I bought a new Hurricane!!
 

Well, I flew to "no where" Iowa Friday to check out the rumors about the new Hurricane car company. There was a lot of snow and it was about 5 degrees!!! I was the only one in a Hyundai Sonata in the whole county! I want to tell you that this is like no other Cobra builder I have ever met. They are a huge family owned company that builds garbage trucks. Ironically, the garbage truck model is called the "Cobra". I think they sold over 1300 "Cobras" last year. Their plant sets on a 25 acre spread with more buildings than I can count. Their fabrication shop has CNC and some kind of water jet cutting thing, I don't know. There is more stuff in there than I can describe! The glass shop is incredible. Just the glass operation is the size of a large company all by itself. They have a full time master mold maker on staff. They can do the chopper gun but also some kind of vacuum fiberglass process that they are going to use for stuff like doors, trunks, hoods and scoops. They had pallets of core mat just stacked up everywhere. It was impressive. Needless to say, they are well capitalized and are doing this for the right reason, because they think its cool!!

The really nice thing was I was able to buy HMS2002 which is the same chassis number I had with the original 1000 series. The frame was on the shelf already and the IRS was setting right next to it. The body is out of the molds and ready to be assembled. I was impressed with how much they had already completed. They plan to have complete kits in stock so you can go check out the facility, take a test drive in the factory demo and, after a little paperwork, load up your new x-mas present and go home. No wait at all.

Now the fun begins, what options, what color, how much horse power?

Merry X-mas to me, I'm off to the jewelry store. Mama isn't happy!:eek:

Pay back
 

Dean,
Believe me! I know what you are talking about..."going to the jewelry store"! It's called RECIPROCITY! Did you sell the GT?

Merry Christmas to you and your family! It looks like 2010 is going to be a fun year.

Congratulations on your Christmas gift to yourself.

And you better keep the wife happy. I screwed up one Christmas and it cost me a new wedding ring.:o Same wife, just a new expensive ring.:D

Congrats. Dean and welcome back to the Hurricane family.

Jim

Congratulations Dean! With all of the Cobras that you've owned, that says a lot about Hurricane and the quality of the product.

I guess it's time that they changed your status from Senior Club Member to Certified Cobra Addict. :3DSMILE:

Congratulations Dean, sooner or later I'm going to have to own one as well.





Bill S.

Dean, Congratulations on your new *obra.




Merry Christmas

& of course you took pictures!!?

Congratulations on the new ride, are you able to tell us any changes they have made?

That's great Dean! Can hardly wait for photo's.
Larry

Larry, the GT 40 is still in the garage. You knew I traded my RCR for an SPF didn't you? I am going to sell it but for now it's just shining in the garage.

The new Hurricane is pretty similar to the original with a few new changes that many owners were doing on their own anyway. They are working hard to make the engine compartment look original with the white foot boxes and support bars. They even have a fake wiring harness that looks like the original Lucas stuff with the new stuff under the dash. They have made some minor changes to the molds but nothing that doesn't make it even more like the original SC car. They are engineering a floor mount pedal assembly to replicate the original and they will be able to offer this with a drop foot box or just standard. I'm 6'3 and I don't think I am going with the drop box.

There is a list of other little things they have done to capture a more authentic look. Almost everything can be added to the original cars. I have some pictures but they are to big for the forum.

Goodness, this is getting very, very interesting!!!

welcome back to the hurricane family. its great that you were impressed with what you saw at the new owners facility.

good luck with the build how bout some pics from the new factory

Bobby

This is exciting news. Congrats Dean. Can you share more details on their IRS?

Thats really cool Dean hope you get a nice sparkly for the other half :)it is time to have fun now!!

Congrats Dean and Welcome Home.

Bill, here's to hoping that your owning a Hurricane will settle down the "promiscuity" of jumping in the sack with every cobra brand that just comes walking by.

Alan, you have been waiting and watching the Hurricane saga for a long time. I think the inevitable is only a matter of time for you.

I'll spill the beans
 

I'll spill the photo beans - I was there with Dean as well was Jim Reiss, another Hurricane owner.

Dean's in the car, checking out some mods' they've made to increase leg/foot room. The other guy in the photo is Mike McLaughlin, President of Scranton Industries and Hurricane Motorsports.

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...8_640x480_.JPG

The rest of us were behind the camera making "Vroom-Vroom" sounds.

Proud to be part of the Hurricane family

Paul P

Just have not found what I'm looking for yet,heck, not even sure I would know what that was if and when I do find it :LOL:


Bill S.

Though it was cold as heck,we had a great time. A few beers and some steaks Thursday nite set the tone for some productive engineering discussions on Friday. We covered a lot of items from an engineering perspective, focusing on things we found with the first run of cars that we thought should be modified prior to production. They were already ahead of us on a lot of it. We also talked at length with them about a variety of changes to help the car become an even more accurate replica.

As Dean said, they guys have got the people/tools/experience to get it on. And heaven help us, they even have ENGINEERS. Yep, some very talented folks who have already loaded the entire Hurricane frame and all its sub-components into SolidWorks, which will be the design engineering environment for the car. They even have the resources to engage in things like stress failure analysis, which may be used to help dictate future design changes.

The Hurricane Missouri bodies were good, but these will be spectacular. They have a master mold maker and some incredibly talented glass workers who are thrilled to be building these cars. A number of changes have already been made to the molds and with their experience in fiberglass, the bodies will be second-to-none right out of the mold. And everything will fit like its supposed to.

Like any new company, it will take a little time for Hurricane to learn the ins and outs of the replica business/hobby. But they are very focused on the right things and are extremely passionate about quality. It was an exciting visit and I can't wait for Dean to start building his beast.

What are your issues with the ERA? Pat swore they can do everything including driving on water.....:rolleyes: