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Something is only worth money if it's rare, someone wants it bad enough thinking it will go up in value, and knows it can't be found again. like a rare stamp or painting. The material is worth bugger all. Now with all these continuation Cobras etc, all trying to make them sound rare, 50th anniversary badges etc, so as to keep the value up. It doesn't make it a better car.
I can't wait to get mine finished and tell people I built it, not that it's worth a million dollars, rare as hell, and to scared to drive it. People will just think of you the same as a Ferrari owner, a rich snob. JD |
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So I'll put it this way and if you can read between the lines great. If not, I'm a PM away. For the same reason US college tuition fees outstrip those of other global universities for equivalent degrees. ;) |
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Aside from Whether it's a Cobra or a replica of one... When you want to recreate something "as it was" physically the closer you stay to original specification the "purer" it is to being pure from a duplication standpoint and will behave and have the charter of what it is supposed to be duplicating. There are some ingredients you can improve like materials without affecting aesthetics or dimensions. Some do improve performance. Some take you farther away from being exact to original spec than others. How far away from center do you want to be? |
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SAI's main focus is not Cobras but Mustangs at this point with parts and post title mods I believe.
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As for purity of original spec, that makes sense for a restoration of an original 1960's Cobra. Cobras built in the 2000's are replicas and "original spec" is superfluous. An exercise somewhat like a puzzle or Sudoko, to keep one's mind engaged and brain cells from dying off. Using the correct hose clamp, dual versus single batteries, Girling versus Wilwood brakes, etc. doesn't add or subtract from a replica's character or center, because the difference(s) are really just inside one's mind. |
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Whew! That was easy. |
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So if that is AN interpretation of what you said then drop the other shoe and tell us what the correct interpretation of what you said is. Why rely on people with dementia to interpret what you said?:JEKYLHYDE
As far as my Cobra is concerned it is as pure as it can get short of being an original Yep. Pretty sure about that. ;) |
You two love bugs should probably get a private room!:LOL:
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block material Cast Iron compression 11.5:1 power 305.7 kw / 409.9 bhp @ 5600 rpm torque 626.39 nm / 462.0 ft lbs @ 2800 rpm front tires 185x15 Goodyear Blue Dot rear tires 195x15 Goodyear Blue Dot front brakes Girling Discs rear brakes Girling Discs f suspension Unequal Wishbones w/Coil Spring over Dampers r suspension Unequal Wishbones w/Coil Spring over Dampers transmission 4-Speed Top-Loader Manual gear ratios 2.20:1, 1.66:1, 1.31:1, 1.00:1 final drive 3.54:1 . |
Damn, now this thread will go another 130 responses!
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I guess I have to ask...
When was the last time anyone saw an early 4000 or a Kirkham for sale other than the typical auction houses, and even then on a very rare occasion?:confused: |
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But then Evan, if your are running the true NASCAR 427, are you also running the turkey pan and a center-pivot Holley carb?;)
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Pics of my car were posted this past summer. Running dual quads.
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