Venom 427

kennyhbh · #1 (**permalink**) 03-28-2003, 04:02 PM

IS ANY INPUT ABOUT THIS CAR? OUT THERE,

Fred Douglass · #2 (**permalink**) 03-28-2003, 08:18 PM

...but I think I was looking at one in an informal drive-in "auto show" at the Liberty Tree Mall, north of Boston last week-end. My pal said: "Look, there's the new Viper"---and I said that it was too low, wide and not as "finished" as a Chrysler product. The owner was nowhere to be seen, but a couple of admirers said that this car was being made in southern New Hampshire, had no soft (or hard) top option (yet) and a roller was c. $23,000. It could be it. Had a Kamm-type lip on the rear. You could walk up and step into it with no more trouble than getting into a bath-tub! As I said, it was a was just a drive-by show thing, mostly 'Vettes and hot-rods--no sales or info. booths. I may be wrong, but I think that (Venom) was what I was looking at. It was TRULY low and seemingly wide as all get-out. The New Hampshire build-site sounds strange, though. Not a likely venue---Sorry about the lack of info. Hope this helps.

computerworks · #3 (**permalink**) 03-28-2003, 08:21 PM

Fred...it just sounds like you had a bad dream.

http://www.team-c-racing.com/venom427.php

Fred Douglass · #4 (**permalink**) 03-28-2003, 09:37 PM

I have found out that there IS a roadster being made in NH, but it's not a "Venom"---nonetheless a very wild looking car---and it was a short feature inKit Car a while ago. Sorry to have misled you, Kenny.

Hey, ALWAYS great to hear from YOU, Ron! (Just kiddin')

George Snyder · #5 (**permalink**) 03-30-2003, 06:26 PM

Try over at Cobra Forum. There are some Guys there that have these Cars.
They are pretty close to original Backdraft Racer.
Bud

Fred Douglass · #6 (**permalink**) 04-07-2003, 01:52 PM

......there, before my eyes. on p. 12 (top) was an article on the afrementioned Venom (article is entitled "Venomous Snake"). However, as soon as I paged onwards, I found that low-slung thingamabobbie which I had confused with the Venom. In retrospect, I guess "Venom" was a non-COBRA name, and I guess I was therefore thinking non-cobra. In any case, there in black and white is the car I saw on the North Shore (of Massachusetts). It's called a "Dragon" and it appears on pp. 28, 46 and 71 (ad for shop in New Hampshire that makes them). Subsequently, I have seen a wild metallic green "Dragon" and talked to the owner. He says people mistake it for a Beck-built Lister all the time!

Sorry to have extended my confusion to innocents.

Starboard-side battery is double-shotted and run out, in case I receive any broadsides from that other glacial moraine lying to the south of mine!

Bill V · #7 (**permalink**) 07-22-2003, 09:28 AM

The Venom 427 is a Cobra SC replica built in Durban, South Africa by Performance Motorcars, Inc. It's offered as a turnkey minus and is being distibuted by Shell Valley and Team-C-Racing for around $29,000. Hope this helps.

leejleej · #8 (**permalink**) 07-27-2003, 09:39 AM

I'm building one right now. What exactly would you like to know? Perhaps I can help...
cheers,

jong