Hi all
Hey Shelby400 will you have the Cobra at Wakefield Park. Is the Compliance by the end of September still on time?
I am currently at McDonald's Bros. Racing putting the final bits on the Cobra. I plan to have it at Wakefield but in Gel coat white with flat black KH spray can black stripes.
Today a young guy came into the factory with a classic looking ( restored) XM Ford Coupe. I was blown away it had new leather interior and the real 1966 bolt on chrome extras. To make it even better it had a rear window venetian and white walls.
What surprised me was he had a near brand new Ford turbo six engine and running gear under it. Dad purchased a wrecked nearly new car and they stripped it. The motor has only 5,000 k's on it.
The XM at the time was on its side and being painted underneath and they suddenly changed direction and put all the late model gear under it. Now has 240+ kilowatts ( my estimate about 350 HP + ).
No doubt they will have some fun at the lights. They had a performance bolt on catologue on the floor of the car for engine add ons. No doubt some fun coming up.
Its good to see the world of modified cars is alive. The transport people at Vic Roads saw the modification as a desired preference to doing up older V8 parts and attempting compliance. It all went through without an engineer involved,
Tucked away in the back corner of the factory is the 1000HP car. The Trans Am that recently ran 964 HP at the rear wheels. 350 Dart alloy block with the biggest Vortex supercharger I have ever seen. I could not believe the rear wheel horse power until I saw the dyno sheet.
The car has just returned from the Sydney car show.
I am told it will be featured in every magazine soon
I have been doing some work whilst looking at all of these cars
Must get to bed as I have a big day at the factory tomorrow.
Cheers
Bernie
Bernie Knight
Mt. Gambier South Australia
Home of the famous Blue Lake