a little help

[hotlittlecobra]

I am a mechanic in the Air Force. I am very young but the love of my life is the 1967 427SC Shelby Cobra. It is my life long dream to build one myself, to cherish. Any help in finding bits cheap, or people to talk to about the engines' and body parts. I want to do a ground up, scratch- build or rebuild.

[trularin]

In the language of my son(s), "Got money?"

Look around, read about all the stuff going on and God bless you if you can get yourself into this without the price tag.

LOL

Good luck, you just need to pick a kit and start building. Lone Star isn't that bad. Their manual sucks.

www.lonestarclassics.com

Take a look.

[zipzip]

I've found this forum to be very, uh, interesting to follow. Really though, there are a lot of knowledge and even more experience here. Sometimes you have to wade through a lot of opinions, but all is good.

There are a lot of people out there making kits - some on the more "original" side and some not. Check out a book called "The complete guide to cobra replicas" It is again a book of opinions, but it does offer up a lot of solid starter advice. www.cobracountry.com used to be the website, but I can't seem to bring it up now.

Lone star and Factory Five Racing use a "donor" car to provide most of the parts. This is a good option for a low dollar boneyard special that will allow you the comfort of having most of the parts in one spot.

For more "customized" kits, there are a bunch of mfr's out there that do pretty much whatever you can dream up. Of course the higher you dream, the lighter your pocket is.

Good luck! Take it from one bitten since age 16! (now 35 and finally getting started.....uuuuggggh)