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Originally Posted by BT SNAKE
Bob,
Can you guide me to some photos of a FFr Cobra built with
just donor parts. Or better yet a person who did that. I
been to a few Cobra cruises and I saw one at the LCD that used the Mustang gauges and many other parts. He even used the wheels. I gotta say he had a Cobra but as you say it needed a few of those "I want to haves". 
Hersh  |
Go over to the "other" cobra site, you'll find lots of guys who've done it. There are plenty of good straight donor builds on the streets. FFR has sold over 7,000 kits, the amount of variety is amazing..
The question each builder has to honestly answer is, "What do you want?" Track monster, fun cruiser, exact replica - they're all good choices, you just have to pick the one for you.
Everyone is initially attracted to the car because of the looks. That's what draws us. If not, the Lister would be the king of kit cars. After the look, then we each decide what we're after. And, of course, we have to decide what our budget is. If you can get The Look with $20K, why spend $50K?
I think there's really only two things you need to spend the bux on to make a FRR (or any kit for that matter) a really good car. First is wheels. Wheels make the car. Stock Mustang wheels are OK for the track. But if you're going for the killer look, the stock wheels gotta go.
The second is IRS. The differance in ride quality and handeling is amazing. It's the differance between a fun and relaxing ride, and a trip on a buckboard. I've built and driven both, and the IRS is the only way to go.
After that, everything else is just personal preferance.