I first noticed this car on Cobra Country awhile back, and I think he was originally asking 44 or 45K. He then came down to 42K. I tried to contact him via e-mail, but like ToyCollector, I never heard from him. A friend notified me that the car was on Ebay and I was able to contact the guy off Ebays e-mail system and he DID respond. I had a couple questions like: did he have the orig. 15" rims and tires, what the HP / TQ figures were on the engine, what kind of shape the black paint was in (being a owner of a number of BLACK vehicles, I know how difficult it is to take care of properly), and if he had kept a car cover on it.
For those interested, here are his answers: No, he doesn't have the 15" rims or tires. HP is around 440 but he didn't say what the TQ was (probably around the same). He said he has owned several black cars as well and the paint is in excellent shape, and that "yes" he did keep it covered - and the cover goes with the car. I would say, for someone that doesn't have as many "must have's" as I do, this would be a hellufa car for 39K. Heck, I'm still thinking it over! There's just quite a bit that I would change if it were "mine": Don't care for the leather steering wheel, and a "real" Moto-Lita wood wheel goes for about 400+; SPF 15" rims are big $$ plus I would have to get 4 new BFG's mounted / balanced; don't care for the full bumpers so I would have to replace them with SS quick jacks; the SA 396 is a good engine, but I'm looking for min. 500+HP. Perhaps I could get that out of the 396, but at what cost?? Maybe change to AFR ported heads, different cam, etc......all big dollar changes. There were other things I would have ordered on a "new" chassis that this car didn't have.......but a "new" one cost 37K+ just for the chassis! There are quite a few changes that were made to the SPF's chassis in the year 2002 that I like as well - especially the suspension upgrades, more room in the foot box, and a much nicer soft top. The susp. upgrades alone would cost 900+ bucks, and I hear the new soft top is another 900.00 (I looked into it when I was looking at car #796).
This IS a buyers market right now, thats for sure. Not only are Cobra prices falling, but a lot of the 60's hot rod prices have come down a bit. I have a friend with a spotless 69 Camaro Yenko clone that he turned down an offer of 38K 4 yrs ago at a car show. Today, he has it for sale for 30K and is having trouble selling it. Hope this economy rebounds fast...................but not until I buy a car!!
