Alfa02,
The Clubcobra forums have been mapped and backed up many times over the last few years. 8 times this year. If the site closes the data is still viewable by the public.
https://web.archive.org/web/sitemap/clubcobra.com
If you take over the site all previous data can be pulled into a new VBulletin site.
Their charges to host and maintain the site.
https://www.vbulletin.com/en/vbulletin-cloud