06-07-2008, 11:33 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Folsom,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 623, 427 S/C Cobra. Ford FE 428 Cobra Jet, Ford Nascar TL 4speed - with a touch of raw; "less is more" theme
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Finding the right fit for the application.
Hi David.
What makes the original KMP chassis format and approach most attractive is it's raw simplicity and vintage curves right down to the visible welds and vintage style bits. Going with precise Billet components on an aluminum vintage style Kirkham Cobra for me is sort of like the expression of trying to cram a square peg into a round hole. I vote for applying the passion to use billet on something more modern and edgy.
Now if you were to create a completely NEW Cobra car, larger and slightly restyled body, as a modernized version of the vintage Cobra (sort of like the one that Ford never built - using the modern drivetrain too) and applied the billet components passion there, I bet you'd find a whole new chapter of customers. Just think, now they'd have to have the vintage and new KMP car too. I can visualize the new car in my head right now. Go for something new and apply the billet passion there. Can't wait to see it. 
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Duane
Western States Cobra Group 1998-2016.
Last edited by decooney; 06-07-2008 at 11:43 PM..
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