Toyota Chassis Cobra Thoughts

[LoBelly]

It is a long time since I read up on this but afaik....

The main advantage of using the early crown chassis is (something like) you can rebody pre-'72 cars and they maintain that build date.

However, the rego is usually something like >1971 Jaguar Rebody<
i.e the car it was.
not the car it has been made into.

Consequently, there are some things in the ad that may be problematic.

Fortunately the Cobra Car Club of Victoria is having its Monthly meeting this Wednesday, you can get many opinions - some of value
www.cobracarclubvic.org.au


LoBelly

[David Hodgson]

Originally Posted by LoBelly

The main advantage of using the early crown chassis is (something like) you can rebody pre-'72 cars and they maintain that build date.

However, the rego is usually something like >1971 Jaguar Rebody<
i.e the car it was.
not the car it has been made into.

Exactly that and budget constraints for me when I built mine Lobelly. WA, NT and ACT rego considered them rebodies and allowed them through with running gear only need complying with the year of the chassis. I have a carburettored 302 running Jag rear, no pollution gear and live side pipes at 97? dba - all legal. A big deal for me in 1990 when I ordered it. I certainly would like a new generation like the CR, Harrison or AP, but a raw Cobra is what I wanted and that's what I got.

I certainly agree with everyone, as with any purchase, particularly a component car no matter what brand, check it out thoroughly and make sure its right for you.

I'm just answering the OP's question on Crown chassis, if it's done right their okay, no worse than a Healy or other 60's/70's cars as a cruiser.