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JAY LENO

I really enjoyed reading about Lynn Park and his Cobras in Octane 236. Like everyone else reading this magazine I longed for one back in the day, but it was just out of reach. By 1984 I was doing pretty well, and I thought: I’m gonna go for it.

At that time the cheapest Cobra was about $80,000, which seems like a bargain now, but let’s put that in context. I had just passed on a 1965 Shelby GT350 for $600 because it was in too rough a condition. Yes, it ran, but it

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