[Jack21]

Agree with the advice above. You have to decide realistically what you want your car to look like, feel like, and drive like. Do you want a sports car that can be driven daily with no more maintenance than a restored '66 Mustang? Do you want a barely street legal race car that you only take out on weekends?

Is this your first musclecar, or have you owned others? Is this your first build up, or have you built other hot street or race cars?

What kind of a driver are you? Do you like smoking the tires at every stoplight, or do you expect to get the usual 40,000+ miles on a set of tires? ? Do you expect your normal driving habits to change any? How?

You have some serious decisions to make early on because with a Cobra, one size does not fit all.

Do yourself a favor. You live in Kentucky. Take a cruise North around the end of June to Dublin, Ohio to DVSF IV. Look for other posts on this forum for all the gory details. DVSF is to the Cobra community as Sturgis is to the Harley Davidson community. 300 Cobras and their owners invade the town for a long weekend. And don't forget camera, videocamera, and notebook. And spouse, or significant other.

Then decide where to spend your green.