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Chook, it all comes back to the year of manufacture, which is year of 1st registration for these used Cobra's.

The emissions level the Cobra was originally complied to is what it will still need to meet. Don't even think about AU or LS engines, they are only required for new Cobra builds. The Cobra's you are looking at will have much earlier engines as they will be old models. So will have carby or if you are lucky a very early EFI engine.

Have you chatted to an engineer about the requirements for registration transfer. NSW does require re-engineering for interstate cars, but only to the standards that applied at the vehicles manufacture date. It should be a straight forward process. Notice that I say should, as this is way more hassle than it should be.

NSW is not the only state that is a pain, if you transfer a NSW rego car to QLD, QLD will still require re-engineering. It is obvious that NSW, QLD etc transport departments do not trust each others requirements and processes.

With that budget in mind I would recommend looking at the much more popular early kit models like DRB or RMC. The early DRB will drive better and be easier to maintain, but the RMC would appeal more to the purist. Most likely will have an early Ford Windsor engine. So much knowledge and experience available on this forum for these models. Both very solid models, guaranteed future resale and a whole lot of fun to own. How do I know, I have owned both models myself and really enjoyed my time with them.

Good luck with your search mate.


Craig White