Texas Cobra Club's Spring Meet - Texas Tailgating

A friend of one of the TCC members let the club use his ranch pasture for an overall shot of the club's snakes. Next year, maybe we'll have a lift to snap this photo from a higher vantage point.

Outgoing president David Shelton had his back to us in the photograph. The couple wearing the matching red and black jackets is Dave and Debra Grabowski. Their No. 8 Backdraft Racing Cobra is resting easy after some exercise.

Jim Jacobs, from Dallas, built a most sanitary Unique Motorcars 289FIA roadster, which he drives anytime the weather is nice.

We enjoyed some ice-cold beverages at The Oasis Restaurant on Friday afternoon while appreciating the view of Lake Travis.

The white-over-red Backdraft Cobra replica was brand new, with just 100 miles showing on the odometer. Cruising the Austin area was a great way to break in the 402ci Roush-powered roadster.

TCC lined up to pull into the El Arroyo Restaurant parking lot for the Saturday lunch.

Paul Risch's ride: the No. 27 Cobra.

On Friday, Ann and her husband hosted the Houston Cobra Club for lunch. They have a spectacular vacation home on the Llano River.

There were Cobras as far as the eyes could see in the El Arroyo parking lot.

DCC/TCC member Larry Reyburn secured a prime end space for his No. 15 FFR Type 65 Daytona coupe.

No wonder David Shelton wore a patriotic hued baseball cap: his Cobra is painted red, white, and blue.

This black-over-burgundy ERA roadster looked great. It's owned by Waco resident David Kidwell.

This No. 86 roadster showed superior fit and finish (owner in baseball cap).

One way to make a white-over-blue Cobra stand out is to put a hardtop on it. That's what John Russell did with his Superformance roadster.

One of the latest acquisitions of DCC/TCC member Jay Nordstrom is a Shelby GT350R Mustang clone. Guardsman Blue stripes over Wimbledon White looks right on a '65 2+2.

Since Jim Driesch and his wife Sharon recently moved into a community with more distinguished neighbors, they've taken a fair bit of ribbing for hanging out with an older crowd. The HCC gave Jim a Cobra walker, which must have appealed to the Hooters girls, who were all too happy to pose with Jim for photos.

HCC/TCC member James Wagner showed his 460ci Ford V-8 powered Street Beast Cobra to an admirer. He also kindly chauffeured KIT CAR on Saturday.