Unique Owners roll call. If you pop in please say hello here

[Naumoff]

Hello everyone!😁🔧🔩

[Slither]

I don't know, Tony... looks like just us around here, lately. This place used to be hoppin'! I wonder what happened. Is there another site? Club Cobra is dead in comparison to what it was, as well. For one, this site does not operate like it used to... really hard to see new thread replies, as it does not bold them. The landing page is gone. A couple of times I asked Patrick if he could fix it up. He said he would look into it. Been a while, no luck. Perhaps we are a dying breed...

[Naumoff]

Yep i have to look at the dates to see what is new. I also had to set up my notification to instant email. It is working.
I think mass social media cut into these forums. These groups are nice as it is a smaller community. There are probably other factors contributing to the shift. More local car clubs as the Cobra owners are far and few between. It can be lonely. �� I see that the Unique owners place on CC is gone.

I started this thread hope to have people just post something while they pop in.

[Slither]

I started this thread hope to have people just post something while they pop in.

Great idea!

[Jeff 427]

Hey Tony & Paul ..... I'm still around!

Retired and moved to Arizona last year as Covid ramped up! What a strange time it's been! Could not list my house for
sale in NY as real estate was not considered an essential business during Covid. Drove out once in June with 26' moving
truck filled with stuff I could not ship. Finding diesel fuel was fine at truck stops. Lodging not so good as most hotel were
closed!! Drove until you found something open and if found somethin open they were empty and hardly no staff.
Had the Cobra, Jeep and motorcycles shipped by Intercity Transport.

Flew back to NY (empty planes) and sold the house as real estate began to open up. Finally was able to ship the rest of
the household stuff and drove out for the final time in September.
stuff

[Naumoff]

Wow Jeff! What an ordeal.
Where in Arizona did you move to?

[Jeff 427]

Moved To Wickenburg, a small (about 8,000 people) "western themed" town about an hour northwest of Phoenix.

I've been told this is the "Team Roping Capital of the World"! We don't have horses; in late fall to spring,
the ropers come to town from all over and it gets busy.

Lots of nice roads to cruise and not a lot of traffic. Phoenix and the valley is very busy traffic to say the least.

[wlewis]

Still around on this end,

Walter

[Slither]

Wow, Jeff. That is hard cheese! Glad you are finally settled, and glad you and Walter are still hangin' around! Maybe we'll get a few more...

[Naumoff]

Sounds like an interesting place and you're not too far from a city center.
I like being 45 miles from a couple of cities where we are now. We will want to be about 60 miles out where we move to when we retire.

[Russ Dickey]

I still check in every once in awhile, but nothing like the old days. Social media has made a huge impact on forums, but there's still so much great info in the archives here.

[Naumoff]

Yep, there is only so much time in the day to get to all the forums

[Slither]

I still check in every once in awhile, but nothing like the old days.

Hey, Russ! Are you still tracking your car?

[Naumoff]

Paul, I wonder if the defualt settings can be changed to instant email response to a thread you post on or set to follow.
I had to go in and change all of mine because I was not getting notified of post being made then a month later it would send one large email with post that have been made.

[Slither]

That sounds like a Patrick question, Tony. I am not sure if he frequents the site much anymore, though. I asked him about restoring the home page and he was going to look into getting it back up and running, but that was quite a while ago now.

[Naumoff]

It took me a minute to figure it out. Anyway over on CC the manufacturer area for UMC is not there anymore.

So how is your Cobra coming along?

[pgermond]

I still check in now-n-then although the car is toast. Good to see "some" activity here.

[Naumoff]

Oh no! no one was hurt, were they?

[pgermond]

Concussion (me) and 35 staples (my wife). This happened 2-years ago in October. The car was totaled (new motor and all). We were very, very lucky!

[Naumoff]

Ouch! Glad it wasn't worse.

[Jim Harding]

Haven’t signed on here for a long time...haven’t put more than about 500 miles on both cars since a Revision hip, COVID-19, and other aches and pains have over the past few years. Hope all are OK and enjoying their rides. Y’all take care and say safe....

