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spookypt 03-15-2009 04:33 PM

Cobra to GT40 in reverse
 
Just curious, many people I know have gone from a Cobra to a GT40 but has anyone ever gone GT40 to a Cobra...

SpookyPT

400TT 03-15-2009 04:46 PM

Not that I can recall at the moment. Although there are quite a few GT40 owners who own Cobras.

I know a few GT40 owners who have now moved onto other vehicles. But...cough...I shouldn't say what they are. :D

BMK 03-16-2009 01:35 PM

400TT

Mmmm.... cough.... don't..:3DSMILE:

Mrs flatchat 03-16-2009 02:23 PM

Quincy did. --- thats 1

400TT 03-16-2009 03:26 PM

Quincy still owns the GT40, so does that count?

Mrs flatchat 03-25-2009 01:43 AM

And Garry in the DRB racing cobra --- thats 2

Wazza 03-25-2009 01:53 AM

What about Paul Gillis ??

i.e.......The man who literally drove the wheels ( wheel ) off my Race Cobra at the last Nationals.........

Mustang....Cobra....Cobra.....GT40......Cobra..... ..RCR Super Lite Roadsters X 2 !!!!

That's not a bad run of cool cars.

spookypt 03-25-2009 03:47 PM

RCR SLR x 2?????? What ya mean x 2 Wazza?

Rebel1 03-25-2009 04:29 PM

Not a GT40 to cobra story but a transition to another cool car. Cobra to coupe to FFR GTM.

None other than our very own Warrick Harrison.

http://www.ffcobra.com/forums/showthread.php?t=212758

sambo 03-25-2009 11:13 PM

Les, that thing is insane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNujSSzRy7g

Wazza 03-25-2009 11:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spookypt (Post 933840)
RCR SLR x 2?????? What ya mean x 2 Wazza?

One for the track....with one still in the box to be registered for the road.

Here's the lads sorting out the "race " one at Wakefield Park Last Wednesday.

[IMG]http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...303_Small_.jpg[/IMG]

spookypt 03-25-2009 11:40 PM

Wow... well there you go... All comes down to personal preference then hey! But geez 1 of those things is UGLY enough... 2 is like going back to the ugly girl from the drunken night before but sober and at high Noon.

That SPF GT40 coming to the Goldy is looking very very nice indeed!

Now back to Cobras.......

Wazza 03-26-2009 12:02 AM

Ugly !??

I think that's a bit harsh !!

It may not have the lines of a Cobra or a GT40 but it goes like a bat outta hell!!

Approx 360 RWHP and only weighs around 600 kilos with the driver !!

VERY exciting.......

It'll lap most Cobras.......but you're right.......

it's something that would appeal more to the Racers than the Waxers.

Rob. Smith 03-26-2009 01:57 AM

Looks like a brother of the Aerial Atom.

YerDugliness 03-26-2009 08:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spookypt (Post 933977)
Wow... well there you go... All comes down to personal preference then hey! But geez 1 of those things is UGLY enough... 2 is like going back to the ugly girl from the drunken night before but sober and at high Noon.

RCR is working on a low budget purpose-built track racer, looks sorta like the RCR SL-R, but a single seater powered by a Hayabusa motorcycle engine. Here's a link (photos in the very first post!):

http://www.gt40s.com/forum/rcr-forum...r-nemesis.html

I like the idea of a road registered one, looks for all the world like a go-kart on steroids.........would be scary fast, I believe.

Now back to your regularly programmed entertainment.....

Dugly :cool:

spookypt 03-26-2009 03:42 PM

Ya kidding me
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Wazza (Post 933982)
Ugly !??

I think that's a bit harsh !!

It may not have the lines of a Cobra or a GT40 but it goes like a bat outta hell!!

Approx 360 RWHP and only weighs around 600 kilos with the driver !!

VERY exciting.......

It'll lap most Cobras.......but you're right.......

it's something that would appeal more to the Racers than the Waxers.

On contrare Senior Boylan. A 917 is sexy or any of those 70's BIG BANGERS appeal... But go-carts don't look sexy don't no matter what HP to weight they got.. A Formula Ford will do sub 60's at Wakefield and ya can't tell me their horny looking????

Each to their own...

Mando 03-26-2009 04:25 PM

Wazza, I think Spookypt was spot on with his description of that Go-kart thing, and to buy 1 may be seen as misguided but to buy 2 would have to be madness.
Are sure your not getting kickbacks to endorse this Go-kart.

Regards.

400TT 03-26-2009 04:49 PM

Actually I might be a bit biassed. But I'm actually really liking the SL-R's.

In my opinion the SL-R looks really impressive in the flesh. And much larger than Formula Ford etc.

Well you guys will find out soon enough.

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...m/DSC_8338.jpg


Now that's a no-nonsense rear.
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...m/DSC_8312.jpg

Enjoy.

Now weren't we talking about guys moving from GT40's to Cobra's. My definition of that would be someone selling GT40 to buy a Cobra. Otherwise I would also count, as I have owned both Cobra's and GT40's and bought a Cobra while owning a GT40. Still can't think of anyone that has really done the move. And I don't count Gary's car, it's really just a race car that happens to have a Cobra body. But that's just my opinion.

Rebel1 03-26-2009 04:49 PM

I'm with Wazza, I think they are sexy looking in a masculine sorta way. :) The car I mean, not him.

I'm of a mind that this jigger would provide those who want to race relatively cheaply, a means of doing so.

Blow an engine....go to the wrecker and buy another. Drop it in without being a contortionist.

I don't know what the kit now costs but prior to the $A devalue the whole thing without engine was somewhere in the $20,000's.

Just the ticket for cobra/GT40 owners who don't want to risk damaging their pride and joy.

Sadly it's not a cobra so will race in some other class.

spookypt 03-26-2009 05:23 PM

"Actually I might be a bit biassed. But I'm actually really liking the SL-R's."

Oh Craig, biased?? Really?? Please you're killing! :-)

That's a great call....... Love it!

P.S. Wasn't that weeny Formula Ford in pic somewhat quicker though?????


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