Welcome Aboard fiveliter8

[Matthew 10:16]

Tell us about yourself & your ride. :)

[Purple Venom]

I believe this is Alex? Am I right?

[TOM KEISER]

Welcome aboard Alex! I hope Crystal and the babies are doing well and look forward to seeing you at a gathering soon.

Tom

[Matthew 10:16]

Hey Tom please share with the rest of us something about Alex that you feel confident he
would not mind sharing.

[TOM KEISER]

OK, His Cobra is black with white stripes, the second one that Murrill painted. The rest is up to Alex :)

[Purple Venom]

He can drive from Hermann to O'Fallon in about 30 minutes! :D Come'on Alex, pics of cars are required around here.

[Matthew 10:16]

How bout it Alex? How bout some pics?

[TBULL]

Alex, oh Alex? Bueller? Bueller? Has any one heard from FiveLiter8 aka Alex?

[Purple Venom]

I think Dave scared him off with that "competition" thing http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q234/Hawgwild06/Smilies/smackbum.gif

Alex's car
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q234/Hawgwild06/CobraPics/AlexCar.jpg

And a couple of the man himself
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q234/Hawgwild06/CobraPics/AlexCar1.jpg

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q234/Hawgwild06/CobraPics/AlexCar2.jpg

[TBULL]

Unless I miss my guess and all of a sudden you were in England, I think that last picture's negative was reversed. Either way, cool car! Thanks for the pics.

[Purple Venom]

Not in England :D Skip took that in his rearview mirror looking back at Alex.

[Matthew 10:16]

that Alex is not scared of a little competition or anything else for that matter. :cool: BTW H/W U sure like to use that whuppin stick smilie on me a lot. :eek: Do U really love me that much? ;)

[fiveliter8]

Heyyyyyyyy! Wow, this got to two pages worth of posts before I even got to say HOWDY! My humblest apologies for not responding sooner! As Tom mentioned, my name is Alex, and I'm a cobraholic. I have a wonderful 2 year old daughter and a son fresh out of the oven! The package also includes my wonderful wife, Crystal, who enjoys the cobra as much as I do (so she tells me!). They are definitely keeping us very busy, but I still manage to spend some quality time piloting my skunk-striped baby, which, by-the-way, has been nicknamed "LePew" by some of the GFFROGers.

LePew is a MK1 FFR (#2012K) with the only upgraded options being the 4 into 4 exhaust and chromed roll bar. Driveline is stock 5.0 drum rear end w/3:55's, stock WCT5, CF Dual Friction clutch, Engine is a '69 351W (donated from a ranchero GT), bal/blueprinted, 10.5:1, Trickflow heads, cobra rockers, 650 DP Holley, MSD 6AL, and a camera mount on the rollbar. :)

And the boring details:
My hobbies, when I get the time, repairing consumer electronics (tv's, cameras, stereos, etc.), radio control planes/boats/cars, restoring pinball machines and stand-up arcades, fox bodied mustangs (read "donor" by FFR folks), and all-things WW2 era warbirds. I'm also a budding shutter-bug.

My current inventory of toys:
1988 Ford Thunderbird Turbocoupe (fun and fuel efficient!)
1984 20th Anniversary GT350 mustang convertible (not authorized by Mr. Shelby)
1984 Mustang GT with T-Tops (this was my high school toy, just can't seem to get rid of it)

About the Hermann to O'fallon in 30 minutes thing...I was running late for work...really! :D

That pretty much sums it up for me. Thanks for the kind welcomes and hope to meet you all soon!

[fiveliter8]

Heyyyyyyyy! Wow, this got to two pages worth of posts before I even got to say HOWDY! My humblest apologies for not responding sooner! As Tom mentioned, my name is Alex, and I'm a cobraholic. I have a wonderful 2 year old daughter and a son fresh out of the oven! The package also includes my wonderful wife, Crystal, who enjoys the cobra as much as I do (so she tells me!). They are definitely keeping us very busy, but I still manage to spend some quality time piloting my skunk-striped baby, which, by-the-way, has been nicknamed "LePew" by some of the GFFROGers.

LePew is a MK1 FFR (#2012K) with the only upgraded options being the 4 into 4 exhaust and chromed roll bar. Driveline is stock 5.0 drum rear end w/3:55's, stock WCT5, CF Dual Friction clutch, Engine is a '69 351W (donated from a ranchero GT), bal/blueprinted, 10.5:1, Trickflow heads, cobra rockers, 650 DP Holley, MSD 6AL, and a camera mount on the rollbar. :)

And the boring details:
My hobbies, when I get the time, repairing consumer electronics (tv's, cameras, stereos, etc.), radio control planes/boats/cars, restoring pinball machines and stand-up arcades, fox bodied mustangs (read "donor" by FFR folks), and all-things WW2 era warbirds. I'm also a budding shutter-bug.

My current inventory of toys:
1988 Ford Thunderbird Turbocoupe (fun and fuel efficient!)
1984 20th Anniversary GT350 mustang convertible (not authorized by Mr. Shelby)
1984 Mustang GT with T-Tops (this was my high school toy, just can't seem to get rid of it)

About the Hermann to O'fallon in 30 minutes thing...I was running late for work...really! :D

That pretty much sums it up for me. Thanks for the kind welcomes and hope to meet you all soon!

Look at these law-breakers...sheesh!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEiBaMrgnyk

www.stangnut.com

[Matthew 10:16]

Is that UR wife I hear screeming in that video???? Is she screeming slow down or faster?????:D:D:D:D BTW Was that TommyK & LindaK in front of U???

[Purple Venom]

Cool video, I still love the sound of the exhaust notes. How bout REMEMBERING the camera on this Fall run cruise! :D

[fiveliter8]

Is that UR wife I hear screeming in that video???? Is she screeming slow down or faster?????:D:D BTW Was that TommyK & LindaK in front of U???

Yep, sure is! The way I remember it, she was hootin' and hollerin' with excitement, but she insists she was saying, "SLOW DOWN!". I've watched that vid over and over again and maybe my hearing isn't what it used to be before owning a cobra, but I'm pretty sure there was no "slow down" uttered. :D
Yes, that was TK and LK, and if I'm not mistaken, their motor wasn't as loud or powerful at the time (sans wicked blower).

IF I can make it, I will make sure and have the camera with me this time, heh heh. I now have a few spares, so hopefully I'll remember one! If nothing else, anyone is welcome to use the mount to do some filming.

Here are a few more vids from gatherings of long ago:
http://home.earthlink.net/~fiveliter8/roadsterbuild/films.htm

[Matthew 10:16]

the camera mount. Love the additional videos. London has changed a lot w/the way they conduct the "rides" for safety reasons. Is MAR still open? BTW Can camera mounts be purchased fairly "reasonably?" & if so which one do U recommend? BTWII Will U B @ this yrs Runngun?

[fiveliter8]

Sure! You can borrow it! I actually built mine from scratch. I don't know how much they cost, but there are suction cup type ones that you can pretty much mount anywhere to take some really cool shots. Unfortunately, MAR is now having homes built on it.
http://marmemories.com/Index/Welcome.html

It will be hit or miss for RNG. If I do make it there, it will be as a spectator.