What other cars should I be considering beyond a Cobra?

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by eschaider

A Cobra Replica will meet this demand criteria.





A well built but not period correct Cobra (i.e. resto-mod) using quality parts will cost you about $50K by the time you are done. The farther from period correct you stray the more damage you will do to your resale value and interestingly your long term affection for the vehicle.

When you do decide to sell the car, as we all eventually do, you will discover that the farther from period correct you stray the lower the resale value of the car. It is not hard to turn a $50K car into a $30K (or less) car at resale time.

By contrast, a period correct or apparently period correct version of the car does a better job of maintaining it's value or God forbid even increasing in value. An additional consideration is that the more period correct the car is, the easier it is to sell because potential buyers come to places like CC, ask questions like you are asking and get answers like we are giving.

If the potential for reduced value at resale and increased difficulty in selling the vehicle does not bother you then by all means you should forge ahead on a rest-mod version of a Cobra that pleases you.



Ed

Not only will deviating from a period correct build discount the price, but it will significantly extend the sale time. (The two are inexorably intertwined.)

Such deviations start with putting a GM engine into a Cobra