Check out my friend Chappy's cobra :)...

[Mike Braddock]

I finally got around to posting these photos and wanted to share them with you guys. I know many of you will be able to appreciate the talent and enthusiasm Chappy has to finish a project like this. He's really an amazing guy. He's the type of guy that has a wonderful imagination and the craftsmanship to put his concepts into reality.

As for the car, he bought it as a basketcase behind someone's house a few years ago. I believe it's an old LA Exotics kit. The first time around he built it as a high compression (12:1) 460 powered, Richmond 5 speed, solid rear axle car. Probably 550-575hp. All of the custom frame work, tilting front end, soft top, A/C, PS, interior seats/upholstery is all his handiwork, as are the paint and bodywork. After driving it for a while he got bored and decided to redo the whole thing. This time he punched the block .125 over, dropped the compression to 9:1, mounted a Vortech SQ S/C and redid all the suspension to run an automatic, 35 spline rear axles/locker, etc. Last I spoke with him he was still sorting the car and was experiencing fuel starvation problems so he was preparing to swap in an Aeromotive pump. I think he told me the engine laid down around 700 hp running 8 lbs of boost and he intends to run around 14 psi when it's completed. Anyway, here's a link to some photos I took of his car before he completed it:

http://www.pbase.com/mjb2/chappys_cobra

Check out page 4 for the pics of his engine setup. Let me know what you think. Thanks.

Mike