Excalibur Owners: Please Reply!

[ayrwulf]

my dad bought this car in the early spring of 1995 and it is titled as a 1994 car. he bought it a ford dealership in quincy il. as i recall he was told that the car had been ordered thru the dealership by someone and a deposit was put down of 10,000. when the car arrived the man who had ordered it couldnot take delivery for some reason. my dad traded a new ford ranger and another ten grand for the car .(a total of $32,000). my dad died in jan of 1997. and the car went to my brother who still has it.he lives in Minier, illinois and i live in Bloomington just 25 miles away so i get to see and play with the car often.
i dont have any pics of the car that i can upload at this time but i will get some soon. ( just got a new cam). the car is guards red with white strips, black leather interior, has a soft top that has only been on the car 4x, chrome side pipes, bumpers, roll bar and mirriors. am/fm cassette player , classic guages, kelsy/hayes wheels(no heater though) i think the car has about 3000 miles on it at this time. it is a 5.0 F.I. engine , standard transmission. i dont think i've left anything out. my brother and i ar both car nutz and we have other muscle cars but we both agree that this one is the most fun to drive and play with. no high maintence , no break downs and a whole lot of fun! we have wondered about the excaliburs, cause we've never seen another one. we have looked at a lot of other "KIT CARS', an none of them compare to the excalibur as far as quality of the build and the lines and the stance of the car is above many of the othe cobras out there. there is a guy here in town that has an original ford cobra that his dad bought new in '6 4 and it is in top shape but is not as nice as the excalibur. i hope this helps in your quest for a registry and we would be interested in the outcome. thanx for being here.

[cobraduke]

Couldn't agree more about the Excalibur Cobra. I've had mine for only a couple of months, but it has already proven to be the most entertaining car I've ever owned. Look forward to seeing some photos. Mine is ...123149, a '96, same paint as yours, but tan soft parts, also has heat and AC. If your was delivered without a heater/defroster, it might have been a special order with that deleted, might be the same for the wheels. Thanks for joining the site and this thread. Mine is pictured in my photo gallery.

Mike

[Aloys]

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[Aloys]

Had my cars 2-year inspection done yesterday, no problems. One little problem has started and will have to be fixed at the end of the season: the bushings of the lower front A-arms will have to be replaced. Has anyone ever done this and knows which manufacturer this part comes from?

[MilwDoug]

Dous anyone know where I can get a replacement for the strap that hols the heat shield to the chrome pipes on the exhast system? The one I broke was in the forward position.

So many pedestrians, so little time.

[cobraduke]

Aloys and MilwDoug,



I'll bet Classic Roadsters has both your parts. The control arms for their CR427 are the same, could be the same for the exhaust. They are closed until 21 May, but you can send them an email now or call them 22 May.

Mike

[DavidFagan]

I'm in Glen Ellyn so I'm not far away ...
Mine is a 96 but I have around 18k on the car, I drive it to work everyday when it's warm enough and isn't raining. So yes it's got rock chips in the front and everything.
My driver side seat is just disintegrating so I've pulled it and put in a RCI until I can figure out how to have it redone without a home equity loan. P.S. replacing a seat is real work
I've also just discovered a exhaust gasket that ACTUALLY FITS PERFECTLY. All but I think the last 8 have the 2 bolt to the exhaust vs the retro 3 they put on the last ones. I put new BEEFY replacement headers on and redid the exhaust so I don't think anything is going to crack anymore. Anyhow from the factory I pretty sure they put that two layer gasket on that has the internal mesh on it. (it sucks and doesn't !@#&ing fit the holes) Anyhow I went through the whole cabnet at autozone and found part

Engine Seal (brand) gaskets.

85084
exhause flange
NISSAN 1974-87

SKU REF
23609 future No
12-2507 (actually that might a 8 not a 0) I'll check another to see if it's more readable

Also interchanges to
Detroit 13166, 131161
Mc Cord N A
Victor F 20188

Oh by the way I don't remember that computer chip mod I'm sure it's discussed in here someplace, WONDERFUL, I don't give a hoot about power but the running temp is SO much better and I don't die in hot weather. 215 is smokin, 170-175 even in the hotest of weather now.

Originally Posted by ayrwulf

my dad bought this car in the early spring of 1995 and it is titled as a 1994 car. he bought it a ford dealership in quincy il. as i recall he was told that the car had been ordered thru the dealership by someone and a deposit was put down of 10,000. when the car arrived the man who had ordered it couldnot take delivery for some reason. my dad traded a new ford ranger and another ten grand for the car .(a total of $32,000). my dad died in jan of 1997. and the car went to my brother who still has it.he lives in Minier, illinois and i live in Bloomington just 25 miles away so i get to see and play with the car often.
i dont have any pics of the car that i can upload at this time but i will get some soon. ( just got a new cam). the car is guards red with white strips, black leather interior, has a soft top that has only been on the car 4x, chrome side pipes, bumpers, roll bar and mirriors. am/fm cassette player , classic guages, kelsy/hayes wheels(no heater though) i think the car has about 3000 miles on it at this time. it is a 5.0 F.I. engine , standard transmission. i dont think i've left anything out. my brother and i ar both car nutz and we have other muscle cars but we both agree that this one is the most fun to drive and play with. no high maintence , no break downs and a whole lot of fun! we have wondered about the excaliburs, cause we've never seen another one. we have looked at a lot of other "KIT CARS', an none of them compare to the excalibur as far as quality of the build and the lines and the stance of the car is above many of the othe cobras out there. there is a guy here in town that has an original ford cobra that his dad bought new in '6 4 and it is in top shape but is not as nice as the excalibur. i hope this helps in your quest for a registry and we would be interested in the outcome. thanx for being here.

[MilwDoug]

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I put new BEEFY replacement headers on and redid the exhaust so I don't think anything is going to crack anymore.

David,

Can you tell us more about the exhast system you put on? Where did you get the headers? Did you do anything to the mufflers? the originals are are really restrictive. What about the cats? Did you dump them or replace them?

Thanks,

Doug

[DavidFagan]

Originally Posted by MilwDoug

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I put new BEEFY replacement headers on and redid the exhaust so I don't think anything is going to crack anymore.

David,

Can you tell us more about the exhast system you put on? Where did you get the headers? Did you do anything to the mufflers? the originals are are really restrictive. What about the cats? Did you dump them or replace them?

Thanks,

Doug

I got the headers from a regular on this list, I don't even remember hist name but I know this string has his response to me somewhere. It must have been just for an older model but they are significantly heavier and much better made then what I had. Unfortunately I can't dump the cats since we have emission testing where I live as well. I just modified the pipework for them and put in supports so that the sidepipes didn't just hang all the weight off of them as well. It's been several years now and I see no signs of stress and since I actually found a gasket that fits I hope that I won't even have to replace them every year. It's only been a couple months but I see no signs that it's leaking like it always did.