[BoatBuilder3]

Last Friday, I took delivery of an unfinished CMC Cobra. Actually, not very much had been done to it at all considering someone ordered the kit 15 years ago and it has exchanged hands multiple times.

I hope to be finished with it by the end of March (by my 26th birthday). It will be mainly me doing the work, along with the occasional help from my dad and some friends on weekends.

Since I am starting with basically an untouched kit (and I haven't been able to find a well documented CMC build), I will be creating a detailed build log of the work, time, and money involved to build a CMC Cobra. Hopefully this will serve well as a reference for people in the future who decide to tackle a CMC Cobra.

The goal: Have a clean, well-finished Cobra with 300hp utilizing a 302/T5/8.8" drivetrain for under a $10,000 total investment.

Some say it can't be done. Challenge accepted.