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RestoCreations
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Tue January 10, 2012
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SOLD! ($135,000.00)
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Excellent
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Description:
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I have tried over and over to upload photos, but it will not let me. Please see my build thread in the Kirkham section for photos. I will continue to attempt to upload photos. I have even compressed them and it still refuses to accept them.
Thanks!
This ad is for one of the two cars that were built for the 2008 movie Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr. It is an all aluminum bodied Kirkham Motorsports KMS SC 427 model. Cinema Vehicles contacted Kirkham Motorsports and had them build two rolling cars for the movie. One car was crushed during filming, but the other was spared since the filming went correctly on the first take.
Both cars were put up for Auction at Mecum in May 2010, which is where i purchased the uncrushed Kirkham. When i purchased the car, it was not equipped with any drivetrain components and the suspension components were all reject or defect products that were simply installed on the car to make it a roller. Obviously the car was intended to be crushed, so cinema vehicles did not want to pay extra for brand new billet aluminum suspension and therefore, the Kirkhams used broken or defective parts to make the car into a roller. In addition, the car had no electrical wiring and the gauges, passenger seat, lemans cap, carpet, radiator, sidepipes, oil cooler, headlamps, taillamps, parking lamps, and dash vinyl were either broken or in bad shape and needed to be replaced.
A few months after purchasing the car, i decided to start transforming the roller into a functional car, so I contacted David Kirkham and purchased the necessary components. The items I purchased from Kirkham Motorsports to make the car into a functional car are as follows:
NOTES:
- The car is registered as a 1965 Kirkham Cobra. Alabama does not title cars older than 1981 and therefore the car will be sold on a BIll of Sale. I will make sure that you have all necessary paperwork to Title the car in your State.
-I have put 300 miles on the car to break in the components and to make sure that all leaks and other small bugs were worked out of the system.
-I have included two photos of the car with its crushed counterpart at the Mecum auction in May of 2010. This is when the car was just a roller and did not have any functional suspension, brakes, or drivetrain.
All new billet aluminum suspension with fully adjustable coil over shocks
Wilwood Brakes
Aluminum Differential
Half axles with CV Joints
Driveshaft
Billet aluminum driveshaft safety loop
Stainless steel foot box heat shields
Polished Stainless steel side pipes
Polished Stainless steel headers
Lemans cap and base
Licence Lamp
Billet Aluminum fluid reservoirs
Hydraulic clutch assembly with billet aluminum clutch fork
Pedal assembly with billet pedals
Accelerator Assembly
Dash leather
Leather passenger seat
Wool carpet
Aluminum radiator and fan
Puke tank
Billet aluminum pulleys and alternator mount
Billet aluminum coolant reservoir
Brushed aluminum Turkey pan
Billet aluminum carburetor feed lines
Wheel well foam
Billet Aluminum adjustable seat tracks for the driver’s side with special mounts for the Kirkey Racing Seat
Rack and pinion steering
Stainless steel Steering shafts and joints
Aluminum steering wheel hub
Stainless Air Cleaner assembly to match Turkey pan
Footbox vent assembly
Billet aluminum emergency brake.
Other features are Simpson racing seat belts, Shelby alumium Shifter with special knob for the 5 speed tremec shifter pattern,
ENGINE
The engine is a new ALL ALUMINUM SHELBY big bore 427FE block. It features
All forged Stroker Crank, rods, and pistons, that make the actual cubic inch measurement of the engine, 527.
