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OffWithTheirHeads

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35. Frankly, as a "sports car" it couldn't corner for shit.

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 09:04 PM

Mar 2012

Muscle cars are good in a straight line. Sports cars can turn right (and do it quickly). A decent Porsche 911S would eat the Cobra for lunch at Watkins Glenn or Laguna Seca. Hell, a 1958 Porsche 550 RSK Spyder probably would have left the Cobra in the dust on a course where turns were involved. THAT'S a sports car!

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Best 65-75 muscle car. Not necessarily power, just best. [View all] HopeHoops Mar 2012 OP

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You have to ask? AC Cobra. End of discussion. OffWithTheirHeads Mar 2012 #6

No doubt it's on the short list of the best sports cars Major Nikon Mar 2012 #10

First, it has a trunk. Throw the groceries and one of the kids in the trunk OffWithTheirHeads Mar 2012 #34

It's not just horsepower Major Nikon Mar 2012 #37

Whatever! Your interpretation is as good as mine. OffWithTheirHeads Mar 2012 #38

Make it up as you go along if you like Major Nikon Mar 2012 #39

You insult the memory of the Cobra by calling it "muscle" Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #20

Frankly, as a "sports car" it couldn't corner for shit. OffWithTheirHeads Mar 2012 #35

You wish. The 427 SC has well over 500 horsepower - today's "vintage" 289's are well over 400. Mopar151 Mar 2012 #42

yeah, despite the oh-so-sexy lines Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #46

The other respondents are correct. The Cobra is not a Muscle car. Gold Metal Flake Mar 2012 #25

I ran a Solo1 with a 289FIA Cobra Mopar151 Mar 2012 #31

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This message was self-deleted by its author cliffordu Mar 2012 #14

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Interesting. I have the same reaction when I watch Antiques Roadshow. OffWithTheirHeads Mar 2012 #36

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