Any Advice ??

[Dwight]

most guys only put 2000 to 3000 miles per year on a Cobra. So it would take 33 years to wear out most of the parts.
Now if you drive it hard, well maybe you'll get 5 years out of them.
Most Cobra parts are Ford, a few Chevie and maybe a Mopar part or two.
I think you can find all the parts in a local parts store like Auto Zone.

You can buy a runing, ready to drive, Cobra Cheaper than you can build it.

There are thousands for sale.

Surely there is one that fits your buget and taste. If there are a few things you don't like about it, you can repair, re-paint or replace it.

Happy hunting

Dwight

[redmt]

You can buy a runing, ready to drive, Cobra Cheaper than you can build it.

There are thousands for sale.

Surely there is one that fits your buget and taste. If there are a few things you don't like about it, you can repair, re-paint or replace it.

Happy hunting

Dwight[/quote]

Where? I've hunted around here, ebay CL, FF5. I haven't seen anything comparable to component prices. I've ruled out a few . FF5, BB, McGill Pacific are a couple that come to mind I'm not interested in. The Hurricane still seems to be the front runner. I may find out that I have the Champagne taste on a beer budget. That is one of the reasons I was considering a donor build. Less expensive to start and pay as you build?

[patrickt]

Red, are you trying to keep your total outlay below, say, $40k?

[redmt]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Red, are you trying to keep your total outlay below, say, $40k?

I hadn't considered the TOTAL outlay. It's the initial outlay that I'd like to keep down around 20-25k. I can always throw money at it as I progress.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by redmt

I hadn't considered the TOTAL outlay. It's the initial outlay that I'd like to keep down around 20-25k. I can always throw money at it as I progress.

That's going to be tough. The engine, trans, and rear on most of the non-FE cars around here will add up to over 50% of that figure, and you still don't have a car yet. I'm going to be brutally honest with you and tell you that just about every donor-build that I've ever seen was a piece of crap. Now, everybody, please hold the flames... I'm just calling it like it is; there are always exceptions. Red, I think what you need to do is sit down with a pencil and paper and do a hard, honest gut check and come up with the total amount that you can afford to spend. That will tell you what kind of final product you can end up with. That does not mean that you have to spend it all at once. But what I'm trying to convey to you is that there are some Cobras out there, and "donor kits," that really can not be improved all that much at a reasonable price (even with more than a reasonable price). So you really need to know where you're going before you start out. If you start out on the wrong foot, the remedy will end up being "sell your car, and start over" and you don't want to do that.