What other cars should I be considering beyond a Cobra?

[eschaider]

The idea of period correct is regularly debated by ideologues as to how period correct, period correct has to be, to be period correct. Obviously this a never ending story sort of event.

If your car has the typical 60's engine provenance for your chosen chassis, wheel and tire choices, reasonable fidelity to the original body shape, proper appearing interior with Smith's or comparable gauges in essentially the correct locations you have some level of period correct. The more faithful the recreation the higher the period correct score for your car.

Don't get caught in the silliness of correct part/serial numbers for seat sliders, on off switches and various minutiae like voltage regulators, brake fluid resivoirs etc. Unless you are going to make the car a trailer queen and compete at some type of event where those sorts of credentials are important, it is a waste of time and money. In the real world they add very little, if anything, to either the drivability, desirability, value or salability of your replica.

Let's not forget, when everything is said and done, the car is still a replica. Truth be known, a well done replica is almost certainly a more capable vehicle than an original. Build yourself a replica that is affordable, looks like the original, drives better and performs better than the original. You will have a fun car to own and an easy car to sell if and when you choose to. Build it for you with modern tech but, looking like it came out of the 60's.


Ed