[DeTomaso] Cobra Kit Recommendation and Mustang for Sale

[adin at frontier.net]

FWIW, I had a Kirkham FIA "289"  (ok, 408 w/ webers).

550 hp /2200lbs - WAY to much for the street.  If you are a  
"strassenkruzer" get a little less and enjoy it.  If you are a track  
rat, this will give you the wood.

Big block? well its 600 hp (pending your taste and pocketbook) with a  
little less stress.

email me for pics of a kirkham . . . .



Quoting Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>:

> If your friend want's a well engineered car to drive, buy a   
> Superformance!  The ERA and
> Contemporary are both high quality kits, and arguably the most   
> accurate replicas
> available, but they also faithfully reproduce the same   
> engineering/design flaws of the
> original - not than any of that can't be worked out.
>
> As for the Shelby kit, it's not a "Shelby" any more than having the   
> man's signature on my
> Mustang Glove Box makes it a Shelby GT-350. Yeah, you get a "Shelby"  
>  serial number
> and the old fart's signature on the dashboard; and maybe bragging   
> rights that it's a
> "Shelby" replica of a Cobra. And FWIW, it's a licensed name; Shelby   
> is being paid for the
> use of his name. He's not building these cars or kits.  But, you get  
>  to pay a handsome
> premium for that name, the "CSX" serial number, and his   
> sloppy signature.  The "Shelby"
> Cobra kit (continuation cars? Hahahaha) is just another kit, that   
> happens to cost a
> lot more!  As a matter of fact, the aluminum alloy bodies come from   
> Kirkham - I don't know
> about the fiberglass bodies or the chassis though. So, save some   
> money and buy a car
> from Kirkham or Superformance - the quality will be equal to or   
> better than anything you'd
> get from "Shelby."
>
> The Kirkham is an excellent high quality replica - like getting a   
> modern Shelby replica
> without the "Shelby" premium price tag. I'd definitely talk to the   
> Kirkham brothers to see
> what kind of package they can put together.
>
> And an assembled and slightly used Superformance that can be had for  
>  $40-45 is a
> bargain. Find one you like, then spend a little time and money to   
> freshen it up. I'm sure
> you won't be disappointed.
>
> And one more consideration...  I had the opportunity to run around   
> LVMS in Vegas a few
> years back at the Shelby Convention in a beautiful Contemporary   
> Cobra with a 427 and a
> 289 FIA replica by Unique Motorcars with a nicely built 302. The 427  
>  had amazing torque
> and acceleration. It was an absolute monster when coming out of a   
> turn and going down
> the straight. But then you had to stand on the brakes at every   
> corner to slow the thing
> down enough to go safely through the turn.  The 289 FIA didn't have   
> the acceleration of the
> 427, but was a much better balanced car that carried a lot more   
> speed through the turns.
> At the end of the day, the 289 FIA was my favorite if I were to   
> build/buy a Cobra replica.
> So look at and drive as many examples as possible!
>
>
>
>
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