[Dwight]

I build my Lone Star in 2000-2002. I have 38,000 mile on it and enjoy it. I like the extra 4" inside the cockpit.

I have worked on several FFRs, E-Ms, Uniques, Shell Valleys, one Hurricane, one Shamrock and one B&B.

All have their plus and minus. I could own and drive any of them.
You can take the cheapest kit and spend the money on it to make it look as good as any.

Take your time and sit / ride or drive at least a couple of different Cobras. But I think you can buy the first one you see and enjoy it.

Some are small block cruises others are mega hp street monsters. A lot depends on your personality, what you want out of a Cobra.

One of our buddies with a B&B had me the change the motor to a 530 hp ground pounder but drives like a grandmother. ??? He like the sound of the motor and side pipes. He said a Cobra should sound like that. And he drives it every day it does not rain. Put 5,000 miles on it in the first ten months.

Others have stock 302s but clean, neat, well detailed drivers.

Another has a 620 hp FE That shut down a car show till he get parked.

Others buy a Cobra then after a year or so they sell. They found out it was not the car for them.

Mine, loud, fast small block that gets 19-21 mpg that I drive a lot.

One of our buddies bought a FFR that looked like it had been paint in someone's back yard on a windy day. The engine looked like it came out of a Mustang with 300,000 miles on it and not cleaned up before install into the Cobra. Jack bought it and drove it the first month to south Florida. The next spring he drove it almost to Canada and then back to Tenn hitting four or five states on the return trip. He always parked it out side and never covered it. HE ENJOYED that car.

Some buy the best looking Cobra with the most expensive parts and it sits in the garage but they enjoy it!

Keep looking you find a Cobra for you.

Dwight