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Originally Posted by Tenrocca
The safety of any car is as much dependent on the skills of the builder as it is on the parts used. Every manufacturer shares parts between models and between makes - using donor parts when building a cobra is no different to what manufacturers do. I dont think you can suggest a car is unsafe because it uses parts from another vehicle (provided parts are new\refurbished or tested). Having a manufacturer build a working and tested prototype for me would have been bigger issue in regards to safety. Just my opinion. I just have a ****ty old bitsa, so what would I know....  |
Well said Andrew. Car companies spend a lot of money designing and crash testing components they put in to their cars. This is so that regular joes like us can drive around in their vehicles in relative safety. That testing procedure is why a lot of kits use donor cars for their suspension. They are a tested and proven entity and very rarely fail. Kit cars in the past have been a simple design with well thought out components designed to make the 'build' a lot easier. I think Craig's Pace is more of an assembly than a build.... You just bolt it all together, which will probably open him up to a lot more clients. You probably won't need a welder or grinder or anything like that. For me the attraction with building my DRB was about the 'build'. I enjoyed hunting through wreckers looking for parts, then rebuilding, modifying and painting them. I had a real sense of achievement when I got it registered (2003). I bought my kit straight after one of my best mates who was 23 died of Cancer. I remember thinking i'm sick of putting this off and waiting till I can afford to do it i'm just gunna do it. For me I will probably never sell this car.
Craig is a personal friend and was the first person I met in the Cobra Club. He introduced me to everyone up here and I then joined the club. He then had a DRB and his enthusiasm for the Cobra marque was undeniable. To see him build this product is nothing short of remarkable. We all knew he would be able to sell them, I just didn't realise they were gunna look this good.
As with any new product there are bound to be glitches, you can't reproduce all driving / road conditions with a computer. I am sure that Craig will be on the ball and will quickly react to any problems they have.
Just my 20c