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| purple panther |
09-14-2007 01:38 PM |
shamrock cobras
does anyone know if their still in business or have a web address or a link. %/
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| CWizard |
09-14-2007 09:19 PM |
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| charlieh |
09-14-2007 10:38 PM |
I live in Cape Town, South Africa and which is where they had their factory. They closed down about 3 years back after some big dispute between partners.
If you need technical support, I can put you in touch with their former workshop foreman and who knows the car well and who can still get supply of the various parts. Hope this is of help
Charlieh
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| tcrist |
09-14-2007 10:58 PM |
Do a shearch for Shamrock and you will find a post about backspacing. All the way to the right you can click on the link and it will take you to a Shamrock forum here on CC. The last login was 6-07.
Terry
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| dawieerasmus |
09-15-2007 01:12 AM |
Shamrock...
During me research for a builder, i was told by the man who owed Shamrock that he sold the whole factory + moulds to a company in the USA. He no longer builds in South Africa, Cobra's that is. he now builds a wicked three wheeler powered by a 1000cc Honda engine. Two wheels in front and one at the back. Two seater. Really something to see! :)
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| purple panther |
09-15-2007 05:42 AM |
these cobra companies go out of business so fast. someone said they were in tennessee but the web address keeps coming up a ministry-> lol saw their model at a local show and was just checking them out. another cobra company out of the buisness.
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| udxcob |
04-27-2008 04:10 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by purple panther
(Post 777096)
does anyone know if their still in business or have a web address or a link. %/
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I know this is late but are you still looking fot info on shamrock?
Udxcob |
| wtm442 |
04-27-2008 06:15 PM |
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| Dwight |
04-27-2008 08:54 PM |
Shamrock
It's my understanding that the company in Chattanooga, Tn had four roller Shamrocks. Ron who lives in Killen, Alabama bought one and installed a 408 in it.
Ron knows more about the company than I do. What are you looking for? I can contact Ron it you want me to.
Dwight
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| SKINNEDR |
04-28-2008 02:55 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by dawieerasmus
(Post 777268)
During me research for a builder, i was told by the man who owed Shamrock that he sold the whole factory + moulds to a company in the USA. He no longer builds in South Africa, Cobra's that is. he now builds a wicked three wheeler powered by a 1000cc Honda engine. Two wheels in front and one at the back. Two seater. Really something to see! :)
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Any pictures of the three wheeler? |
| StanJ |
01-14-2010 07:18 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dwight
(Post 838566)
It's my understanding that the company in Chattanooga, Tn had four roller Shamrocks. Ron who lives in Killen, Alabama bought one and installed a 408 in it.
Ron knows more about the company than I do. What are you looking for? I can contact Ron it you want me to.
Dwight
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FWIW, one of those remaining four is going together (?) at A2Z Performance here in Hixson, TN. The fellow assembling the car, Kelly Tate, has a fair amount of experience with this sort of thing having done several Factory Five Cobra's and a Superformance GT40 here in this area. This Shamrock Cobra however, is giving him fits. Three weeks in now, he's still hip-deep in the "What the #$&*! There's no way that will work! It'll have to be moved at least 3 inches just to clear the..." stage.
Were they all this bad? |
| rjack |
01-15-2010 08:00 PM |
Actually the only problem I had with mine was, the break calipers were in bad shape with rust and the headers I negotiated for in the deal kept cracking. Had to build new header for one side, was able to weld other side several times with good final results. Shamrock did replace the calipers before evidently going out of business. I finished my Cobra in 2007 and have not been able to get anyone from Shamrock to return my calls. I do have the name of one guy in Chattanooga TN who was one of the new owners after the sale out in South Africa.
Ron
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| ljhayden |
09-19-2023 12:29 PM |
Hi, I am the original designer and owner of Shamrock Cobra. I sold the company many years ago after making over 500 cars mostly for the local market. I licensed a company called Kit Car Centre in Johannesburg who wanted to build copies of my Shamrock Cobras, and the sold these under the name KCC Cobra. This eventually morphed into the Backdraft Cobra still being made today in Durban, South Africa. The new owners of Shamrock eventually closed after a partnership dispute, but I have decided to use the name for my latest more advanced Cobra (see my new website shamrockcobrasa.com).
Regards,
Les Hayden
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