[ignatzcatz]

It was a case of new kid on the block, so for the next three years I devoted all my energies to restoring my little 356. I've been a Porsche fan for quite a few years and getting this 356 was something of a holy grail for me. And after three years work where I replaced all the front sheet metal, a left wing, centre section of the rear panel, all floors and front members plus started on the engine, a friend came by my garage asking if i could do a little welding for him. I said yes as long as it's not too involved. Long, very long story short the car was a very rusty Morris minor traveller, you know the woodie type and I ended up buying it off my pal then I slotted in a rebuilt and hot rodded MGB engine and overdrive gearbox into the car. The result was a 115mph Morris Minor which I sold soon after completion to help finance the 356 resto. That was another year gone and still the Cobra remained untouched. OK just a bit more. The 356 turned out great but and it was a big but, it still sounded like a Volkswagen even though I had a 1720 big bore engine on twin Webers it still sounded not good at least to my ears. The only solution, I thought, was to fit it with a 911 engine, which, over the next 18 months, I did. Now it screamed and it went fast and at Classic Le Mans and at all the UK shows, everybody thought it was pretty cool. So now I'm a fair bit older but I have a nice 911 and a trick little 356 so I reckon it's time I got cracking on my neglected Cobra. Hang on, did I mention my Harley. I had an old WL45 flathead which was a fun bike but oh so slow. I chopped it in to a custom bike builder over here and asked him to build me a Cole Foster lookalike street chop, and did he ever - one more pic then I promise it will be Cobra time.