How to take the Cobra to the next level...

[Dangerous Doug]

So, for those that are asking: I haven't been drinking---but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

Some great ideas here. In addition to the lumber rack I'm thinking I'll have to go with the electric motor, but I can't go silent. I'll need one of those sound systems that mimics the sound of other cars (typically used on Honda Accords so they can sound like a Ferrari).

I do like the idea of the VW-based "kit car" look. Perhaps a mock glasspack mounted horizontally across the rear end? I've always liked that look...

Going electric, I figure I can add solar panels to the lumber rack to make it look like the Chaparral wings (they experimented with back AND front wings, so that'll look totally cool on the lumber rack). I can add a rake adjuster for changing the wing attitude to either go for speed (flatten) or corner (raked), OR adjust for the position of the Sun. It'll be more expensive with solar panels than the scrap lumber fin pictured above.

Snow tires! Gotta have snow tires---especially here in California near Santa Cruz. Snows kinda like sand, right?

While working on this, I'm sure plenty of beer would be consumed. Thus, rebody in aluminum is just a pile of beer cans away. Tin snips and scotch take ought to do it.

DD