The Cobra market is full !!!!

[madmaxx]

Geez, they would have no chance of adjusting your flat tappet valves in your ERA, Hate to break it to you but many of the idiots at so called "garages" cannot do it either. I was chasing a stupid problem I created with breaking a spark plug and every mechanic, timing off, oh, its not bad you can drive it like that, oh, i can set the timing where you will not notice, let me mess with the carburator. Get the fuk away from it, none of those items were manipulated with prior to the problem how the fuk could they be causing it. In the end it was $1.99 spark plug. My biggest fear in life is allowing someone to work on any of my cars!!




I see alot of guys still in the 5.0l market but they just dont have the $$$$$, life is a biatch when you are poor.

Originally Posted by patrickt

I agree 100%. Plus, unless you're lucky, these cars require a good bit of "basic maintenance" that a lot of us took for granted when we were growing up. I don't see those skills anymore with today's high school boys. In fact, I would bet that if you went to your local high school 99% of the senior boys there could not change the spark plugs or change the oil in the car they drive.

[patrickt]

If you: Change the Cap & Rotor, Points & Condensor (if they still got 'em) Plug Wires, Spark Plugs, and blow the carburetor out with cleaner and compressed air you will cure 98% of old engine ills and you won't have made any real changes to the engine at all. At a car show last year I pulled in next to a young Asian kid that had a highly modified Japanese car. He had clearly spent some significant money on it and it was kind of cool to have his new-fangled engine right next to mine. After I complimented him on what appeared to be a pretty complicated Turbo charger set up he took a gander inside my Turkey Pan, pointed, and said "that's a carburetor, right? Cool."

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by patrickt

After I complimented him on what appeared to be a pretty complicated Turbo charger set up he took a gander inside my Turkey Pan, pointed, and said "that's a carburetor, right? Cool."

I'm sure he would have spelled "carberater" correctly too.

There's a very similar thread over on the GT40's Forum, but obviously about the current state of the GT40's market:

http://www.gt40s.com/forum/all-gt40/...40-market.html

BTW, I opened up and skimmed my new issue of Hemmings last night and I saw a 2001 Ferrari 360 Spyder 6-speed and silver with 15,000 miles asking $87,000. To me, that's unbelievable. It almost makes you blind to the fact that tuneups are $5,000-$10,000.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

There's a very similar thread over on the GT40's Forum, but obviously about the current state of the GT40's market:

the ERA for sale at Cobra Country is/was Mark LeVea's. The interesting note, it is being sold by the administrator of the Estate of Mark LeVea.

I am hoping this does not mean Mark is no longer with us ...

Pretty bright bunch of guys over there....