SOHC Kirkham

[Maricopa]

Why is anybody getting worked up about this? He's 21 and in college, has no Kirkham, no SOHC, no money and no plans of buying or building anything for years and years. It's interesting yes but ultimately meaningless as all these prices will be different 5 or 10 years from now. It should have been presented as nothing more than hypothetical to begin with as any info given will be out of date and this thread archived and forgotten long before any of it gets used as anything more than a spreadsheet.

And before I get flamed for beating down a dream I've wanted a Cobra since I was 14 (1980) and by golly I finally got one. After I got married, bought a house, started a business, had kids etc, etc. Only took 24 years!

[Motorhead27]

The point of this thread, from the beginning, was to learn about Kirkhams. The talk about FFRs and how close it came to the price of a Kirkham, was only background of how I got here. I could care less what people say about my time frame, that I'm in college, there's no way a FFR could reach the price of a Kiirkham, etc. I just want to talk about Kirkhams and any powered by a SOHC.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Motorhead27

The talk about FFRs and how close it came to the price of a Kirkham, was only background of how I got here.

FWIW, I came very close to having a Contemporary Classic built in the early 1980s, when I was fresh out of school -- it was just a little too expensive, along with being newly married, mortgage, etc. Twenty years later I wrote a check to ERA for my Cobra. If Contemporary Classic was still in business today they would probably be the equivalent of an ERA. In those twenty years the price to get what I wanted more than doubled. I would guess that trend will probably continue.

[RodKnock]

Maybe I'm misinterpreting what others are saying here, but I don't understand why someone, anyone, who's interested in learning more about Cobras (and hopefully interior taste ), is being called a troll just because he's years away from his dream.

A bunch of dream killers you.

A SOHC in a Kirkham is my dream too, but another $30-50K isn't in the cards for me. But I can still dream and ask questions. Again, I may not be reading between the lines somewhere here.

[Hexnut72]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

Maybe I'm misinterpreting what others are saying here, but I don't understand why someone, anyone, who's interested in learning more about Cobras (and hopefully interior taste ), is being called a troll just because he's years away from his dream.

I am with you Rodney. Not sure why people are getting their panties in a wad. If we could only talk about reality on this board, it wouldn't be much fun. Hell, some people have spent years talking about wheels that don't exist.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by Hexnut72

Hell, some people have spent years talking about wheels that don't exist.

Hex, is that:

a) magnesium Halibrand wheel humor,
b) aluminum Sunburst wheel humor, or
c) all the above.

Because you're right!

[Dimis]

Originally Posted by Motorhead27

The point of this thread, from the beginning, was to learn about Kirkhams. .....

.... I just want to talk about Kirkhams and any powered by a SOHC.

Ok, I'll go out on a limb, and speak on behalf of everyone...

For what its worth everyone agrees that a "Kirkham powered by a SOHC" are "the duck's guts!!!"

(Google it if you have too...)

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Dimis

For what its worth everyone agrees that a "Kirkham powered by a SOHC" are "the duck's guts!!!"

Quite. But Motorhead27 should also be cautioned that the prudent Cobra purchaser does not buy his toy unless he can afford to take that money and throw it off the side of a cliff and still meet his obligations to those for whom he is responsible.

[FatBoy]

Originally Posted by Dimis

For what its worth everyone agrees that a "Kirkham powered by a SOHC" are "the duck's guts!!!"

(Google it if you have too...)

Is that the same as "the dog's bollocks"?

You can Google that as well if you want.

Paul