My name is Russ in Helotes, TX. Seems I've been "outed" on this forum that I have Hurricane HM-2005 build in process so it seems I should go ahead and post some pix. I took delivery of HM-2005 in April so I'm pretty far along with the build and have plenty of pictures. Bear with me as I learn the process for uploading pictures.
The new owners at Hurricane Motorsports have made a number of improvements for the new generation Hurricanes. The folks at Hurricane have been excellent to deal with especially Steve Sinnard. I had Stewart Transport deliver it from Iowa to Texas. Only car on their big transport. They are used to delivering up to 12 FFRs on each truck.
My Cobra has a Keith Craft 408W putting out somewhere around 515hp and 525ftlbs of torque. My boss had an original CSX street version with the 427 FE side oiler. He bought it in '67 and drove it while in college, restored it and sold it in '98. Rode plenty of times with him (wouldn't let other people drive it because of the value) and the FE to me was just too much. The 408W was a compromise. I know there are plenty of opinions on both sides.
My car also has IRS, TKO 600, Vintage Wheels and Goodyear Billboards. Other stuff I got from Hurricane was ceramic coated headers/sidepipes and powder coated frame (both were excellent).
Here are some pix. I know Dean Lampe has an excellent build thread for HM-2002 so I'll try to not rehash too much on this build thread.
First shows all the boxes that came from Hurricane.
Second one is after the windshield was installed.
And finally the body on the body buck. Thanks to Paul Proefrock for the plans. Had to make a couple of changes to stiffen up the ends and to lower it a bit to get it under the garage opening.
More pictures to come.
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