Ported Edelbrock heads with large valves by Keith Kraft
Port matched Edelbrock Performer RPM intake manifold by Keith Kraft
PBM Hydraulic Roller Lifters with vertical link bars
Keith Kraft Custom Hydraulic Roller Camshaft made by Comp Cams
T&D Shaft Mount Full Roller Rockers
Custom Length Hardened Pushrods
Aviad Aluminum oil pan
Carroll Shelby Signature Valve Covers
Custom QuickFuel 850CFM double pumper carburetor
Setrab 18 Row Oil Cooler
Custom Braided Stainless Steel Oil Cooler Lines -12AN
Shelby Billet Alumium Block Adapter for Remote Oil Filter
Aluminum Remote mount oil filter
TRANSMISSION, CLUTCH, and REAR END
TKO600 5 speed transmission with .84 5th gear ratio
Quicktime Bellhousing custom modified for Kirkham Billet clutch fork
Kirkham billet aluminum clutch fork
Mccleod clutch
Mccleod flyhweel
Kirkham Powdercoated steel driveshaft and u joints
Kirkham billet aluminum driveshaft safety loop
Kirkham alumium differential with 3.54 gears
SUSPENSION, BRAKES, WHEELS and TIRES
Kirkham Billet aluminum upper and lower front control arms
Kirkham Billet aluminum upper and lower rear control arms
Kirkham Billet alumium Uprights
Kirkham Spindles with integrated safety pins for knock off wheels
Kirkham Billet aluminum front sway bar
Penske Coil over Shocks and Springs from Kirkham
Kirkham Half Shafts with CV joints. This is a fully Independent Rear Suspension System
4 wheel four Piston Wilwood calipers
Halibrand Knock off Wheels
GoodYear BillBoard Tires
FUEL SYSTEM
Kirkham Stainless Steel Fuel Tank
Holley Electric in line Fuel Pump
-8AN Custom made Braided Stainless Steel Fuel Lines. Feed and Return lines
Trick Flow in line Fuel Filter
Mallory Fuel Pressure Regulator
Custom Fuel Log to transfer fuel from -8an lines to custom billet alumium -6an lines in carburetor.
Aeromotive Fuel Pressure gauge
Custom Quick Fuel 850CFM Double Pumper Carburetor with Mechanical Secondaries
ELECTRICAL
MSD Digital 6 Plus Ignition system
MSD Pro Billet Distributor with mechanical advance
Taylor Spiro Pro 8mm plug wires
Ron Francis Chassis Harness
Ron Francis Battery cables(ground runs full length of car and is attached to the engine, as should be).
Smith’s Original Style gauges with electric tachometer and 180 reverse read speedometer.
Autolite Alternator
Hella Horns
12V Battery Mounted in Trunk
New headlamps, taillamps, and parking lamps.
Original style turn signal mounted on the column.
Powerbraid wiring loom was used on all wiring, minus battery cables.
PAINT
-The paint is in great condition, but there are a few chips from when the car was abused by spectators at the Mecum auction. At the time, the car did not have any weatherstripping, a hood prop, or trunk prop. People were raising the hood to see if the car had an engine, which of course it did not, and then letting the hood go as if it had dampners installed, which caused a few chips on the edges of the hood. In addition, since the doors did not have weatherstripping, the edges of the door were hitting the edge of the door opening, which caused a few small chips. The paint is also chipped on the lower nose section on one of the white stripes. I have touched these areas up, but i just wanted to mention them.
-The sidepipes that were installed on the car were non functional. I purchased Kirkham stainless steel header tubes and muffler pipes and i could not bring myself to paint the pretty stainless white, so i polished them instead. The holes that were cut for the fake sidepipes were too small and i had to enlarge them to fit the new exhaust. After enlarging the cut outs, this area had to be protected because there was no way to prevent the paint from chips and flaking since the edge of the paint was exposed. So, i fabricated custom brushed aluminum heat shields to protect the paint around the sidepipe cut outs in the body. They are riveted in place with 4 pop rivets and can easily be removed if the pipes or engine ever need to be serviced.
OTHER FEATURES
-Rack and Pinion Steering
-Stainless steel steering shafts and joints
-Cobra Emblems on nose and trunk
-Ford 427 Cobra side emblems
-Kirkham Billet Aluminum Pulleys
-Kirkham aluminum coolant tubes
-Shelby Waterpump
-MotoLita Wood Steering Wheel
-new weatherstripping
-Shelby Shifter
-Adjustable sliding rear view mirror
-Powdercoated Bulkhead
-New Trunk and hood prop
-New License plate bracket
-Aluminum hood scoop
-Alumium sill plates
This is an incredible car and a pure thrill to drive. I took extreme care and went through the car in meticulous detail to make sure it would turn out to be something very special. This is about as close to a real Shelby as you could ever hope to own without actually shelling out a million dollars and the movie history behind the car should help it appreciate in value over time.
A signed letter from David Kirkham, the owner of Kirkham Motorsports, authenticating the history of this Iron Man Kirkham comes with the car as well as the paperwork from the Mecum auction and a Signed and framed poster from Cinema Vehicles.
The car puts out around 600hp and i would highly recommend that the buyer take a driving course in the car before even thinking about putting his/her foot into the pedal. I built this car to have as much power as possible and it can and will get away from the driver very quickly. It is a blast and a thrill to drive, but any car that is this light, with this much power, can get an inexperienced driver into trouble.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss the car in further detail, please feel free to contact me. I have a complete online album of the build on photobucket and i will be more than happy to share that link with potential buyers.
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