cobra kit cars

[RIDELIKEHELL]

Here's a few more pics..is it a kit?

[Mike DC]

  
I see Cobras as two different cars, the 427s and the earlier 289s.  


427s were basically street legal sprint cars.  Great for appeasing your inner 17yo.  IMO these things need the finer points of a vintage car replica like Scarlett Johansen needs cooking skills.


The 289-based version was more like a mature driver's sports car.  For that I would want a decent fit & finish, lightweight engine, independent rear suspension, and the tires a reasonable size/width.

     

[Dreamcar]

Here's a few more pics..is it a kit?

Given the EFI, MSD box, and gauge placement, id say yes, but im not an expert.

[Aero426]

Here's a few more pics..is it a kit?

Given the EFI, MSD box, and gauge placement, id say yes, but im not an expert.

Plus the serpentine belt setup under the hood.   You also would not see the wide 427 hips with a small block.    

Nicely loloking car.  

[Daytona R/T SE]

Several years ago, a guy I know built a Cobra kit car.

He painted it Plum Crazy purple and put a 440 with a pistol grip 4 speed in it.

It was pretty wild.

It's mentioned in this thread:

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=8243391&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1

[Patronus]

There's a guy that brings out an original Cobra to local cruises. And its supposed to be a rare one (even within the original Cobra universe = its worth $$$) - dont remember why but I'll try to find out.  He's usually at Bob's Big Boy on Friday nights...I'm heading out there tonite. I'll take some pics if he's there.

I think a Cobra is one of those cars that would be a blast to have for a month. After that, the reality of what it is will set in.

Zero f--ks given. I still want one.

I would much rather have do a Cobra Daytona coupe kit car, those things were pure sexy and what the Viper GTS was designed after!

For real. The Daytona Coupe is probably my favorite non-MOPAR car of all time. Definitely on my list of "Cars I will own when Im rich and famous", even in replica form. Preferably a replica, actually, for the same reasons I stated above re: the Cobra.

Screw the white belt and hair plugs AC, the Daytona Coupe is of legends. 

[Patronus]

I think Im going to be sick. I need that car.. look what you have done.
http://www.superformance.com/coupe.aspx

Who wants a nice black '69? 

[Daytona R/T SE]

I think Im going to be sick. I need that car.. look what you have done.
http://www.superformance.com/coupe.aspx

Who wants a nice black '69? 

Watcha got ?

[Ponch ®]

There's a guy that brings out an original Cobra to local cruises. And its supposed to be a rare one (even within the original Cobra universe = its worth $$$) - dont remember why but I'll try to find out.  He's usually at Bob's Big Boy on Friday nights...I'm heading out there tonite. I'll take some pics if he's there.

As promised...

(sorry for the crappy quality...I had to resize / crop the hell out of them to get them under 200kb - if you want high res versions, PM me and ill email them to you).

[Ponch ®]

couple more..

[Dreamcar]

Wow, I admire that he drives it, but I'd be so nervous behind the wheel.

[Ponch ®]

Wow, I admire that he drives it, but I'd be so nervous behind the wheel.

yeah, same here, which is why a replica would be so much fun. gotta give props to this guy. he brings it out practically every Friday night and also shows up at other car meets/cruises.

[Arigmaster]

It's going on 15 years now but following the demise of the neoclassic car companies closing their doors (Centar, Zimmer, Excalibur etc.) I rented the old Excalibur building as a warehouse. The far back of the building was still being used to produce high end motorcycle trailers. However just before the end they produced fiberglass body 3 '66 Cobra replicas. All of the molds were in the rear area for these and over the years they had put all the molds for the various years of Excalibur into 2 rail box cars along side the building.

The owner at that time ended up fleeing back to Germany and the property and content (molds, cars, trailers etc) were purchased by some woman who was somehow related to the late Brook Stevens. (founder of Excalibur) Not really sure where the stuff or the rail cars ended up but the body molds for the Cobra were very well done.

[TruckDriver]

Wow, I admire that he drives it, but I'd be so nervous behind the wheel.

No kidding.

I saw 2 I assume kit cars together on Friday at work. I never seen 2 together ever before on the street.

[Patronus]

at a local cruise circa '13

[Ghoste]

The Daytona coupes are just plain badass.  I would have loved to drive one in competition. 

[Road Dog]

There was some Beach Blanket Bingo Movie I saw where a Guy put a Daytona Coupe in the ditch.  

[polywideblock]

Several years ago, a guy I know built a Cobra kit car.

He painted it Plum Crazy purple and put a 440 with a pistol grip 4 speed in it.

It was pretty wild.

It's mentioned in this thread:

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=8243391&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1

exactly  why would you build a KIT car and then put a chev or ford motor in it   

think I'd go hemi powered      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ANGF4rAMU

[pettybird]

Honest advice from someone who works at a high end and classic car dealership?

Buy one done, and make sure it was put together by a shop with a long history of building Cobras.  This is a car that, unless you REALLY want to build in your garage, is always better to buy second hand.  We've sold more than a few with a couple hundred miles on them.  Wife didn't like it.  Kids don't fit.  Too noisy.  Whatever.  A used 'glass Cobra is worth 40-60% of its build cost, tops.  The nice thing is that you can put a few hundred more miles on the odometer and just about walk away dead even.

So,

Don't build your own unless you want to, since everyone will assume you're a hack when you try and sell it.

Don't commission one unless you like setting fire to money.

Enjoy it until you're tired of it and throw it up on ePay for some other midlife crisis-suffering schmuck to buy.

[pettybird]

Two more things:

People expect to find a 351 under the hood.  While a real FE powered car is cool don't sweat the resale value of a small block.  A Windsor with aluminum heads, decent compression and a good cam makes for an 11 second Cobra.


While beautiful, a Daytona coupe is nearly unbearable to drive.  You usually find them with A/C and even that is inadequate.  The roadsters are loud enough...coupes are torture chambers.

[Aero426]

Colin Comer's real 427.   This is a narrow hip car, which is a look that I like.     This car gets driven.    A lot.  

[Patronus]

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