[Naumoff]

Hey Jim, good to hear from you on the Unique forum.
Been meeting up with some Maryland Cobra people on Sunday mornings at the golf course on 214.
Val and Sandy Wadsworth sold everything and the Mustang and his Cobra and are headed to Eastern Oregon.
I was thinking of hitting Cars and Coffee in St. Mary's on Sunday mornings to hook up with the car people in So. Md. Let me know if you are interested.

[TurnpikeBoy]

No excuses, just been getting after other hobbies for the past couple years. 4279404 is in Florida, awaiting our return - it’s getting far more use there than it ever did up north. Weather is nicer, roads not as scintillating but then again no potholes / delaminations / frost heaves either. Car actually rides nice! There are enough car nuts down there that events are every day fun. Covid helped nothing, getting fat enough that fitting into the car is a focused act now. Hoping all are getting a bit more joy these days; the past 2 years have been something of a fistfight. Anyway, glad to see there is still life in here!

Best to all. Roger

[Naumoff]

Sounds good Roger. I will be in Sebring, Florida the for the historic 12 Hour.

[TurnpikeBoy]

Great stuff, Tony! A racetrack of legends; lots of incredible history there. Saw your pics of the Aussie Cobra - definitely one very nasty looking beast. With any luck we might also be down that way during the 12 Hour - if so, will make the attempt to go and see if we can hollar at you from afar! Best wishes to a MuchBetterYear!

[Jim Harding]

Yeah, I’ve been over to Vals garage and he almost filled a 10 gallon bucket of stuff I could use. JoAnn and I have chatted with them about their move and had lunch with them a couple weeks ago. Talk about “downsizing “.....
I’d like to try Cars and Coffee, whenever this rain goes away. I haven’t gone to the golf course, been getting the emails, but can’t break the habit of sleeping in....

[Jim Harding]

Roger, are you the Roger Payne that used to go to Rehoboth with the cobra club... wife is Lynn.

[Slither]

It took me a minute to figure it out. Anyway over on CC the manufacturer area for UMC is not there anymore.

So how is your Cobra coming along?


I am behind with the latest update... been crazy busy. I will try to get it posted before long. Making some progress.

[Slither]

I still check in now-n-then although the car is toast. Good to see "some" activity here.

Did the new owners ever get it running, Phil? I imagine it got wet this past weekend!

[Naumoff]

Great stuff, Tony! A racetrack of legends; lots of incredible history there. Saw your pics of the Aussie Cobra - definitely one very nasty looking beast. With any luck we might also be down that way during the 12 Hour - if so, will make the attempt to go and see if we can hollar at you from afar! Best wishes to a MuchBetterYear!

I hope everyone has a better year!
Please stop in the track if you are near. I'm crewing again and we are doing the 12 hour race.
Bring my car down to do a parade lap

[Naumoff]

Yeah, I’ve been over to Vals garage and he almost filled a 10 gallon bucket of stuff I could use. JoAnn and I have chatted with them about their move and had lunch with them a couple weeks ago. Talk about “downsizing “.....
I’d like to try Cars and Coffee, whenever this rain goes away. I haven’t gone to the golf course, been getting the emails, but can’t break the habit of sleeping in....

Yeah , might try to hit C and C in St. MARY'S this Sunday. No email from the golf course group yet

[Slither]

Bring my car down to do a parade lap

That should be great fun, Tony!

[Naumoff]

That should be great fun, Tony!

Yep, got to make it happend!

[Slither]

So how is your Cobra coming along?

OK, there is a new installment posted up in my build thread, Tony! Part 6: Body Transformation continued: Fitting the Grill.

[TurnpikeBoy]

Roger, are you the Roger Payne that used to go to Rehoboth with the cobra club... wife is Lynn.

Yep! Had a great time with you this past run, too! Wish my wife wanted a hotrod like your wifes - guess it?s SUV hell for now. Anyway, always great to see you, Jim!

[Slither]

New thread on the build! Getting some slick paint on her... Alan does a great job with the spray gun!:D

[Naumoff]

Looks good Paul.