[TomP]

I visited Classic Motor Carriages around 1990. A friend wanted to look at those Street Beasts. It was in a ghetto-like area of Miami in a huge warehouse. The cars they had on display were sure chintzy looking and that kept my friend from considering one but they called him and me every week for a year!

Two Cobras on display, one had a smallblock Chevy and the other a 302, both looked to be mid 70's smogger engines and both automatics. Mustang II front suspension with 4 lug 13" x 7" deep dish chrome "modular" wheels and the rear was a stock width 79-early 80's Fox body 7.5", also 4 lug. It had what appeared to 14 x 6" chrome modular wheels with a lot of backspacing to make them fit in the fender. Lug nuts stuck out further that the tire sidewall. It also had the stock Fox body rear suspension and the lower control arms sat about where the exit of the sidepipe was. Door handles looked like something from an old kitchen and were wood screwed into the fiberglass. One was already loose.

The body appeared to vary in thickness to over an inch in some places. Like a hot tub maker got into cars.