Excalibur Cobra Wanted

Excaliber · #1 (**permalink**) 05-03-2006, 05:35 AM

Red, white stripes, but never been offered for sale. I was the 2nd and 4th owner. The car was picked up from a dealer in Illinois when new and shipped to the "Big Island", Hawaii. I bought it at 8,000 miles and put many more on it. The current owner is pretty much a daily driver.

4th owner?

I sold it, missed it so much I bought it back within a couple of months and had to pay the guy I sold it to an additional $3000 to get it back! I might STILL buy it back from the current owner, just call me 'boomerang'. I love that car!

The current owner took the wheels apart, all those little bolts that hold the two peices of wheel together. He had the centers powdered coated black and all the little bolts chromed. He then had the the 'wing nut' chromed. He ran a bead of silicone around where the two halves of the wheel come together and bolted it all back up. I was in SHOCK, I thought he would ruin the wheels! They work great and LOOK FABULOUS!!!

... but lets not talk about the 'neon lights' that now grace the car in several areas. I told him, "OK, some neon lights, they look great, but if I EVER see a 'wing' or 'fart can' mufflers on it he CANNOT park by me anymore."

birdwatcher II · #2 (**permalink**) 05-07-2006, 07:32 PM

Man, you want to hear a good one? Well, I've been thinking I'd wait as long as it took to find my Excal, when out of nowhere, a 66 Corvette convertible falls in my lap. Matching #, 4 spd, 327 350hp, Factory side pipes, loaded with documentation and a GREAT deal. I pulled the trigger on it last week. Here's where the story gets good. I was in Kansas City on Friday at a car auction and there was an f'ing blue 95 Excalibur Cobra. Blue, A/C, top, 6k miles. EVERYTHING I wanted. It was a little edgy, A/C did not work, but a little TLC would have made it an amazing car. Needless to say, I'm out of money, but I still bid it up to $28k with intentions of selling it or the Vette. It sold for a few hundred over that. I'm pretty sure it will be popping up on eBay in a week or two. The guy that beat me out on the bid has been mentioned in this forum before.

I went over the car with a fine tooth comb if anyone wants my take. I'm certain it will be all over the internet for sale shortly.

So much for my patience