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I'm with bob on the donor.. My car uses Jag e type components that were designed 40 some odd years ago and an engine that is pushing 50. (think ford edsel)
I would go with a vette and save tons of money.. I say this as you are not specifically trying to replicate the Marque which is what this site is all about.
Bob Builds perhaps the finest reinterpretations on the road but they look like, act like, and in some ways are better than a Shelby Cobra.
If you do not want a Cobra stick with Chevy.. for 20-30k you can build something that will cruise at 150 mph, have AC and get parts for at Pep Boys and if you ever need serious service drive into Woodard Chevrolet in Fairfield, CA (you are welcome Turk) for a new engine for under $3500
I just looked at a running (used, not rebuilt) engine that will likely cost me $7500 and I get to put it in and hope it isn't really USED UP.. With it I can smoke a vette to about 145.. after that all I get to see are tail lights.. But of course I get into Heaven for free and the vette driver will still be paying for his sins in Pergatory.. So in the end who really wins..
Regards,
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michael
A man that is young in years, may be old in hours, if he have lost no time. But that happeneth rarely. Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second. For there is a youth in thoughts, as well as in ages... Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
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