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10-30-2011, 10:19 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Eagle,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 1966 Lone Star 427SC.
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Originally Posted by lulu52
The reason it's ugly is very simple. It was built to pass federal safety and emissions standards of the day, because it is not a kit car. It's a manufactured car. Goben Cobra. Don Goben outfitted a manufacturing plant for these cars near his Chevrolet dealership in Wisconsin. For ease of manufacture, the center section of a Cadillac Cimarron was used. The rest of the car is hand built around it. Not only did it pass federal standards, it was sold with a warranty. Available with Chevy or Ford engine. Shelby sued him. Production was ceased and most units retrieved and destroyed. There are 4 units that still exist in the world today- the one you have pictured here is the prototype or mule car. There is nothing cheap about this build. This prototype car had a 350 HP 350 Chevy engine in it. You may not respect the looks of the car, but you have to respect one of the most ambitious undertakings in Cobra lore. It may be "ugly", but it is a rare story in automotive history. You will find absolutely no information on this car unless you can find the old Ebay ad from several years ago. There used to be a website, but it was supported by two Goben owners, and they let the website go. Again, it's not a kit car. It was an attempt by an ambitious entrepreneur to small scale produce a factory built Cobra tribute that was able to pass all federal standards and carry a warranty.
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Quite the story.
I just don't see why builders like this gentleman, use grafted parts in such a way that the finished product looks this bad. Not only can you see two different cars, but the body line gaps are terrible. For example, look at the side profile of the door, there's a huge gap at the top where it meets up with the fender and it's also tilted inward at the top. Same goes for the gap between the rear bumper cover and the quarter panel. I'm a auto body man and this is unacceptable for a "manufactured" automobile. Anyway, I could pick the car apart all day, but it is still a very badly built car and do don't understand why someone or a company, would produce such a bad example of a Cobra, or any other car,... as far as that goes. I'm surprised he sold any at all.
The top half of the cobra rear section and the bottom being the doner bumper look's terrible.
Since he went to the extent to pass federal safety and emissions standards, he would have gotten Shelby's permission.
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Last edited by FUNFER2; 10-30-2011 at 10:28 AM..
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10-30-2011, 10:23 AM
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"Let's preserve that old website for posterity right here" 
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Last edited by FUNFER2; 10-30-2011 at 10:38 AM..
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10-30-2011, 10:35 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Northport,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham, KMP178 / '66 GT350H, 4-speed
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Originally Posted by FUNFER2
"Let's preserve that old website for posterity right here" |
...to hopefully deter anyone in the future that may have an equally bad idea. 
..like turning a Focus into a Cobra-like disaster. |
10-30-2011, 10:40 AM
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My wife just looked at the car and said with the Halloween coming up, that she vote's it as the scariest, calling it,....FRANKINCOBRA ! 
Being built by Goben, how about,.... "the Goblin" for Halloween.
"like turning a Focus into a Cobra-like disaster".
How abou calling it a,.....Focucobra
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10-30-2011, 12:55 PM
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Location: Allen,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Werk77 289FIA
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...the curbweight is only 2850 pounds...
...the starts only at $39995...
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Scratch build 289 FIA see the Scratch builder forum on CC - sold
DRB GT40 MK1 red #49- sold
FF5 Mk4 #7733 302/T5/IRS - dark blue - sold
FF5 MK4 #7812 427/TKO/IRS - Guardsman Blue - sold
FF5 MK4 #8414 501/TKO600/48IDA Ollie the Dragon #91 - sold
FF5 Daytona Coupe 347/TKO/IRS Homage CSX2299 Viking Blue - sold
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10-30-2011, 05:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FUNFER2
Quite the story.
I just don't see why builders like this gentleman, use grafted parts in such a way that the finished product looks this bad. Not only can you see two different cars, but the body line gaps are terrible. For example, look at the side profile of the door, there's a huge gap at the top where it meets up with the fender and it's also tilted inward at the top. Same goes for the gap between the rear bumper cover and the quarter panel. I'm a auto body man and this is unacceptable for a "manufactured" automobile. Anyway, I could pick the car apart all day, but it is still a very badly built car and do don't understand why someone or a company, would produce such a bad example of a Cobra, or any other car,... as far as that goes. I'm surprised he sold any at all.
The top half of the cobra rear section and the bottom being the doner bumper look's terrible.
Since he went to the extent to pass federal safety and emissions standards, he would have gotten Shelby's permission.
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Look at the photos of a production model in the pics computerworks posted. The fitment is much better than that of the prototype car.
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