Kit Car Magazine on Run'nGun 2007

[Clois Harlan]

Duane,

I will answer that question for John, they are phenominal cars that are well designed and and easy on the eyes. John brought several bodies that he could literally switchout in a matter of minutes. I like the T-Bucket but my favorite is his newly designed Dragon.

The Dragons did extremely well at last years Run and Gun and if John is building a Cobra I am sure he will be more than a force to compete against. Glad to hear that most everyone had a good time. Keep in mind guys those Stalkers and Lotus 7's are faster than most of us and if they are piloted by a competent driver like Dennis Brunton, Chuck Spera, and possibly Jerry Fink then next year we have a lot of work ahead of us to hold our own. Keep checking in on our website from time to time to see whats plans for 2008 are coming together. Run 'N Gun

Clois

[decooney]

Originally Posted by Clois Harlan

Duane,

I will answer that question for John, they are phenominal cars that are well designed and and easy on the eyes. John brought several bodies that he could literally switchout in a matter of minutes. I like the T-Bucket but my favorite is his newly designed Dragon....

Clois

Sounds good Clois. I am familiar with the Dragons or what started as a Dragon; a.k.a CooX Lister #001

Wait 'til John/Paul see the newly revised Dragon (a.k.a CooX Lister) me and another guy are building together for a good friend of mine. The only thing that is original Dragon on this car is the chassis itself. It's a nice chassis I might add. It was all together last month for the maiden voyage in rough body form and we put about 200 miles on it for the shakedown run. It then came all back apart for refab'd body, paint, detail, and many more hand made parts. The entire front end nose and shape is something completely different now. What a job. We split the front end completely apart and cut out the back part of the bump, removed the raised/flare hood sections, and extended and raised the front of the bump forward outward to make it look more similar to an original '58 Lister; and moved the wheel arches a bit to fit our wheel/tire combo. Imagine a low and wide Lister race car on the street, if you can picture that. The dash and windshield is all hand formed/made too...with several other mods. Has a brand new pro-comp 383 stroker in old school theme, TKO 600 Road Race 5-speed, custom exhaust, 3.42 axle ratio, aluminum suspension and differential, QA1 coilovers, and more. Just how it needs to be. Most of it will be going back together by March for final assembly and trinket detail. We are going to put it in a body/paint vendor booth at WSCB this year if the black paint comes out as nice as we hope. It's been fun to do because the car is 100% hand made, including the custom wheels, and bits all over the car.

I've driven it more than a few times already, and it's very fun to drive. It's definitely lighter and quicker than my big block Cobra. Pulls like a freight train in the midrange sector; almost sport bike feel when it starts pulling. Can't wait to finish it and hand it over to my friend. He is jumping out of his skin right about now with anticipation. I gotta say though, we would probably not build another one like this; way too much time into it as a "let's see if we can do it type project"