Motor choice

[RallySnake]

Ken,

No, the pictures in my gallery are of a the salvage car in Canada that I posted for someone to buy very cheaply. I never did get any feedback on the sale of that car. But, bidding was only $3,000, what a deal!

I have been looking for an article about how to use styrofoam to shape a car body for you. But, I haven't found it yet. I agree that lowering the body is the primary issue with the shape and that's very difficult. It's easier than paying 80% tax on everything you import though!

Paul

[fastraxsg]

If that car was still for sale, even it would be better than mine....
I've seen photos of guys using the green foam that florist shops use for shaping parts, some even leave it in as long as its sealed. The guys used cardboard and newspaper when they made mine, still have bits up under the fender and inside the door. I've been thinking about redoing parts, just afraid I may never finish. As for lowering the car, I have lowered springs in front and a new set of proper lowered springs for the back on order(from Australia), the last set I got was second hand and sacked already. One of the major areas that would need to be addressed is laying down the radiator, I'm looking at a new one, and then dropping the the nose down and make the front intake smaller, right now its huge. Not sure if I could do that myself and end up with something resasonable to look at. If I drop the height of the fender down the whole trunk area has to come down too and then the dash would have to go down and whew....is that really worth it with this car? In our converstations here, we have thought about getting an old Toyota DX or something with a simple frame, and then work a ladder frame from there, have been told we could get Lexus rear end, second hand motor Chevy, no one is bringing in Ford's that we have found but might wrangle self import, and then see if we can get a local body made. All this is dependent on whether we deadend on getting a kit in. If we get a kit in, think the best is do finish up my Holden and flog it off. Then start clean. Too many decisions here and too many things up in the air, not like home, everything is just a phone call away...

[RallySnake]

fastraxsg,

I will keep my eyes open for something on the salvage front. Last week a Lamborghini Murcielago sold for near $100,000. It was the wild yellow color and only had a little damage to the rear.

If you could buy a damaged car for under $5,000, even with the 80% import duty, it would be affordable. You have lots of resources there to do fiberglass repair so it could work out. However, Cobra's do not show up that often. It could be a year or two before we find one. If we get lucky and it's local to me, I can help with shipping.

Paul

[RallySnake]

Well, it didn't take a year. There's a salvage Cobra on sale RIGHT NOW!

Check it out, it's in Fairfield California and it's going pretty high. There are a couple more pictures in my gallery.

Virtual Sale Starts : FRIDAY 08/25/2006 at 11:30 AM EST
Pick Up Location : *VIX*
Sale Date : 8/25/06 Item# 35
Description : 1965 FORD COBRA
Color : RED
VIN :
ACV : $45,000 USD
Repair Cost : $1,000 USD
Title Type : SALVAGE CERTIFICATE
Loss Type : OTHER COMPREHENSIVE
Mileage : 8025 A
Damage Type : NO
Special Notice: VEHICLE NOT IN YARD TIL SOLD
Current Bid: $24,200 USD

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[FUNFER2]

Damage of $1,000 and it's a salvage title ? Wow, maybe I missed something?

[fastraxsg]

Paul, no matter what happens I seem screwed here, was told after I double checked, no second hand cars can be imported into Indonesia...I also crawled around this "beauty" of mine, and the biggest problem is the frame in the front, its really high and dropping the fenders would require a frame cut too. The other consideration to dropping the nose down is that the motor sits so far forward, those two extra cylinders, it would stick out through the hood, could move the scoop further forward but would make it look oven odder. The rear might be able to be dropped more,will check after I get the lowered springs here. Seems if I rebuild the mount for the shock the tires can go farther up in the wheel well , not sure why it was made like this but might be some wiggle room there. I should see if there was ever a lowered wheel spindle made for the Torana....thanks for thinking of me....I'd probably go crazy being back in the States, too many choices.

[Naumoff]

Ken,

Would it be cheaper(or better) To build the Cobra you want in Australia
Store it and visit it when you want. I am sure one of the Aussie Cobrafiles
would help you out.

Heck, It looks like you could swim to Australia.

Just a thought