Wade Chamberlain
Member
The proprietor of Cobra Inc. apparently took a wild ride this week! The story, as I remember it told by an un-named source (Farhood 
) at the VI this morning, goes something like this........
Elder and Helen are going out of town for about 8 days. Rick Race's Cobra is currently occupying one of the bays in Elder's garage, so being the nice guy that he is, Elder decides he'll put his Cobra in the trailer for storage while they're away. That way, Jon will have room in the garage to work on his Mustang Cobra.
Elder hitches his truck up to the trailer so he can pull it up the hill far enough to get the tailgate down and still have enough room to pull the Cobra in. As he's just about in the trailer, he hears a metallic clanking sound (not unlike a trailer coming "un-hitched"), and suddenly the scenery starts whizzing by, backwards, at an alarming rate! 8O 8O
At this point, Elder can only sit there in his Cobra, helpless, while the trailer rolls backwards down the driveway, picking up speed, dragging it's jack, through the split rail fence at the base of the driveway (luckily between two posts!), misses the well (thankfully), down through the back yard, and comes to rest just before the trees!
8O 8O
Thankfully, somebody was there to take pictures. Otherwise this story would be almost unbelievable!
Note the triangular shaped object laying in the edge of the grass on the right hand side of the driveway. What is that??? OHHHHhhh, it's a WHEEL CHOCK! 8)
Look at the tire tracks relative to the two fence posts! There must have been less than a couple inches of clearance per side!
Walk of shame!
Elder - "Man, I hope the details of this incident don't get out to CACC"
I didn't receive any pictures of the driver's seat in Scott's Cobra, but I understand there's a permanent crease in the leather now. 8)
) at the VI this morning, goes something like this........Elder and Helen are going out of town for about 8 days. Rick Race's Cobra is currently occupying one of the bays in Elder's garage, so being the nice guy that he is, Elder decides he'll put his Cobra in the trailer for storage while they're away. That way, Jon will have room in the garage to work on his Mustang Cobra.
Elder hitches his truck up to the trailer so he can pull it up the hill far enough to get the tailgate down and still have enough room to pull the Cobra in. As he's just about in the trailer, he hears a metallic clanking sound (not unlike a trailer coming "un-hitched"), and suddenly the scenery starts whizzing by, backwards, at an alarming rate! 8O 8O
At this point, Elder can only sit there in his Cobra, helpless, while the trailer rolls backwards down the driveway, picking up speed, dragging it's jack, through the split rail fence at the base of the driveway (luckily between two posts!), misses the well (thankfully), down through the back yard, and comes to rest just before the trees!
8O 8O
Thankfully, somebody was there to take pictures. Otherwise this story would be almost unbelievable!
Note the triangular shaped object laying in the edge of the grass on the right hand side of the driveway. What is that??? OHHHHhhh, it's a WHEEL CHOCK! 8)
Look at the tire tracks relative to the two fence posts! There must have been less than a couple inches of clearance per side!
Walk of shame!
Elder - "Man, I hope the details of this incident don't get out to CACC"
I didn't receive any pictures of the driver's seat in Scott's Cobra, but I understand there's a permanent crease in the leather now. 8)
