Tracy64

This vette has been at the place forever but the Cobra is new to them.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9334893...7638653867945/

/Tracy

Todd H.

Is that a continuation CSX Cobra? Did you get it for the price on the sheet on the windshield? If so you did very well. I understand they'll come around on you pretty fast, though. Do you like it?

Tracy64

No, I didn't buy it. It's a local car dealer that deals with these types of cars. I don't know enough about those cars to even begin to consider it.

/Tracy

sub006

TERRIBLE shifter ergonomics in those slapped-together cars. Add the all weather protection of a Meyers Manx and no wonder they barely sold enough to homologate them.

kellsdad

Yeah, the shifter ergonomics and the absence of a top sometimes almost wipes the big grin from my face when I'm driving mine.

wmf62

different strokes for different folks, the cobra will eat the 64 for breakfast/lunch/dinner and fart out econoboxs...

but ya gotta enjoy a bit of pain to own/drive a cobra; kinda like an old Harley...
Bill

chevahaulic

Can you imagine the search for old AC Bristol cars in Europe hoping to find a body to transplant a V-8 and claim the fortune ? Didn't they find about a hundred aluminum bodies in California a year or so back ? There was a later model replica for sale for twenty grand locally and not being a _ord person I didn't give it a second look. They definitely have a following and a performance history. Don't have any aluminum .... but a lot of plastic in my garage.

jdk971

my cousin told me they are remaking the aluminum bodies in poland i believe. jim

Rokndad

That's not a Continuation Cobra and it's certainly not aluminum. It looks like a nice car anyway. Shelby American and Kirkham are importing aluminum bodies from what was an old Polish fighter aircraft manufacturer using almost dead ringer wooden bucks to the originals to fabricate the bodies. I had a Continuation car but had to sell due to cancer killing my left (read clutch) leg. Almost too much obnoxious fun at 640 dyno HP.

ifitgoesfast

Where at in Poland? I'll be there early next year and will stop by.

SonnyAK

That's a beautiful motor!!

jdk971

http://www.cobracountry.com/kirkham/home.html
i believe this is them. jim

DZAUTO

That is an absolute fact!
Many years ago, I took one of my sons for a serious drive in the 56. He was EXTREMELY impressed and wanted to know if ANYTHING would beat it. I told him it would not be wise to mess with a Cobra. At that time he concluded that a Cobra was what he wanted-----------------something that would beat Dad's Vette.
Soooooooooooooooo, he got one--------------------and hasn't looked back. Can't say I blame him. I'd park one next to the 56 any day. But for now, I park the T-bucket, Chevelle, 51 and Cutlass next to it.

JohnZ

I was heavy into Cobras in the early 90's, when I did some writing for KIT CAR and Kit Car Illustrated magazines; I built three of them - an E.R.A. and two Uniques, all powered with 358 Windsors with Yates heads and top-loaders. 100% fun, 100% impractical.

wmf62

John
there seems to be, or was, a zillion cobra kit car companies; in your opinion, what was the best one(s)
Bill

JohnZ

In the 90's, only the ERA and the Unique (and the Shelby continuation cars) had the correct body shape/contours/proportions; most of the rest were splashed off the same plug with rear quarter panels that looked like cartoons. That same thing continues today except Factory Five and Superformance have finally upgraded their molds from the cartoons to the correct body shape.

E.R.A. is the most faithful to the original, followed by the new Mark IV Factory Five, followed by the Unique. There may be others in the biz now that I'm not familiar with since the mid-90's. I used to go to the 3-day Unique "Cobrafest" gathering in Gadsden (and Talladega) Alabama every year (drove from Michigan and back - no trailer).

Frankie the Fink

Never had a hint of a shadow of a desire to own one and still don't. Been to car shows where 75 of these kit cars attended....nothing rare about 'em. And when I wanted brutal speed, danger and physical discomfort I had my motorcycles back in the day.

kellsdad

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I'm not trying to change anyone's opinion. But I do have a personal observation to share. I've owned my 63 Corvette since 1978 and my Cobra replica since 2002. At gas stations and cruise-in events both cars always draw admirers, comments and questions. But the Cobra consistently gets a larger and more enthusiastic reaction from the uninformed general public. That doesn't make it a better car, but it might explain why so many people are willing to spend big money for a replica Cobra when they could get a genuine midyear Corvette for less.

Frankie the Fink

Don't get me wrong - a well done Cobra kit car is a thing of beauty and will still draw my attention. So do T-buckets, E-type jags and some rat rods.

Just some cars I never get the 'twitch' to personally own...

hokie04

I will never forget in the mid sixties I was freshmen in high school and used to hang out at a filling station where my brother worked part time. One day a college student pulled in for gas in a real 289 Cobra. I never had seen nothing like it. He was real friendly so I asked if he would give me a ride in it and he said yes. Well he scared the hell out of me. Every time he would shift it would pin me back against the seat what a rush. I couldn't even imagine a 427 Cobra.