selling a Cobra with a Chevy.

[Dimis]

Originally Posted by AL427SBF

Run the numbers, it doesn't take a CPA to correct for inflation.

$11695
$2694
etc,
etc,
etc...

You're complicating it...
He got rid of a chevy turd and someone paid him $9k more than he ever thought possible.

[1985 CCX]

Tom

What is a comparable Ford motor? 427FE? 390FE?

Can you still bench 225? I remember it crushing you like Thor's hammer on Lokee's chest......



Congrats on the sale. I am done with this thread.

[Thor maine]

Real 1 are you a Certified Public Accountant? More important do you have a hat the say's "LION TAMER"??? Do you think Lions are short little animals with bushy tails and long ,long noses and they like to eat ants???? Just asking??? ( Reference YouTube- Monty Python "Lion Tamer)

[REAL 1]

Originally Posted by Thor maine

Real 1 are you a Certified Public Accountant? More important do you have a hat the say's "LION TAMER"??? Do you think Lions are short little animals with bushy tails and long ,long noses and they like to eat ants???? Just asking??? ( Reference YouTube- Monty Python "Lion Tamer)

No, however I was a Newt once but I got better. (Reference Monty Python and the Holy Grail).

My partner is a CPA too. We can do the numbers. Post 'em up. Not to worry.

[rcobra427]

Somehow, I think you would have a different opinion if you saw a '63 Split Window Vette with a Roush motor in it.

[Thor maine]

Check out the post about the new Car Builder magazine. On pages 142-144 "Snake Charmer" Looking Back On Some Memorable Cobras, by Editor Jim Youngs. All the Cobras he thinks of as "memorable" are all GM powered. Long live the Bow Tie Cobra!!

[blykins]

Just because it's memorable doesn't mean it's a good memory.

My wisdom tooth surgery was memorable, but I don't look at it with giddiness.

I'm still chuckling at...

" if you are a Chevy guy, a HotRod Guy, A Durability guy, Highest performance guy, put a Chevy in"

[REAL 1]

Originally Posted by Thor maine

Check out the post about the new Car Builder magazine. On pages 142-144 "Snake Charmer" Looking Back On Some Memorable Cobras, by Editor Jim Youngs. All the Cobras he thinks of as "memorable" are all GM powered. Long live the Bow Tie Cobra!!

Lets stay factual shall we? There never was a "bow tie" Cobra. Ever.

As far as "replica" Cobras are concerned, Chebbie powered ones exist in the extreme minority and usually birthed due to cost restraints and or ignorance as to proper equipment.

Very simply, no knowledgable person in their right mind would put a Chevy 427 in their Cobra replica if given the choice to use an FE427 or FE428 at the same cost. Period. Bottom line.

What was Thor's selling price again? Did I miss it?

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by REAL 1

What was Thor's selling price again? Did I miss it?

Yes, but I'll have to express the selling price as an algebraic equation:

Selling Price = Asking Price + $9,000

The other clue is Thor said his car sold for a little less than what is mentioned in Post #16 by Jeff, which is the following: "...if you sold you car for 9k more than we discussed you net upwards of $25k..."

And then there's this statement by Thor: "Date code correct FE all dressed maybe $25k or more, a Chevy mid 60's 427 fully dressed maybe $8k so the FE CCX sells for $55k the Chevy CCX sells for $40k all motor difference Boom done!!

I'm thinking somewhere around $50,000, since his costs basis was roughly $25,000 and he allegedly "netted $25,000."

And I don't think a date code correct FE all dressed is $25K. And I doubt most would be actually buy and install a date code correct FE for their Cobra replica today.

[REAL 1]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

Yes, but I'll have to express the selling price as an algebraic equation:

Selling Price = Asking Price + $9,000

The other clue is Thor said his car sold for a little less than what is mentioned in Post #16 by Jeff, which is the following: "...if you sold you car for 9k more than we discussed you net upwards of $25k..."

And then there's this statement by Thor: "Date code correct FE all dressed maybe $25k or more, a Chevy mid 60's 427 fully dressed maybe $8k so the FE CCX sells for $55k the Chevy CCX sells for $40k all motor difference Boom done!!

