Is it worth it (this Cobra)

[Aussie Mike]

To quote from the movie "The Castle"

"$200 for Jousting sticks? Tell him he's Dreaming"

That thing is just going to cause you a lot of heartache. Add up what you're getting before going too far. It may look like a lot of stuff there but you will find most of it's useless.

It's a Crown chassis for a start which is a mark against it. There have been some nice cars built on this chassis but as 400TT mentioned this is going to really hurt resale.

The chassis has been chopped around and an IRS added. This may seem like a good thing but it's going to add $$$ to the engineers report. You may have got away with not doing torsion and beaming tests with the factory chassis but now that it's been cut and modified that means a lot more work for the engineer.

I don't think The engine will pass the current emissions regs even on LPG and on the crown chassis. You'd need to speak to an engineer on this one.

For the money your getting a half finished body, a chopped up crown chassis and a set of wheels you probably won't keep anyway.

For around $12-15K you could build a rolling DRB, RMC, Homebush, Harrison or Classic Revival. All of which have engineers reports on the chassis and a lot of the hard work done. And they will sell for significantly more than a Crown based car down the track.

You also get the after sales support to help you get your car finished and on the road.

Remember a bit of variation in the initial outlay on the body chassis isn't much in the scheme of things. Other costs down the track will even that out. A windscreen, interior, badges, electrics, motor and box etc all cost the same regardles of chassis.

Another thing to consider is that to paint a car with a good body and nice fitting panels will cost you less. Body prep is where most of your costs go in painting a car. There's probably $500 worth of paint and materials in most paint jobs the rest is elbow grease.

Cheers