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Non Kirkham Aluminum body replica on BaT
Interesting, Aluminum body, but not a Kirkham.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/al...cobra-replica/ https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content...?fit=940%2C627 |
Hhhmmmm......
I dig picture 78 and the attention to detail.:rolleyes: Picture 79 & 80 each have a "tell" as to the potential chassis manufacturer :D Seems to have traveled quite a lot in the auction circles, with one even stating "Body by Kirkham". https://res.cloudinary.com/mecum/ima...3/371792_6.jpg Perhaps we have discussed this car in the past, I'll stop there as I do not want to be subjected to the wrath of the moderator :o Bill S. |
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Think this is a FFR with KMP body?
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I pulled up the ad and IMO it looks like someone beat out an aluminum body from an FFR pre-mk4 body and mounted her on a mk4 drivetrain? IMO,looks like a big-assed car?
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Well somebody ought to just summarize the story for us dumbasses that don't know it or can't remember it.:cool:
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Yes, who IS this mysterious panel beater?
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Those aren't original Kirkham rivets . I think the original ones had a square head :JEKYLHYDE:eek: |
I still think it cool in it's own way, and I am sure it won't be 200k which is what Kirkhams are going for now. Those seems in the middle under the doors could be welded and the rivets taken out with out much fanfare.
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If not mistaken, I believe the original builder of the car is, or was here on Club Cobra.
I do not have access to my archives, so I'm not able to dig the information out right now. Perhaps one of you with a little more free time can do so. I do have these, but I do not believe it was the car in the auction: http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/all-...1-concept.html http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/all-...a-concept.html Found the picture I was looking for of the original FFR concept car shown at Carlisle in 2002. Then sold, sold again, until a certain company in Florida (Alloy something :rolleyes:) bought it, then claimed it as their own product, thus setting off a firestorm here, and on other Cobra forums. Again, I am hesitant to say the whole company name, as Jamo may still have me under an NDA here. However, if you CLICK HERE, and peruse the thread within, you might just find the rest of it without my breaking the NDA ;) Bill S. |
Ooooh, I remember now. :LOL::LOL::LOL::LOL:
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edit: Its a Kirkham body after all....
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I know they made two of them, one went to California and this one.
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The P-51 Cobra from the thread mentioned above was actually an ERA with a metallized surface treatment by forum member here named Metal Morphus (I think). I'd forgotten about the whole Alloycars debacle but looking back at some of the photos of their (pre Mk lV) FFR based body, there are some differences to the BaT listed car - notably the hood scoop. If it is one of their cars that actually got finished, my opinion still stands that for the right price it would be a cool aluminum bodied replica for someone who's not too concerned with originality.
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99.9% of car enthusiasts cannot tell a high-end glass car from an aluminum car. Even when putting their fingers under the fender edges to feel or when rapping on the body with their knuckles. :cool:
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The rivets look cheap like someone couldn't figure out how to join the two sections seamlessly. |
On closer inspection, I'm pretty sure that is not an FFR based aluminum body from that Alloycars operation in Florida. The rear haunches are definitely not shaped like a pre MK lV Factory Five - more like a Kirkham or similar "correct" rear fender that had to be cut off and cocked up to fit on the FFR frame. The fenders have the proper rounded shape and there are other parts of the body that really look like a Kirkham. Unless someone took a lot of pains to reshape their Alloycars rear fender profile, I'm guessing it's at least based on a Kirkham or similar aluminum body.
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