I received this email from Bill, a guy I sold a M-16 so I could buy a Cobra kit.
I had to sell four machine guns to start with my build.
The four machine gun in today market are worth about $75,000.
Dwight
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Still got the M16, wish I had the Cobra but it would only run on 106 Octane
gas and it was getting very rare and expensive. I had an AC Bristol Cobra
that I got because of a wreck (I got hit by a Dr's wife and because she was
drunk and cause the Dr. didn't want the claim to go to court, he settled by
buying me a new car). I bought the car at Bill McNatt Ford in Iuka MS and
paid $3650 off the showroom floor, total cost out the door. I drove the car
until I got married and gas went through the roof, sold it for $5800 to the
first offer I got - got many offers after it was already gone (I sold to
soon).
It was wicked fast, had monster torque and would eat any tire I put on it.
It would run only on high octane gas cause when I rebuilt the motor I put
Jahns 11.5 to 1 popups in with a Crane 297/523 cam, 80" radiused anti-pump
up lifters, an offenhauser dual port channel ram, 1150 double pumper,
melling 25 over oil pump, motion industries did the crank and top end, and
the heads were by Gap and Rousch. Mallory Dual point distributor, Holley
headers, ported and polished. I had as much in the engine as I sold the car
for - wish I had kept it but I did not.
It was repainted in Black Jade and gold (Black Jade was a very dark green
that looked black at night. Glod was triple stripe around wheel well across
trunk and up to a stinger point on the hood - it looked pretty nice. 18
coats on the green and 9 coats on the gold.
Now I am just gonna cry,
BillC