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02-02-2009, 01:35 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Rancho Mirage, CA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance 427 side oiler
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Tonysautobuilders.com makes a totally hand formed Grand Sport . . . extremely accurate. Tony was very instrumental in the original ERA cars and is a stickler for originality!
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02-02-2009, 02:09 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Cobra Make, Engine: Johnsonville, 8-pack $4.27
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Tony's site say prices start... START @ $160,000.00 yipes. Thanks for the link.
If the new Superformance 1963 Corevette Grand Sport is as good as the rest of their cars, theirs should be an awesome car for half the price!
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02-02-2009, 09:21 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Hillsboro,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Scratch built CSX style frame, Carbon fiber body, 393 Stroker, T-bird IRS, T5
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I thought most vintage races only allowed original cars, not replicas?
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02-03-2009, 12:00 AM
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Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: istanbul,
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Cobra Make, Engine: scratch built 289 eclectic mix of fia/ussrc/early comp
Posts: 820
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FIA legalizes replicas
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Originally Posted by Three Peaks
I thought most vintage races only allowed original cars, not replicas?
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02-03-2009, 05:06 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Chesterland,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance #046 Dart 427w
Posts: 76
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What did the original 5 Grand Sports do in racing history in the early 60's. Did they ever race the Cobra's? Fill me in. Were they successful?
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02-03-2009, 07:23 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Powder Springs,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA 2008/351W/TOP-LOADER
Posts: 526
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Here's a great link to an incredible restoration of an original! /www.racingicons.com/gs/004/index.html These cars were and still are pretty amazing. They were quite the handful to drive and given the year they were developed, they were pretty advanced! These cars have as much lore about them as the Daytona Coupe's. Just check out the link it's some of the best documentation I've ever seen. These guy's also restore GT40's, so if your feeling guilty for looking at Chevy stuff, you can cleanse up afterwords!!! Good Stuff! Matt
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03-05-2014, 02:30 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Grand Rapids,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance #1309 www.spfowners.freeforums.net
Posts: 524
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So have they ever built any of these?
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03-05-2014, 02:50 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
Posts: 4,567
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The first production level units are in build at Hi Tech. Several revisions and improvements have been integrated into the Grand Sports.
Pictures of the master coupe form and the chassis follow......we are taking orders!
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03-05-2014, 03:09 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by buddyg
So have they ever built any of these?
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Looks like they have a couple "on order."
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03-05-2014, 07:33 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Grand Rapids,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance #1309 www.spfowners.freeforums.net
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There was a Motor Trend article in 2009 that said they would be available in 2010? What caused a four year delay?
Looks like that's a CTS-V motor in the pic?
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03-06-2014, 06:48 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Wallingford,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 148 Nightwatch Blue
Posts: 397
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I can almost see GM's attorneys drooling on this thread 
Ask Peter why He got out of it!! |
03-06-2014, 07:01 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Metal-morphous
I can almost see GM's attorneys drooling on this thread |
No.....it is licensed and approved by GM. In fact it is licensed to use all of the Corvette trademarks and is officially a "Corvette" and all of our promotional material carries the "GM" logo and "licensed" mark.
GM has been involved from the get go. Without that approval the project would not have been started......nobody wants that "cease and desist" letter!
The prototype that was shown at SEMA was in fact finished at the GM Tech Center by GM engineers who had input into some of the production car revisions and improvements. It has been a long road that was slowed by the economy and other factors but the end is in sight now.
And yes that is a CTS-V powerplant.
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03-06-2014, 07:02 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Redding,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR chassis and suspension, Mr. Bruce 289 FIA body
Posts: 1,066
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Metal-morphous
I can almost see GM's attorneys drooling on this thread
Ask Peter why He got out of it!! |
They signed a licensing agreement with GM to build these replicas |
03-06-2014, 10:13 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 427 S/C, Twin Paxton 511 FE
Posts: 2,594
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Metal-morphous
I can almost see GM's attorneys drooling on this thread
Ask Peter why He got out of it!! |
Just a side note:
I was in line at the CA DMV first workday of the year, 2010, with the first buyer of the SPF GS. He later dropped out. Wonder why?
I though all that legal stuff was taken care of?
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03-06-2014, 11:43 AM
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Location: Grand Rapids,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance #1309 www.spfowners.freeforums.net
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The CTS-V motor is very easily modified, the one in my Caddy is making 630 to the rear wheels. The Vette should be a beast with a few mods.
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03-06-2014, 04:25 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Redding,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR chassis and suspension, Mr. Bruce 289 FIA body
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