Hi,
For more info on these cars go to
www.AuroraCobra.org The cars are true in size and shape to the early slabsides and are very tight in the footboxes.The were really well built with the finest materials and yes they were smogged but the car wasn't a bunch of parts and pieces from here and there but an engineered product that did quite well out of the box in SCCA racing.
They are Cobra replicas but are "real" production cars that had to meet all of the DOT and smog requirements of the day (early eighties) like all other auto manufacturers.
Back in the day a new Vette was around 14K while these were about 40K with a real CSX slabside being around the 40K mark at the time.
There were two models with the first run of cars from #1 thru about #70 being GRX models and the rest being MKII versions thru the final run of about 170 cars built. The GRX's had a modified Corvette IRS with inboard brakes with the MKII having a Jag IRS. The later cars also had air as an option as well as some other upgrades.Both were constructed on a cutting edge two-tier space frame similiar to NASCAR chassis with fully independ single coil over adjustable suspensions,double tubular bars under the dash and extending down around the footboxes for side impact protect of ones legs as well as rigid steel beams built into the doors for the same. Cars came with soft tops and side curtains and full leather cockpits and took about 450 man hrs. to construct.
Prices for a really nice one are as high as 35-40K and here in New York my 1981 bristling with go fast goodies and no smog equipment only has to pass a safety only inspection being over twenty five years old.
The slabsides for many aren't the Cobra of choice but if they are you just can't beat what the Aurora offers in terms of performance and fun for the dollar.
My car is fitted with a crate 302 350 H.P. engine and five speed and at 2000 lbs. it's just a blast to drive and it really gets a ton of attention. FUN FUN car!
Dale
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