Mystery solved. Shelby Trust to sell Real Cobras

[REAL 1]

David let's see the pictures of the car. engine compartment and Interior, underneath, trunk.. etc. all the nitty-gritty details.

Also, I would think there would be a master list of all NOS parts and components used on the car. Can this be posted so we can review it?

Thanks

[David Kirkham]

Originally Posted by REAL 1

David let's see the pictures of the car. engine compartment and Interior, underneath, trunk.. etc. all the nitty-gritty details.

Also, I would think there would be a master list of all NOS parts and components used on the car. Can this be posted so we can review it?

Thanks

I have looked all over for the photos and I can't find them. I may not have taken any (which would surprise me but we have been delivering rides like mad lately and that may have gotten forgotten in the shuffle). The project was pretty quite for a long time, as Bill wasn't saying anything. The press release was a surprise to me as we only recently delivered it to Bill. He must have gotten right on it to have finished it and painted it. (That's how Bill works).

I don't know who bought it. Whoever did may have very well had Bill change some things.

EDIT!

I just got off the phone with the guys at DenBeste and they confirmed we did NOT make the car in the press release. The car we made hasn't been painted yet.

David

[David Kirkham]

Originally Posted by David Kirkham

The press release was a surprise to me as we only recently delivered it to Bill. He must have gotten right on it to have finished it and painted it. (That's how Bill works).

David

EDIT!

I just got off the phone with the guys at DenBeste and they confirmed we did NOT make the car in the press release. The car we made hasn't been painted yet.

David

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by David Kirkham

EDIT!

I just got off the phone with the guys at DenBeste and they confirmed we did NOT make the car in the press release. The car we made hasn't been painted yet.

David

My apologies for the obvious question, and you may not know the answer, but who finished the car? Whose alloy body is on the chassis?

[David Kirkham]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

My apologies for the obvious question, and you may not know the answer, but who finished the car? Whose alloy body is on the chassis?

It was made by Drew Serb. Drew does exquisite work. I would LOVE to own a car made by Drew or Mike.

(I would also LOVE to own a car made by Dave Wagner, but he isn't involved in this project--he specializes in 289 Street cars).

David

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by David Kirkham

It was made by Drew Serb. Drew does exquisite work. I would LOVE to own a car made by Drew or Mike.

(I would also LOVE to own a car made by Dave Wagner, but he isn't involved in this project--he specializes in 289 Street cars).

David

Ahh. Drew purchased Finish Line Accesorries and lives here in the Bay Area. I wasn't aware that he builds Cobras. He's actually located not too far away from Stewart Hall (Hall Fabrication & Racing), who finished up my Kirkham many years ago.

Dave Wagner does outstanding work. Dave actually finished up the Kirkham 427 S/C for the infamous "rsimoes" many, many years ago.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by REAL 1

David let's see the pictures of the car. engine compartment and Interior, underneath, trunk.. etc. all the nitty-gritty details.

Also, I would think there would be a master list of all NOS parts and components used on the car. Can this be posted so we can review it?

Thanks

When is the 5th Edition of the SAAC World Registry due to be published? I hope someone will be capturing these details for the next edition.

[David Kirkham]

Originally Posted by REAL 1

David let's see the pictures of the car. engine compartment and Interior, underneath, trunk.. etc. all the nitty-gritty details.

Also, I would think there would be a master list of all NOS parts and components used on the car. Can this be posted so we can review it?

Thanks

Master list? It is just a large hoard of parts. In reality, I don't have time to make a list. It would take me days which I simply don't have.

When Bill asked me to start the project I flew out to Bill's place and started boxing things up. There were only 1 or 2 of some things and then...well...they'll all be gone. That "master list" will be different for each build. The hoard will dwindle, but at the same time I'm sure there will be more and more parts reproduced to original spec. Each final spec will depend, I imagine, on how much the customer wants to spend on details.

Details can be extraordinarily expensive. I have heard of judges pulling dipsticks and checking date codes at Cobra concours events.

Does the customer want to pay someone to go around and find original dip sticks??? Maybe so. My guess is it's all up to the buyer.

David