[Jack21]

I'm 60. Like the man said, growing old is inevitable; growing UP is entirely optional. But have never had the time, money, and space to build an entire car, albeit a small one, all at the same time.

Have been a gearhead since about 17. Have had numerous "Car Projects". Some ran well, some didn't, and I learned from both. Developed a taste for small, well handling, (but underpowered)British sports cars. Owned several MG's Triumph's, & Healy's.
Developed a taste for larger, ill handling, American musclecars, mostly GM's.

Putting American iron into British chassis isn't new, or original. But the Cobra is, and was legendary.

A Cobra shouldn't be a builders first car project. The experience factor of auto modification, upgrading, and maintenance should be under the builders belt. There are numerous subsystems that the builder must be intimately familiar with. Why? First, to define
what the finished product should be without the monkey see - monkey do influence. Second, how all the subsystems all work, and work together as a balanced system to make the end product meet his/her expectations.