The cost of building DD Cobra !

Hawkeye · #1 (**permalink**) 04-12-2011, 07:55 PM

Hi Michel, mine fell into about the same price range. Of the items that I kept track of it came in about $42K +/-. but I know I have spent $2 to $4 k more on some misc. parts, nuts and bolts, labour for tune ups alignments and getting ready for registration that were not documented.

Good luck and enjoy. Can't wait to see your pictures.

Wayne

michel schryer · #2 (**permalink**) 04-13-2011, 07:45 PM

I was surprised as well how much it cost me. Parts cost ads up very fast. I never expected the investment to be so substancial. For the money I could have bought myself a nice Porsche but who gets the attention if you put a Porsche beside a Cobra replica in a parking lot,just check around and you'll have the answer and we all know that so I'm glad I did it and there's no regrets,you live only once. My wife's bonus went on the car for the paint job but she's o.k with that,it keeps me happy since my golf career is over due to some complications,I needed something to keep me busy. The journey is almost finished but I will still improve the car afterward even when it's finished. It's never really finish with this car,always something to keep you busy,can't really say that with a new car. Thanks Donald for making a very nice product,sorry if I was a little hard on you sometimes but I'm not a very patient person,I expect too much sometimes.The quality of the car is appreciated by a lot of people that look at the car and the compliments were flowing even without the paint done and I can't only imagine what it's gonna be after my paint work is done.
Thanks also to Greg (you know who you are) for your support and good tips,you made my build easier,I'll see you this summer for sure.
I will post pictures as soon as the beast is back from the spa,probably in may sometime,the work has started and Bret at BRM said he will do a great job so we'll talk again boys

michel schryer · #3 (**permalink**) 04-03-2012, 06:00 PM

Picking it up my DD from the paint shop tomorrow after 1 year in there,finally coming home so I can finish installing the carpet. It's a $50,000 kit car,yet the appraiser has yet to come back to do a final appraisal,paint was just $10,000,no big deal I offered to give him my arm instead. Blue Indigo ink with black racing stripes looks really hot... I will try to put pictures up sometimes if I can figure it out. This car is attracting sooo much attention,I don't even have to buy a porsche cayman anymore !!,well maybe when I retire. Now it's time to drive and enjoy it finally !

Michel

Joey.S · #4 (**permalink**) 04-03-2012, 06:53 PM

I will be picking up my D&D Cobra this Friday the 13

I'm so excited

michel schryer · #5 (**permalink**) 04-25-2012, 06:17 PM

Joe,take your time and you will have a nice car. Thanks to Don for helping me out sometimes,he was always there when I needed help ( A manual would be nice ) but he needs a secretary still to take care of the paperwork and to track the parts to be shipped,this is all constructive criticisms. It was a lot more than I expected but now I can just look at it and appreciate . I counted all my receipts and I came to $50,000 including my $10,000 paint job,that doesn't include the trips to the part store,but I might have said that already,anyway keep us in touch with your progress,have fun with it !

Michel