I'm thinking somewhere around $50,000, since his costs basis was roughly $25,000 and he allegedly "netted $25,000."

And I don't think a date code correct FE all dressed is $25K. And I doubt most would be actually buy and install a date code correct FE for their Cobra replica today.

Silly ol' me. Thanks for clarifying.

[Thor maine]

So Rod Knock , you have been looking into that Penis enlarging thing???

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by Thor maine

So Rod Knock , you have been looking into that Penis enlarging thing???

I'll answer that question as soon as you post the verifiable deposit info on your Cobra transaction.

[rodneym]

Thor, are you getting another Cobra? Another car? Out completely?
BTW, I'm rodneym, not RodKnock.

[rodneym]

I, for one, am ashamed of myself.
I'll purify myself by going for a drive tonight.
You know what, it's so chilly here in SoCal, that I have to wear a windbreaker when driving over Vincent Thomas bridge!

[DanEC]

I've tried to ignore this too - fact is a high percentage of "Cobra" replicas are built with little regard to faithfulness to the originals. Also having a 1966 427 Corvette (many L88 parts in it) I have a hard time getting too excited about the subject. The car is scary powerful and anyone who things a BB Chevy can't put out the power is delusional. I wouldn't stick one in a "Cobra" replica myself, but then I wouldn't put two roll bars on one; or 17 inch wheels; or a 460 engine, or a non-stock dash; or a candy color finish; or etc, etc. But many wouldn't be caught driving one with a rectangular tube chassis, a fiberglass body, or with a 2-bolt main block, or with 1850 Holleys. So, let's all gore each other's goat and get it over with. I suspect Thor maine probably regrets bringing the subject up - hope his sell went well and he is happy to move on to his next project.

[Thor maine]

Yes Ma'am "whap wha whom wha whomp womp whamp whhhaaaaaa" no Ma'am Real1

[Thor maine]

Back in the late 80's -early 90's I could not register the car, but today Maine has regulation for "Specialty Constructed Vehicles" so title and registration will be no problem. Real1 if you are a Chevy guy , then without a doubt a Chevy is a better choice in your kit car-replica HotRod that is shaped like a Cobra end of argument Boom Done. "Field Vehicle" ? How about "Race track only"

[REAL 1]

Originally Posted by Thor maine

Back in the late 80's -early 90's I could not register the car, but today Maine has regulation for "Specialty Constructed Vehicles" so title and registration will be no problem. Real1 if you are a Chevy guy , then without a doubt a Chevy is a better choice in your kit car-replica HotRod that is shaped like a Cobra end of argument Boom Done. "Field Vehicle" ? How about "Race track only"

Ok. You got me at "Race track only" I respect that. When you finish your next Cobra shaped hot rod with a Chebbie and if its going to be a track car let me know if an when you ever get down to Watkins Glen. I instruct for HOD and am having a Boss 302S spec race car built by Rehagen Racing for the spring. Would love to meet you at the track and have some fun.

Regards.

[Karl Bebout]

Why is it anyone's business exactly how much Thor sold his car for and/or how much he netted? Yes, he did say he got more than he'd originally asked. Good for him! It just takes two people wanting the same thing to drive any price up. This coming week at the various AZ auctions is dead on proof of that.

Its been bounced around so much, in this thread, and many others, about the far superior quality of the 427 Ford compared to the 427 BBC that a nagging question keep popping into my head: If the BBF 427 was so superior, why didn't Ford make more of them? Why were they so expensive? Why didn't Ford "extrapolate" them on out to successful bigger engines like Chevy did (454, 502, 572 and such)? I never hear anyone get excited about the 460. ??

[Dimis]

Originally Posted by Karl Bebout

If the BBF 427 was so superior, why didn't Ford make more of them? Simple... Evolution...


Why were they so expensive? Simple... They're desirable...


Why didn't Ford "extrapolate" them on out to successful bigger engines like Chevy did (454, 502, 572 and such)? I never hear anyone get excited about the 460. ??Not true... They do... One word... Kasse.

My humble responses above... ^

Enjoy