The seldom seen Johnex.....

[Marc Walker]

A couple of years ago I was fortunate enough to purchase a near new Johnex 427-DD from the original owner. This car was sold new in 2000 and was originaly the chassis display car at the House of Cobras when they were in Orange, Ca. and promoting it as their high end offering. It has a beautifully constructed tubular chassis with the unusual De Dion linked rear suspension.

Since I've started to meet people in the replica Cobra world (hauled it from Arizona to DVFS-3) most have told me that they have heard of Johnex, but...... I have yet to meet anyone who hasn't said that mine is the first they've seen.

Of coarse Johnex is long gone now and apparently one of these is rarer than the "real" thing.

I have no idea how many of these cars exist. I understand that they were initally sold as kits in Canada and later as a turnkey-minus with the CSC chassis thru HOC here in the US. I can say that the one I have is a beautifully executed piece. I don't know if it was a factory completed car or possibly was finished by HOC as a promotional tool for their bussiness deal with Johnex.

Anyone else out there that owns one of these things that was factory or HOC completed and can shed some light ?

BTW....... I finally got around to taking some pics yesterday and put them in the gallary. Anyone interested in seeing a now extinct species of snake can click on the camara to check it out.