used late-serial number SPF with a BB FE preferably built by Bill Parham of Southern Automotive. I then began my search and about a year later Cobra Country had advertised exactly what I had been seeking. By then I had retired and relocated to Huntsville and was fortunate enough to buy a close copy of exactly what I had sat in back in 1965. After a year of ownership, I m still smiling!!