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In the time it will take you to acquire and build a kit to finish things happen, and your interest will quite possibly wane. If you bought a used already sorted out car you'd have at least a year's worth of enjoyment out of it before the kit arrives. Good luck no matter what you choose. |
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That 390FE will probably be stock, just dressed up. The Top loader was rebuilt and bought them for $1700 combined. That's also why I asked about the 6 pin hubs, quoted $2000 for that over the 5 pin. There's money that can be saved on this build. |
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Three basic observations from my life experience.
1. Every major car project costs twice as much and takes three times as long as my very best original estimate. 2. Every project is largely an excuse to buy more tools. 3. I've saved enough money by doing jobs myself to pay for all the damage I've done while doing jobs myself. |
Here's a ten year old options list from ERA: http://www.erareplicas.com/427/427options.pdf I'm sure the prices have gone up, but it's handy to at least have a list of some of things you might want to include. Some of the stuff that you don't think about can get kind of pricey, like a custom fit top and side curtains. Other things you can't even see and are pricey, like 6 pin hubs or a big brake upgrade. Other than options that you'd never even think about unless you thought about it for years, like a Quick Release Hub on your steering wheel (which is wonderful to have for a number of reasons), you should try and choose your options now based on how difficult it would be to "upgrade" later, should you choose to. For example, upgrading to the outboard braked rear down the road is a pretty big PITA. If you want it, get it now. Side curtains, not so much of a PITA so long as the ferrule holes are in the door. Point being, you need to think it all through if you want to do it right the first time. Now, one of my favorite things to do with my QR hub is to pull my steering wheel off while driving down the highway and hold it up in the air while screaming. It never fails to elicit a memorable response from my passenger.:cool:
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Some advantages can be attributed to each brand. ERA has the bonding process. I think the Unique 427 body version is nicer in shape than the ERA. Some of this is subjective. As you might guess, owners tend to defend their brand to the death. It is part of defending their decision to purchase. Some have gone so far as to end up booted from this site over it! Do your homework. Go see both, ride in both, examine the construction of both, ask questions of both, check out others, and make an informed choice. It is a decision you get to decide for yourself. Between these two, you really cannot make a mistake! The Unique owners have their own site at: www.uniquecobra.com Check it out for more information. Check out the links Patrick gave you. The ERA site is great, as he mentions. By the way, the Unique Homecoming is happening on May 7-8 at the factory in Gadsden, AL. If you are available, it would be well worth the trip! See you there if you can make it! |
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I bought a Lone Star in 2000. It took two years to get in on the road. I was told I could build it for $25,000. I stopped keeping up with it when it went over $35K.
18 years later I had about $65,000 in it. 42,000 miles, lots of fun and I met thousands of great car people! Since then I have owned two other Cobras. I have worked on about 20 different brands. I have help sell five or six other Cobras. Jeff took 18 years to build his. He holds the record. Paint shops are the black hole for Cobras.:CRY: Got lots of stories about Cobra paint job. My advice is to buy a "good" Cobra with the paint and motor you can live with. Change what you want a little at a time. By motor I mean 302 base or 351 base or FE. Exhaust systems are expensive. Heads, cams, intakes not so much. Buying a running Cobra will cost you haft as much as building your own! And the time thing. You can spend time driving (enjoying) you new Car and bonding with the kids as you change things on the car. Remember a lot of Cobras were build by guys that don't know a lot about cars. Lots of problems. Thousands of unfinished kits out there!!!!! I've made a lot of money fixing Cobras. Have fun which ever way you chose :) |
Ricky Bobby
Gadsden Ala is not that far from Texas. Come join us for the Open House. |
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