Building Cobras for Profit?

[CobraDan]

There are a lot of people already doing what you are thinking of doing but they have also proven with cars built and sold they know what they are doing. Like any car on the market one that is built in the economy mode will bring less profit mainly because after you put a certain larger price tag on it, those that have done their home work will say for that price I could buy a Shelby or a Kirkham. If you could come up with the money to build a cobra and sell it for a profit very unlikely, you would be more likely to break even and get your money back. Most that have built and sold Cobras for profit have built a personal Cobra which was sold with or without a profit but because it was so well done they advertise to build one for a client and of course a profit margin would already be built in. When I first moved into southern Florida I met a guy building Cobras out of a small shop called the Cobra Shop in North Fort Myers. He had been a boat builder and knew fiberglass, he made his own frames etc., all cars where sold as turn key only and had BB Ford engines the only thing you got to pick was color inside and out and whether you wanted it to be stick or an automatic. His partner was the painter and still runs the business today and has kept the name Cobra Shop but no more Cobras are being built as the original builder stopped building over 5 years ago. Doing everything himself he had $17,000 invested in each car and they where sold for $39,900. These where really nice looking Cobras when finished and I have some local members in the Deeper South Cobra Club who own one. With say around 50 shops world wide today building Cobra replicas from the large shop to the very small shop and another 40 shops that have come and gone, sure step on board.