[fastraxsg]

Well guys, guess this is one for the record books. I've pm'ed with TonyD several times and his car is very nice. And its his....Beemer motor and all, seems he built it for himself, not the neighbors and he is happy. Fine by me....I've got the one of the lowest respected motors on the site, a GM Holden in line six, and with an auto to boot. I can't drive a stick anymore, I got hit by a car while riding my tricked out ZXR-7 and they wanted to amputate my leg...so no more clutch, have to have an auto, me and Carrol are home boys I guess, and we have all forgotten the STALLION by Jim Kellison, one of the first replicas, and it was wider and longer than an original (parapharsed from May 2005 KitCar magazine, 2005) they even sold one based on a VW pan. Isn't the reason we have so much choice in the States for parts and bodies and chassis is because its in the USA, where we have the right of choice. You can also look at every single original Cobra and find that no two are exactly the same, alway some small difference. All I wanted was to know if there was anyone else who had used a BMW motor other than Tony for some ideas. Many thanks for the support, the difference in opinion and for a place for all of us to express our own views. I passed on the Beemer, it was much to nice to chop up just for the motor and now after an entertaining afternoon sifting through all of this, I think I will go make vroom vroom noises with my old Wannabee, and no it doesn't say Powered by Ford, or 427 or even Cobra on it, its has a Holden Lion front and rear and when some asks me what it is, I always say its a Holden Roadster....