[twobjshelbys]

There are lots of considerations in what you want.

1. Do not build a Cobra because you think you'll save money.

2. Building one takes a long time. More kits are abandoned than finished. If you are doing it because you love fabrication that's a different story; if you think you can build to get a cobra cheap please buy one.

3. It comes down to do you want to spend a whole lot more money thinking you'll get a car and having it take 5 years in the garage or shop, having to buy tools you'll use only once and probably even a lift, or do you want to take that money, just buy one and enjoy driving it for the 5 years and then decide if the one you got is right for you and get a different one.

4. If indeed you're in it for the love of fabrication, but you've never done it before, there are lots of other "kits" that are cheaper and simpler than a Cobra for a first time builder. This increases your chances of less stressful progress and successful completion. Try one of those and then if you still like doing it get the Cobra.

Please read the forum topics and history and use search for the stories about incompleted cars that are bought for pennies on the dollar and then people have to spend tons of money locating or making parts that are no longer made.

But like I said, you'll buy a finished car for what you'll have in a kit and get to use it for years before your kit would be complet.