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Originally Posted by 86Sebring
wow, what beautiful sidepipes. More pics please!
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I've seen many pictures of this build over the years and while the beautiful ERA 427 body looks fantastic in solid red, the sidepipes were always my least favourite part of the overall look. Way too spindly and set too low and far from the rocker.
As said above as well - an interesting and intriguing one-off but in essence it adds a whole lot of complexity for no increase in value or performance, except perhaps to someone who just revels in the sensory pleasure of of piloting a light, open sports car in the wailing upper-rev range of a Ferrari V12. I can understand that.
I couldn't care less about the brand mixing issue though; as I can totally get someone being in love with both the character of the prancing horse engines (or hemis or rat motors or Buick V6's) as well as the awesome Cobra 427 shape and combining the two to into one's idea of the perfect sports car. Shelby never gave much of a damn who manufactured what engines or chassis he used so why should I, lol?