[DeTomaso] Cobra Kit Recommendation and Mustang for Sale

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/25/08 7 26 25, dkschrader at gmail.com writes:


> Three of the guys I work with own Cobra Kit cars.  One has a Superformance,
> and has found a few in town (Dallas) in the realm of $40k with a motor.
> However, they're all put together...
> 
>>>Which is a nice thing.   Superformance makes a very high-quality car, 
although inexplicably they took a few liberties with the original design.   The 
nose is different (the opening in the body comes to a much sharper point), and 
they also use a unique windshield design; the windshield is shorter I believe.  
 Why???

But they are good-looking, and the quality of the design and chassis 
engineering is excellent.   And they're put together well.

> 
> >Why is Factory Five ruled out?
> 
>>>Ack.   Junk!   Solid-axle rear end, bolt-on wheels, tacky.   A pastiche of 
a Cobra.   Basically it's just a street rod wearing a Cobra body, fine for 
cruising with one elbow on the door, but not even close to being a proper 
'replica'.

Contemporary (which is what he had before, and I have now) was the best you 
could get in the 80s, and the body is fairly accurate (the taillights are a bit 
more pointy reportedly), but the Jaguar-based suspension leaves a lot to be 
desired, and if I didn't already have mine, I wouldn't buy one now.   Really, 
the Shelby replicas are still the best you can get with a fiberglass body; 
Kirkham is a strong contender too, with an aluminum body, but the cost goes 
through the roof at that point.

> 
> >Lone Star Classics makes a better quality kit than Factory Five (or so I'm
> told).  They are located in Dallas as well.  
> 
>>>Another live-axle, bolt-on-wheels street rod in Cobra clothing.


> Another is Kirkam...but, I no
> nothing about their products.
> 
>>>Arguably better than the originals, but very expensive.   You would be 
hard-pressed to get one on the road with a decent motor under the hood for under 
$100K, I think.

Mike



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