r67427/435

Revealed at SEMA today a GM licensed recreation of the 1963 Grand Sport built by the came company that builds the Cobra under license of Carol Shelby. The car looks great. Rick
http://superformance.org/supernews/grandsportdebut.html

ktchir

WOW

Corbrastang

I dont care for the pipes or the intake cover, but its a great looking car. Im not sure about 100 grand great, but still very cool.

I have seen posts on other forums where members appear to think that superformance has bought the original grand sport fiberglass molds from GM.

r67427/435

I am not sure about the molds but they definitely have the GM licensing agreement for the car. Just need the right loto ticket.

JohnZ

Those Grand Sport body panels were made by GM Parts Fabrication on 12 Mile Road in Warren, Michigan, and the molds were scrapped over 40 years ago.

n1kon

Yep, looks like the original molds(molds they pulled from 002 during restoration to create the other body).

The body shape is RIGHT ON! This is their first prototype.

Things to note:

1. Slots missing from rear quarter panels.
2. Holes missing from rear.
3. Has stock tail light bezels.
4. Front turn signals are not recessed.
5. Headlights missing flat panel.

Hopefully they fix these things. It's kinda strange.


Here's a link showing the molds at the Superformance plant development division.

http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/show...=103235&page=6

keystonefarm

Well at least it's here after a few years of waiting. Not sure why the rear fender gills and backpanel holes were not included. ------------Ken McCorry

sub006

Yeah, I've NEVER seen chrome tail light housings on an original GS. I left 'em off the six tail lights on my C2, cleaner/meaner look!

appelen

Hopefully this will put Jeff Leach out of business!

1snake

What an absolute POS. Why would anyone want a replica of the real thing? If you can't have a real one, don't have one at all. Blah, Blah, Blah.

Sorry, I couldn't help but repeat what all the narrow minded Cobra replica haters were saying in a recent thread.

Actually, I think it's awesome and Superformance builds an excellent car.

Jim

Stewart Allison

I was waiting for you to bite Jimmy. Why would someone want a replica of a car when it's not real hehehehehehehe ! Just stirring the pot. Hey I like that car it looks mean GGGGrrrrrrr. 100k I think I'd prefer a real ZR1 for 100k ! Stewy

1snake

I couldn't resist.

Mr. Wizzard

Note the rubber in the front coil spring....
Aside from other details listed here, the car doesn't appear to be steerable because the front tie-rods are both bolted to an angle steel bracket rather than a rack.
Not much oil pan clearance either....
I suspect that the pressure was on to have a car finally make an appearance after a year-long delay.

wow

Cobrette?

VetteTechZ16

:drool:

DansYellow66

Good one.

AmericanPie

Superformance is a great company and the car looks awesome, but it'd be nice if buyers get the option of an "old-school" small block vs. the supercharged LSA motor as seen in this display car . The rest of the Grand Sport is circa early-sixties design and using a modern supercharged motor with all the associated electronics, etc. just doesn't seem "right". For the same reason, I like Cobras with vintage Ford engines as opposed to more modern Mustang fuel injected motors. In the GS I'd prefer an all aluminum small block with Webers, in an attempt to come close to the spirit of the original.

Mr. Wizzard

I think the car looks great and I agree that Superformance does build quality cars, but if the car is going to a home where the owner doesn't understand Weber carbs and their tuning idiosyncrasies, a modern fuel injected engine is the only way to fly. I grew up tuning Webers on my small block and big block Fords, and I opted for modern LS power in my GS because tuning EFI is a whole lot easier. The tall-deck LS we're currently building is using the Kinsler cross-ram (http://kinsler.com/NewProducts/Pics/..._CarbonWeb.jpg) which has the right "look", but none of the drawbacks of carbs.

Dan Hampton

In addition, a set of 58 DCOEs Webers would probably be north of $30K for a set--if you could find them.

I don't care for the side pipes. Not nearly aggressive enough looking and the exhaust exit looks too small for the car.

VetteJohn

About two or three years ago I had a serious case of lust for a Grand Sport coupe. I made a point to look at every vendor that was at Carlisle that year (2008) and there were four or five. Every car I sat in had a problem I couldn’t live with, my head was nearly touching the roof and I had no leg room. This was a real surprise to me since I’m 5’10 and weigh 220.
In talking to the vendors they all said the same thing, the car is a copy of the race car, not the street car. I’m not sure exactly what’s different but it make these cars unacceptable for me so I when out and purchased a nice ’66 coupe. A couple of vendors said they knew this was an issue and that they were working on fixes so they could expand their customer base (for us expanding customers .
Maybe one of the vendors can jump in and explain the difference and let us know if they have fixed this problem.