Easy replica kit

[Boon]

Alright, I'm located in Missouri. I would like to keep total cost under $40,000 if possible. I can turn wrenches. An plug and play wiring harness would make my day. I do not want to do the donor car thing. Got enough stuff sitting here as it is. Never riveted anything in my life. Have no clue how to do it. Need something with great assembly manual. Pictures! Pictures!

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by Boon

Alright, I'm located in Missouri. I would like to keep total cost under $40,000 if possible. I can turn wrenches. An plug and play wiring harness would make my day. I do not want to do the donor car thing. Got enough stuff sitting here as it is. Never riveted anything in my life. Have no clue how to do it. Need something with great assembly manual. Pictures! Pictures!

First "Got enough stuff sitting here" does not equate to having the right stuff sitting around waiting for the right kit and/or chassis.

If you are building a small block powered car

FFR will work for you and your budget
A&C will work for you and your budget
Unique will work for you and your budget

Although, perhaps buying a used Cobra would be a better choice for you and your budget then. Especially if you want a big block powered car with lots of options.

Bill S.

[Dwight]

lots of Cobra for sale at $40K and under. Buy one and change what you don't like. If you don't have all the money you can borrow on a used Cobra with a title and vin number. And interest rates are low.
Pick the color you like or can live with. That is the hard ($$$$) thing to change on a Cobra.

Drive it on the weekend and work on it during the week.

Took me 28 months to build mine and then nearly every winter I rework something. Three trannie, four motors, two rear ends, brake changes, etc.

Had it painted the first time and did not like it way it turned out so I had it repainted the second year. Still Yellow!

Here is a friend's Cobra for sale

PhotoPost Classifieds - Shell Valley Cobra for sale - Powered by PhotoPost Classifieds

Dwight

P.S. If you buy used, go look at it and drive it!!!!

[Boon]

I saw that listing Dwight. Something weird about those pics. Makes the back of the car look funny. If he has more pics he can send to my email
barrett50cal@centurylink.net Mrmustang what I meant is I have a lot of projects sitting around. Two Harleys, 76 MGB, 58 Ford F100, 49 Studebaker truck and a 51 Ford F6 dumptruck. Studebaker and 51 Ford are for sale.

[Mr Jody]

Originally Posted by Boon

Alright, I'm located in Missouri. I would like to keep total cost under $40,000 if possible. I can turn wrenches. An plug and play wiring harness would make my day. I do not want to do the donor car thing. Got enough stuff sitting here as it is. Never riveted anything in my life. Have no clue how to do it. Need something with great assembly manual. Pictures! Pictures!

Boon, and Harpers476, as a couple of others have mentioned here, you may want to take a look at what Unique Motorcars has to offer with their ‘deluxe pallet kit’, especially considering the title of the initial post…”Easy replica kit”… and Harpers’ comment of…“Not much fabrication skills but I can handle the basics” .

In comparison with a Hurricane (and FFR), at first blush it may look like they are not in the same ballpark when it comes to price, but it is worth noting that many of the upgrades at Hurricane are standard items at Unique. The big ticket item is again the independent rear suspension. It is a standard item at Unique, which uses a Jag unit. Some of the other upgrades on a Hurricane that are standard on a Unique are the Wilwood brakes, frame coating, chrome roll bar, wiper assembly, aluminum fuel tank, and leather seats. And considering the desire for plug and play when it comes to electrical, from the Unique website…“The dashboard is already upholstered, instruments installed, and the wiring is complete with a plug-in for the wiring harness.”

Note also that the Unique comes essentially as a rolling chassis, which is comparable to the Stage II assembly option at Hurricane. This will get you on the road sooner, and is in line with one of Curt Scott’s 10 Golden Rules for selecting a Cobra in his “Complete Guide to Cobra Replicas” which is……“Purchase your Cobra in as complete a package as you can afford.”

No doubt Hurricane makes a good car, but just wanted you to be aware of the differences, and that you are making an apples to apples comparison when comparing prices.

Here is a link to their kit description page:
Kits Page

Here are some links to articles from a few years back
What Makes Unique Motorcars So Exceptional - Kit Car Magazine

The 15th Annual Unique Motorcars Homecoming Parade - Kit Car Magazine