[bobcowan]

Welcome! I lived in Italy for a couple of years. getting my car into the country and licensed was a real hassle. The Tritico office was not easy to deal with. You'll have to do some careful research to find out what you can import, and how to do it. Sometimes it's easier to import an incomplete kit or roller than a completed car.

The Cobra is a very small car. Smaller than an old Fiat 500. But tall people manage to fit with careful seat selection and installation. Lots of advice on this and other Cobra forums on how to get that done.

Which kit you get depnds on a lot of factors. How much building do you want to do? How close to an original do you want to be? What can you import?

289 engines are hard to come by. They havn't been made in decades. But, the 302/5.0W engine is very easy to come by, inexpensive, and looks almost identical.