Sorting Out Used Cobra's

[frankym]

Perhaps the "buyer" read something like 60's "era", or found Carera when searching for the letters "era". This reminds me of when I sold a cobra, a potential buyer said he was thinking about buying a brand new superformance kit for 20k and that he would assemble the whole car, from the chassis up. I said Superformance doesn't sell a "kit" they sell complete cars. The man insisted it was true, I told him he should go buy the Superformance kit and to please leave. (I was very nice about it of course).

I don't know what ever became of a 400 series ERA that was a street version for sale somewhere in New York State advertised on cobra country with a side oiler for 47k. I think there are very few real steals out there, if something is priced a little too good to be true, then there's probably more to the story. Lots of contemporary cobras come to mind. At the same time, I still see lots of guys that put a brand new SPF together for @55k and then try to sell them for $60k and say $65k invested. I don't see how you could stack 30k in motor and tranny for a SPF (unless it's a nascar grade SO with a jericho). I think almost any combo except for maybe the SO motor could be done in a SPF for under 55k. $15k can get you a stroked windsor with a tremec, or even a southern automotive built 428 and toploader from david kee all installed for @14-16k. But enough said, good luck to all those looking to sell and to all the buyers, do everyone a favor and look at cars that are in your current budget; don't test drive somebody's kirkham if you've got a 25k budget, just common courtesy. And if you do want to investigate the ERA or SPF if it's way outside your budget, go to the dealer or better still, go to a cobra event and check them out, most cobra owners are really friendly and happy to educate others, as long as its sincere. If a buyer starts yapping nonsense, or it's clear that they're just wasting the seller's time, don't be shocked if they get a little venmous. Only those that have sold a cobra can really appreciate what I am talking about!