Well...hasn't this turned out to be a rather interesting thread?
About crashes and Cobras (and Cobra replicas, of-course...):
1. I'm willing to bet that the safest car of all choices (readily available choices, that is!) is the FFR Spec. Racer. I've seen a few take a good hit or "roll"(!) and in many cases DRIVE AWAY! Oh, and by the way, a Spec. Racer's looks are reminiscent of the '62/289 that Augie Pabst drove at Nassau...kinda cool!
2. As for the Round v. Square argument? I'm not going to fly in the face of the AEROSPACE guys that determined a long time ago (...in a galaxy far, far away...) that on a lb. for lb. basis: Round wins!
3. Mr. Kirkham, please don't let the fact that you build the best Aluminum (Aluminium to our British friends) Cobra blur your ideals or potential! I WISH you'd build a composite Cobra; however, a GRAPHITE (Carbon-fiber to the rest of us) car/body from pre-impregnated Aerospace grade materials. Not to mention Composite panels and components through-out.
1800# car in a heart-beat! Stiffer and better mass centralization would be other likely benefits...
Now, that would be a lighter/better car. It would also put and end to some of this..."My car's better than yours!" stuff.
Oh, and a question for all...don't Kirkham cars get in "The Registry"? And doesn't that reslove the issue of,"Only Carroll Shelby can build a Cobra"? After all, that's one of the points of the whole name/licensing/who's really building a cobra...isn't it?
Your opinions are always welcome here!
Manny
