Cobra Completion Fundraiser for 767Jockey

[767Jockey]

Originally Posted by tcrist

From what I have read on this post, the main wait is for the correct parts, for the perfect car, at an affordable price. As you can see, that does not seem to be working out very well.

I am sure that Doug wants certin things in/on his car, BUT, wouldn't it be better to have a car that you can drive rather than wait or all of the "perfect" parts.

JMHO, but I could be wrong.

BTW Doug, How are you doing/feeling?

Hi, Terry - I'm actually not doing too bad right now. It could certainly be a lot worse so I'm happy with that. As for the car, things are where they were, more or less. I scour the ads regularly for an inexpensive pair of heads, beside that the parts are more or less in place. DV tells me that there are many boxes of parts that many of you shipped over to his place, I have no idea what's there to tell you the truth. DV hasn't had an opportunity to go through them yet. I'm certainly not holding out for perfection on the car or the parts that go in it. A friend thinks he may have an old cast iron set of Ford FE heads that can be re-worked to fit the engine. He's not feeling all that well either, however once he's up and about he's planning on scouting his parts supply to see if they're in there and I'll purchase them from him once he finds them. I'll take whatever heads I can afford. These seem to be fine to me if he has them.

In looking at the reasons the car is not done, the weather was really bad out at DV's place all winter, and so far this year thankfully his shop has been busy with jobs that pay his bills. DV is making hay while the opportunity is there, and certainly rightfully so. I wouldn't have it any other way. Once all the timelines and weather factors fall into place, he'll jump on the car and get it done. As always, I remain so thankful and grateful to all for their amazing generosity on this project, I'm patiently and gratefully waiting for it all to come together while getting the health picture as cleared up as can be. Thanks again to all!

[CobraEd]

My recommendation is to make a full court press and get the damn car done (with the exception of the heads). as soon as they come in, pop them on and be done with it. Are we moving on this or not. If this were corporate America, . . jobs would be on the line to say the least.

Ever hear the expression "You can pay anyone to give you excuses". We need to find a way to succeed!!!!! Not sure where the holdup is, but if commitments were made and the full awareness of Club Cobra is behind this, we collectively need to put all the multitude of reasons for failure behind us and make this happen.

I am in Virginia and no longer retired, or I would go wherever the damn car is and wrench it myself.



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[patrickt]

Originally Posted by CobraEd

My recommendation is to make a full court press and get the damn car done (with the exception of the heads). as soon as they come in, pop them on and be done with it.

Agreed. The car's gonna break down anyway (they all do)... so just get it together as best it can go and get it out on the road. Come on....

[CobraEd]

Old 390 junkyard heads costing next to nothing will probably last for 20,000 miles as is, right off the car and produce at least 350 - 400 hp. I would take that any day over no Cobra at all !!!! What good will the car do for Doug if he is 87 when he gets it? Just build it and let him enjoy it. If he is like the rest of us, he is gonna want to mod it over time anyway.


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