Shamrock Cobra Build in Cape Town

[Tarrensmith]

Hello all, have been busy with my Cobra project since July last year and am almost complete with the rolling chassis. Why Shamrock I hear you say... Well, Shamrock was a Cape Town based company that sadly closed its doors some years ago. Lucky for me I found a chassis and body and Eli, an ex Shamrock employee with many years of expertese behind him.

It had been a dream of mine to build a Cobra since I was younger than 16 as, for me, simply buying one is just not the same. I got married and decided - the time is right - so, on my birthday I paid for a chassis that had been lying around in a barn or something for 12 years.

It was a lot of fun reconditiong the XJ6 bits and getting my wife invloved and slowly, watching a car apear from what looked like a jungle gym.

Last weekend, we joined the Cape Cobra Club at a car show with the "Half Cobra". It was amazing how much interest it attracted with groups of people disccusing and looking. What a pleasure. Well, truthfully, either it was the interest or the fact that my wife was the one exibiting since I had a work function on.

Well, I welcome any comments and would love to engage in some conversation with any interested parties.

Tarren.