02-18-2022, 06:46 AM
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Abnormal CC Member
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Pottstown (East Coventry),
PA
Cobra Make, Engine: Don't think I'll be getting a Cobra for a long time... Do have '94 RX-7 R2.
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Originally Posted by eschaider
IF I had the money to buy one of those, I would add the extra dollars to buy a billet chassised, aluminum bodied Kirkham.
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From the September 2011 issue of Hot Rod magazine: "The price tag for the research and development of the original billet car was north of $1 million. Now that the hard work is done and CNC programs have been written, KMS says it can reproduce the car for between $300,000 and $400,000."
Of course that was over 10 years ago and a normal KMS roller base cost (without any options) was $56,995 at the time according to the article. So I guess a new KMS billet chassis car might be in the same price range as one of these Diamond Editions.
Still, but if you could get an original Cobra for $1.2 million, who would want one of these Diamond editions?
On the other hand if you wanted the ultimate KMS and had the money, wouldn't you take a KMS billet chassis car over a non street legal Shelby Diamond Edition that comes with BF goodrich tires? |
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