Or they’re being shipped overseas after got stolen. 
First Cobra I’ve seen Rolling Past My House.
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I usually just see the blue with with white stripes Cobras driving around town here.
A friend of mine was a high school Auto Shop teacher. One day he chained his Cobra to a lift, blocked the front tires and demonstrated tire traction for the class. Students loved taking his class.
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It is all fun until the tires catch on fire. 
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He did set off the fire alarm in the Auto Shop (which was tied to the main school building fire alarm). When the smoke from the tires set off the shop fire alarm the entire school had to excavate to the football field.
It is funny when a teacher gets called to the Principal’s office. The story I heard was the Principal said “It is commendable to foster student engagement in learning. Next time tried to do it WITHOUT the entire school going to the football field”.
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At Ranken, all the automotive instructors drove Fords except for the transmission teacher. Walter Kaup. He drove a 67 Nova. He didn’t like the later Novas because the bumper was heavier. He put a shift kit in his Turbo 350 that was behind a tough 350 Chevy engine. I had the most fun in transmission class. I went to a scrapyard and bought a Turbo 350 and rebuilt it in shop class with a high stall converter and shift kit. Old Walter was right next to me all the way, not getting in the way and gently correcting my mistakes. I pulled the Powerglide out of my ‘68 Camaro and put this in. It was like the car had another 100 horsepower because of the taller first gear. Since the Powerglide used a rod going from the carb to the transmission, I had to get a bracket from Chevy for a later model Chevy that came with a 350 to use with the cable going to the transmission. Lots of stories about that car. It went to a used car lot and I got $200 for it.
- passenger side got sideswiped at night at a friend’s house and big dent
- got broken into to steal the nice radio I put in. It was storming that night so who looks out to see if anyone is breaking into their car in the ‘70s? They left both windows down and the interior got SOAKED. Water in the carpet wells and seats. Ruined dash getting the radio out.
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Can anyone tell if there is a crank start on the front?
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You must live in a unique neighborhood
It looks like there might be. But I thought the crank was removed once the car starts.
It looks like a 1930 Ford Model A Coupe regular model which did not use a hand crank.
1930 Ford Model A coupe. (Deluxe version)
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It is a quiet neighborhood, but my Wyze cameras do seem to catch some interesting “Rolling past my house” videos.
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That’s what I meant. all those cool cars passing through 
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How about hovering past my house? My power company regularly has helicopters surveying the high voltage power lines on the left side of my video.
No sound because my v3 cameras are inside looking out.
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Area insurance companies are using drones to inspect houses/rooftops to assess damages and either raise house insurance premiums or deny coverage altogether. Also, to determine who are exploding fireworks during the 4th.
Robots are currently being used by a nearby city to inspect sidewalks and identify any obstructions to driveways.
In the cottage country around here the assessment body for property taxes use drones to check on properties for new and additional builds without permits and such.
I had two F-15 fighter jets fly over my house twice on Saturday, loud flying machines. I live 19 flight miles SW of Travis AFB. Maybe the reserves were getting in their flight hours or the were making a 
run.
I will say I am assuming helicopters are checking the power lines.
The lines to the right of this photo travel north and south. The lines on the left side turn toward the northeast direction. The helicopters that fly by my house always seem to turn near the pole where the direction changes.
Maybe they are making sure those tree branches aren’t weighing on the wires. We have the same problem here. Every couple of years, they send tree branch cutters on big trucks to trim the trees encroaching on the power lines.
