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Re: Seen today
« Reply #15 on: 24 January 2019, 08:15:30 »

Why not... 8)

https://goo.gl/images/KJypqT

Quite an interesting story behind it too :y
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« Reply #16 on: 24 January 2019, 08:50:10 »

Have to be an AC Cobra for me , basic brutal & beautiful.

If you have a spare couple of mil, you can have an "original".
£80k will get you an aluminium bodied 100% replica from Dave Brookes
£20-50k will get you a plastic fantastic any-percent-you-desire replica from most major kit manufacturers depending on spec (cheaper usually means weedier engine - under £20k and you'll still find the odd Pinto-powered one!)

My plastic fantastic is still in bits, sadly ;D



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Re: Seen today
« Reply #17 on: 24 January 2019, 10:04:23 »

Pinto powered Cobra = rong!  ::)
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« Reply #18 on: 24 January 2019, 10:21:55 »

They're pretty rare now, but very occasionally someone will pop up having bought a Pinto powered car or a Ford V6 powered car.. mostly it's Rover V8 in the cheaper ones (Pilgrim) now and Chev 350 or LSx in everything else except the more "original" kits that are Ford FE or Cleveland/Windsor powered.

Except in the US, where Ford Modular V8s seem to be the engine of choice for most (except alu bodied Kirkhams that are FE powered, of course).
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« Reply #19 on: 24 January 2019, 12:57:12 »

It can't have been much harder or more expensive to find a Rover V8 than a Pinto for a LONG time now, and they are probably lighter!

A mate of mine built a Tojero with a relatively standard Rover V8. It wasn't breathtakingly fast but it had a lovely V8 burble. I can't understand why you'd want a Cobra with a 4 pot drone instead. :-\ As to the Ford V6.. :-X
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« Reply #20 on: 24 January 2019, 13:32:19 »

The ones that tend to pop up with those engines all seem to have been built in the 1980s or early 1990s; back then I guess the RV8 was still more expensive and it was really possible to do a "budget" build that was probably £10k or so..

..it's not even possible to build a basic RV8 powered Pilgrim for under £30k now, I don't think.. brightwork will set you back nearly £3k alone!
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Re: Seen today
« Reply #21 on: 24 January 2019, 13:51:22 »

Ouch! Anyway, what is this brightwork of which you speak, and how much power do you need before you have to start bolting on extra ballast like that?  ;)
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« Reply #22 on: 24 January 2019, 14:11:58 »

Ouch! Anyway, what is this brightwork of which you speak, and how much power do you need before you have to start bolting on extra ballast like that?  ;)

Well, part of that cost is the windscreen ;D I would say "and you can't do without that" except you can, of course..
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Re: Seen today
« Reply #23 on: 25 January 2019, 00:45:00 »

https://www.texas-speed.com/c-3207-ls1-turn-key-engine-packages.aspx

 This is where I would start if a 427 was unavailable
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Re: Seen today
« Reply #25 on: 25 January 2019, 08:36:45 »

It was once said that Cobras at speed on the M1 was one of the reasons for the introduction of the 70mph limit.Whether there was any truth in the claim I don't know,but certainly not a bad bit of publicity for a sports car.They say it's the most copied car in the world,not bad for what started as a 2L car from a tiny manufacturer.
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