06-30-2008, 05:02 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cape Coral,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: 2009 Solbra
Posts: 3,861
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Ernie,
You are sure living in some dream world as any cobra or any car will normally loose money on resale unless you have one of those that an elite few do a real cobra, although I know many that have made a profit selling their replica cobras and are actually in the business building replicas and making a living doing it. Elegant Motors was around way before Superformance, Backdraft Racing, and Factory Five and many others producing their own version of a donor car concept. I bought mine way back in 1987 and have done every thing including painting the car and have finished it in my retirement to put it on the rode. I have no idea why I bought a cobra replica other than I liked the body style as it was also bought before the internet and club cobra or ffcobra or my now grown knowledge of the real cobra and replicas through this site. Why do I have a Big Block Chevy engine instead of an FE 427 side-oiler in mine well since mine is actually a Corvette that now looks like a cobra I thought it was a better choice. Since I and you have been around long enough to have purchased a 427 as did Shelby from Ford for around $750 I'll be damned that I would pay the asking price of today's FE engines or there all aluminum replica version. Why did most 427 cobras have 428 installed because they only cost Shelby $350 instead of the $750 price of the 427. I'm still working on my cobra as I recently installed power- steering what a difference that made and I'm almost ready to install my hard top. This hard top was made to fit a Factory Five and didn't release well from the mold, a cheap price was paid but having to lengthen and widen it has many man hours attached to the almost now finished product. When I paint my hard top black with my yellow body and my decal indicting a Dragonsnake it will some what replicate the real Dragonsnake CSX2427. Do you really think that if replication of the real cobra hadn't happened we would all be sitting before our computers writing about them, I don't think so. I never wanted or needed a replica that looked exactly like the real cobra and my Elegant Motors will do me just fine. I just wanted to get in a few last replies to this thread before my buddies, both Rons and Brent shut this thread down.
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