Someone started a thread on this car over on the saacforum, thought I would jump start one here was well so that everyone is up to speed before they go for a ride:
✔1966 Contemporary Cobra 427 s/c
I saw this car 6 weeks ago up close and in person, I spent 2.5 hours going over the car with the seller and explained in great detail what he has on his hands. The chassis is indeed a Contemporary unit with torsion bar front suspension, aged jag front and rear suspension. 390 (no cross bolting, could not get to casting numbers to verify 100%) block (427 MR heads (I believe), aftermarket dual four intake), toploader 4spd, Lakewood bellhousing, a nice set of Trigo/Halibrand knock offs with adapters, early Shell Valley body with a lot of the inner structure cut out (a true throw a way body more for garage art with what is actually left of it than anything else), uncoated contemporary rollbar, early Shell Valley windshield. Receipts for engine rebuild mention cracked block and no warranty. It is missing 50% of the parts needed to finish (correct Contemporary body included in that statement). I explained the differences in great detail, he took notes, but clearly choose to ignore all of it. He is looking for an inexperienced person to bail him out, I offered him $11,000 (afterwards my wife told me I was crazy to even offer him that much) for it as there is another Contemporary project car in California for $11-12,000 (listed here on club cobra) that you could combine the two and be into a nice car for under 30K (a decent big block Contemporary replica sells for $38,000-$48,000). Sadly, he was taken for a ride, is out of work, and is now getting pretty desperate to find someone else to take advantage of based on his latest craigslist advertisement.
Let the potential buyer beware.
Bill S.
PS: Pictures are an exaggeration of what the chassis looks like today, it is not clean, and will need to be torn apart, sand blasted, and rebuilt, all rubber bushings included in that statement.
PSS: Body is not useable due to the inner structure (75% of it) being cut out for reasons unknown. No inner trunk liner, no inner engine compartment liner, passenger footbox half missing, etc.
Contemporary Chassis in Downingtown,PA
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