After looking to buy a used Cobra for months I decided to only look for a used Backdraft due to the amazing look and engineering of the Backdraft, thinking that if I love the car as expected, I can always build my own. I own several other high powered beasts like a 11 GT500 and a 09 Viper and others so I know that these cars need to be respected. Anyhow I pulled the trigger
and purchased a used one from Frank Dodd. Wow Frank bent over backward to make the car perfect and the purchase painless. It arrived on the coldest day of the year here in Minnesota and was a true -29 below with a 40 mph wind on top of it. I figured the car would never start once it got here being on the cold truck for a week so I had 5 friends here to help push it up a ice covered driveway and into my heated garage. Wow… turned the fuel pump on and the auto choke on the Holly 750 did its trick and the Cobra started immediately! Even the driver was a bit surprised as he said he had other cars on board that wouldn’t fire even a Lambo failed. Ok so now I have this beautifully loping Backdraft Cobra at the bottom of a very icy driveway and all the horsepower under the sun didn’t help hardly one bit as we all still had to push the car up the driveway that was covered in the slickest ice one could imagine. Some of the guys pushing were falling and sliding down the driveway as they pushed, it was a You Tube moment for sure. Anyhow the Prowler Orange Cobra was now in the warm garage and totally covered with thick white frost so I could barely even see it. After it thawed out I couldn’t resist starting to detail the car out and getting to know it. All I can say is "Wow" Impressed at everything about the car from the wiring to the paint and everything in Between. The next day my ear drum ruptured from the severe cold and wind /not fun/ not hearing in stereo for a while is a small price to pay for having one of my dream cars in my garage I guess.
Now to say this spring is going to come slow with over 10 feet of snow piled in my yard and a very cool car waiting to be driven.
Its build number # 310 and has a 351W crate stroked to 392. It’s a bit different in color combo with the pearl orange with the gold stripes. It also has a brand new convertible top and tonneau cover thanks to Frank. I look forward to adding more goodies to it this winter. It has the flanged headers and seems to be very well sorted. Ill post a few picts later. Anybody who has any history or knowledge of this car they want to share would be awesome. I look forward to sharing this great forum. Sorry for the long post!
Doug