[DeTomaso] ebay replica Cobra

[boyd casey]

I spoke to the guys at Kirkham a few times  and I was surprised to find out
their 289 model was in greater demand (then the 427) and also cost more!
Have you seen their copperhead? It is aparently now only available as a
special order but it is the same car with an all copper body. ( looks very
cool polished but heavier and expensive). The owners were very lucky and
smart to be able to take advantage of an old Polish MIG factory to fabricate
the aluminum bodies at the end of the cold war.
Boyd
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Will Kooiman <wkooiman at earthlink.net>wrote:

> Great...
>
> Now, I need to take the rest of the day off for sure.
>
> Can you send me some Cheetos while you're at it?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry - Ohio Time Corp [mailto:larry at ohiotimecorp.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 1:19 PM
> To: 'Will Kooiman'
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
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>
> Hold on Will, sending over some porn links...
>
> Larry (who me) - Clevelans
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On
> Behalf Of Will Kooiman
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> To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; adin at frontier.net; detomaso at realbig.com
>  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] ebay replica Cobra
>
> I wish you guys would stop talking cars.
>
> I'm working from home, and I can't stop clicking on Cobra youtube videos.
>
> I need to get some work done, or I'll be working all weekend.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On
> Behalf Of MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:49 PM
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> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] ebay replica Cobra
>
>
> In a message dated 6/17/11 5 37 6, adin at frontier.net writes:
>
>
> > A fiberglass car might probably be a Superformance car to which is added
> > a CSX VIN number.
> >
>
> Not even close to true.
>
> What confuses the issue is that Lance (Standar?   Sp?) who is the CEO of
> Superformance, is also a Shelby dealer, and he sells the two cars
> side-by-side
> in his Irvine, CA headquarters.   But it's interesting to go visit (as I
> have) to witness the differences between them.
>
> Simply put, there is virtually no interchange between the two cars.
> Instruments, taillights etc. will swap over, but otherwise they are very
> different--even the windshields are completely different.
>
> The "Shelby" cars have true, proper, correct bodies, patterned after a
> genuine car, and the chassis is completely original save for upgraded
> components
> like Baer brakes (original brakes are available for a hefty sum).   The
> Superformance cars, while very nice in their own right, take numerous
> deviations from the original design, both in terms of the
> chassis/suspension
>
> (completely different from the original, and perhaps 'better'), and the
> body
> (which
> has a more pointed nose, shorter windshield, and a few other things).
>
> The Kirkham cars are basically PERFECT Shelby cars, while the Shelby cars
> are perhaps ever-so-slightly-less-than-perfect.   And the Superformance
> cars
>
> are great cars that look much like an original, unless you compare them to
> an original side-by-side at which point the differences start to stand out.
>
> Different strokes for different folks....
>
> Mike (rolling with an old-school 427-powered Contemporary Cobra)
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