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Originally Posted by mthrockmorton
Thank you for the welcome. I have built a few cars already, so finding a project needing more work than money (well, at least that was my thinking...) was the goal...it will be a clear home built with the goal being more of a cruiser that a racer.... I will look forward to the input, wisdom and experience from the group...
Thanks again,
Mike
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Mike,
If what twirls your twinkie is the fabrication and building, then God bless by all means go for it. Very few of the membership on the site actually race their Cobra's. Sure we have the occasional track day but by and large we derive our satisfaction from driving the vehicles and enjoying the unique experience that these cars are capable of providing.
A number of the very gifted fabricators and builders on the site do stunning work recreating these extraordinary vehicles that Shelby conceived over a half century ago. Many of them reproduce extraordinarily accurate replicas of what the originals were and looked like.
If you are like the vast majority of us you will derive you greatest satisfaction from just driving a well assembled replica vehicle. If that is you also, I would suggest pursuing a challenging build from a not so original starting place is going to be a significant expense and not sooth the itch for what most of us ended up really wanting — which was the driving experience.
Before you get too far down the potentially wrong path (just because you can do the work) back off for a moment and ask that pregnant question, what do I want from this effort? Once you have an answer you feel good about, stand back clear the decks and go for it!
Ed
p.s. A nicely finished example of these cars will approximate $50K at the bottom of the scale and nearly $150K at the top of the scale by the time you are done. Chances are you will be in the middle somewhere.