What is the life expectancy of a Cobra?

[wkooiman]

Mine was completed in 1993 by someone else. I've had it 2+ years. The body is the least of your worries.

I have just over 30,000 miles on mine. I did the last 10,000 miles.

The steering rack is tight - probably needs lubrication. I greased it, but it is still too tight. The seal race in the back right upright went dry and made a squeeling noise (Jag rearend), and had to be lubricated (disassembly, replace bearings, etc.). The rear half shafts are twisted 30 degrees. I still haven't fixed that. The clutch slave started leaking and is made of unobtanium, so I switched to a hydraulic throwout. The 428 leaks. The 427 on the stand will not leak, even if I have to wrap it in plastic. The fuel filter clogged, and stranded me. The brand new fuel filter had a pinhole leak in a weld, and fried the distributor. The fuel tank leaks if I overfill it. The top doesn't seal worth a damn - planning on switching to a factory-5 top. The driver's door latch sticks. The striker on the driver's door latch has loosey goosey screws. The starter bendix slipped into the flywheel at the dragstrip and crunched into pieces.

I think that's it, but the fiberglass body is perfect. Except for the small crunched section where my wife rolled backwards into it.

And yes, I still love it, and I drive it to work almost every day.