Cobra death in Los Angeles suburb, anybody know who?

Because replicas are not required to have these safety items. I wonder if the 33-year old driver has ever had things like brakes fail in a car? I’m 69. I’ve experienced a brake pedal going to the floor multiple times. Talk about scared straight.


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Same here...on track with my 2011 Italia...must have boiled water in brake fluid..going down the straight at ~130 mph...hit brakes at last second before hard right...pedal right to floor...nothing...nada....
(Luckily, at end of straight there was a run off into parking lot—not really luck, track designed that way—....was doing over 120 mph going by people eating lunch at the picnic tables...I think I was pretty close to death that day.)

 

The laws of physics. 100 airbags isn't going to help you.

 

The last sentence of the linked article is so inflammatory

“how did they manage to skirt all the rules?”

the car is built to the current NHTSA rules regarding kit cars or low volume cars. They - superformance - did not skirt anything.

 

That looks terrible........

 

I’m sorry to hear about the accident.

I will admit to being amazed that when a human loses control of a vehicle they have an uncanny ability to lock onto something like a 14” utility pole and hit it dead center with the “car out of control”.

 

Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes.

this is not about the car.

 

I'd love to have a few of the replicas being made today but fiberglass isn't known for it's crash worthiness. I'm guessing they were thinking being ejected was better than seat belts in an accident?

 

1. Whether the cars SKIN is fiberglass or aluminum, neither is much help in a crash. However, the STEEL tube (square or round) FRAME/tub/chassis (which these replica's have) is.
2. Any passenger or driver taking a ride in a 427 Cobra without wearing a harness is (sorry) just plain stupid. I would think after the driver floors it just one time, any sane person would scramble for their harness.

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Because journalists aren't journalists any longer, so they don't do journalist things.

 

a rule racers live by is you hit what you look at. John Q. Out of control looking at a 14” utility pole is “going” to hit it.

 

For people who grew up with moderns full of nannies any older car is a accident ready to happen. Add all that power in a short wheelbase with relatively minimal tires requres respect and some skill/maturity to deploy. On a modern you can mash the pedal of a 1000hp car and the computers wont let it get out of shape.

think of it like someone whose never ridden a motorcycle getting on a yamaha r1 and opening it up cause this is their one chance, the odds of somethign bad happeinign are pretty good.

 

one thing about these replicas is they are built with far more power than the originals had . The original small block cobra was 300 hp and the big block had around 450 hp now they are built with more than 600 hp which is far to much for this already (in 1963) ancient chassis design ..

 

I have a Factory Five Replica for about 10 years now. It is literally the entire families favorite car. I consider it the same as a motorcycle as far as safety goes.
I have never seen one without full 3 inch harnesses. I would never consider driving it without a complete harness.
I only have 225 HP and with the low weight of these cars I consider that more than enough.

I never get rambunctious, like I would in other cars, always respecting the lack of safety items, other than the roll bar and harness.

Before I started the build I researched Cobra accidents and there was at least one serious crash, rollover and the driver was OK.
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