Earliest SPF's Around?

[Blas]

Werner,
The earlier Superformance chassis are all in South Africa. (Chassis #1, #7, #10). Chassis #11, #15, #16, #19 are also on the African continent. Chassis #23 was the first sent to the USA. The other missing chassis numbers were probably factory mules used for development.
I believe yours was the 1st chassis sent outside SA.
Are you a new owner of this chassis? I ask because you are not listed on the owner’s registry as the current owner. I believe your #011 is red with a wood dash, solid rear axle and RH Drive...
If you send me an email off line, I can help you get registered as the current owner on the Owners Registry. I can also tell you a bit more about your car but man who runs the Owners Registry can tell you more. My contact info is below.

[SunDude]

Originally Posted by super

This forum entry isn‘t very new - I know - but I have something to add...

Hello Bill,

you asked the Guys around if anybody knows anything about the very early SPF‘s.

One of these cars is mine. I‘m the proud owner of the SPF #011

At the moment I‘m seeking for the history of my car.

Do you know something about my car?

Does anybody knows something about these 23 SPF prototypes which were built in the time before 1992?

Who are the owners of these cars, where do they live, which cars still exisit and run and which cars are lost?

Answers to these questions would be very interesting for me.

Werner

Do you have any recent photos of your car that you can post? I'd love to see what it looks like today, and suspect I'm not alone.

[super]

Originally Posted by SunDude

Do you have any recent photos of your car that you can post? I'd love to see what it looks like today, and suspect I'm not alone.

I‘d uploaded some first photos ( to be continued ... )

[mudhenk27]

Perhaps you early SPF owners out there can help me with a couple of things.

I think I need new front calipers. They appear to be German, but does anyone know from what car...or part number?

Some of the bases on my turn signal/tail lights are starting to rust out. Does anyone know what these came from?



Thanks.............Bill

[super]

This forum entry isn‘t very new - I know - but I have something to add...

Hello Bill,

you asked the Guys around if anybody knows anything about the very early SPF‘s.

One of these cars is mine. I‘m the proud owner of the SPF #011 ( see also Superformance Owners Forum's SUPERFORMANCE NEWS and SP 011)

As I‘m seeking for the history of my car, I entered this forum.

Do you know something about my car?

Werner

[rpatton3]

I saw one of the early Superformance roadsters at the Run 'n' Gun in Norwalk, OH in 1996.
It was yellow with black stripes and had a then new crate motor, a 460 535hp.

[mudhenk27]

Congratulations, Werner...you have a great car. Mike Stenhouse recently sent me what he knows about the prototype cars. This is the information he has about yours. Please register with him and he will update this.

Mk III Prototype #011
color: Red
dealer: Stevn RSA
owner: Joachim Schwind
country: Germany

I wish I could tell you more, but you already have everything that I know about #011.

If you can locate the original dealer, you might be fortunate to get more information. Doug Reed and Charlie Ponstein, the original USA dealers, were very helpful, and Doug was able to send me some pictures of my #023 when it first came into the USA. He also confirmed that although the VIN indicates a 1994 car, it was actually built in 1992 and was the first Superformance Cobra in the USA.

I would guess that your car was also built in 1992, even if your VIN says 1994.

All the best........Bill

[Morningrun]

Good Morning Gentlemen, I have car #062. Black with silver stripes, black roll bar and silver side pipes, 351, Tremec, all the usual stuff. I too have the odd snap location for the top. I believe... I am the third owner. I purchased the car about three years ago, It stlll had the original fake knock-offs and standard speedo. I have since upgraded both items. It has been a fantastic car. Best, Chris

[Tony Ripepi]

Hello All,

Mike Carr here in the BCC has #30 and has the "Vintage" plastic fake knock off replicas on his chrome wheels. Back in the day Ron Rosen had coffee with my wife while I test drone one of the early cars, I waited until #343 to own one.

Tony R.

[Dominik]

I didn't have 058, it was 059. I found pics.

[Riverside racer]

Roy, from Classic Car Connection owns #97. Red with white stripes ,double roll bar and early wheels,427 FE stroked to 488, ally heads and flywheel,K.B 10.1 pistons 1.72 roller rockers etc etc 610 ft lbs torque (which requires some getting used to.) Dennis gave it the once over before allowing Roy to take it.
Roy wants to sell and can be contacted at 9057048475
The other earlier SPF I know belongs to Louis van Heerden in Pretoria South africa .When I visited last month was taken into the "nursery" This car is immaculate and yet shows 22000 miles on the clock
I`m afraid I have forgotten the number but have e mailed for it and will post it

[jumpman420]

You might also try contacting Bill Baker. He ran a Superformance dealership at one time and might be able to point you in the right direction for the lights and housings. I am putting a car back together and he put me in contact with headlights and all taillights.

gt350wab@bellsouth.net is his email

[buddyg]

Old thread but I enjoyed reading it. Blas you seem to know a lot about these chassis numbers!

[Got the Bug]

Originally Posted by buddyg

Old thread but I enjoyed reading it. Blas you seem to know a lot about these chassis numbers!

Agree. Nice (old) thread to read through.

[Fred Hamilton]

158 is still around, the car came to Doug Reed and them made the dealer rounds before it got to Seattle. The car had an E-brake handle but that is as far as it went. 12" rear disks so there was no room to put the E-brake calipers on. Have no idea why this came about. Any clues Doug. The car was also painted Wild Berry with white stripes again the only car that Superformance painted this color

[Mark IV]

I have some of those lenses and trim rings in stock......I wondered what they fit!!! We have 097 in the shop available for sale.

[Dominik]

Just checking in.

[mudhenk27]

Resurrecting an old thread to give old SPF owners an update.

I was visiting a friend who is a British-car fan...has 2 MG's and a Sprite. He verified that the indicator and tail lights on COB023 are Austin Healy. He also gave me two trim rings for my car.

Gotta love car guys.

edit: Just realized I should have said "to update owners of old SPF's" :-)

[super]

I know, it’s an old thread, but here a photo of the current situation of #010 (left) and #011 (right).

The photo has been taken this September at the European Cobra Meeting in Inzell / Bavaria.

Werner




(see also: https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...+cobra+meeting)