Newbie Needs Guidance

[Gee]

Hello all-

Confession...I am a AC Cobra rookie. Go easy on me.

I live in "poor man's" Lake Geneva(Lauderdale Lakes, WI). I am going to be purchasing a used AC Cobra replica before May of 2017. HOWEVER, need to the cost to "get through committee" (my wife) with as little pain as possible. I don't want to jump on a plane and fly to rural Arizona and get stuck with a lemon. Would like to purchase locally and keep the cost to under $20k. Doesn't need to be a 427, virtually indifferent on color(prefer guardsman's blue), willing to buy a higher mileage car if it has been well-maintained, obviously don't want anything that leaks oil or has any other mechanical defects. Don't want anything that has been spent its life on a track or wrecked. Prefer to purchase from original owner/builder. I do have a friend that is an engineer and has built an AC Cobra (I will be bringing him "in tow" - pun intended) to review the car.

Anyone know of someone looking to sell their Cobra in the Greater Chicagoland/WI area?

Thanks-

Dave