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Originally posted by 750hp
Your customer is obviously spending a lot of money at your shop. I bet he wouldn't be too happy to hear of your disregard for his car. Jeez - an aluminum bodied Cobra is pretty special, whether it was made in the 60's or not. You obviously don't seem too impressed by the car, so you must have owned some mindblowing machinery over the years....
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750hp
If you had REALLY READ the 1st postings, I showed you I was fooled by a good car. Being a novice of 13 months and seeing Shelby's signature, I jumped to conclusions.
Where in my posting do you read disdane for this man's car?
I think its a great car. I'm may be more partial to Uniques but I recognize a good car. This is a good car.
What I do have is disregard for a guy like 750hp that would Bastardize a beautiful car like a Cobra with a "hunchback-of notre dame" hood to cram a Superchanger under an eyesore hood so he could win pissin' matches at the track.
As for Bumpster's remark of me being in the Cobra business....yes I'm wet behind the ears for being new to the Cobra Business, but I am in it! I work around them but not on them.
S & S Automotive has won many car shows and been invited to participate in a prestigious show next year. That doesn't happen by building schlock cars!
Carl Wade the Chief Tech is not a "newbie".
Carl has been building Unique Cobras for 25 years and has personally built over 200 Unique Motorcars Cobras and 15-20 GT 40's personally! Furthermore he has raced at Charlotte, Willow Springs and Talladega. Most of us dream of track time. Carl has lived it. He was driving his own personal Cobra at 160 MPH before I could walk into a bar and I'm 47 years old.
He has been written up in car magazines before most of us knew what a Cobra was, with more articles to be released in other magazines soon. How many of you are featured in magazines!
In a year, I have seen Carl improve mechanical equipment on Shell Valleys, Autokraft, Classic Roadster, Factory Five and numerous other cars that someone compromaise on. He has taken the time to show me good from bad.
Since everyone has gotten so opinionated towards me....I think fiberglass cars are better. They don't dent when you lean into the engine compartment.
Unique has taken the time to improve a car that was originally designed with some American unfriendly parts. Gurling Brakes are crap and you can't find brake fluid on the road easily and its exspensive. Lucas gauges work seldom.
For aftermarket designs...Mustang II front ends were never made to go fast and Pinto brakes were never made to stop a V-8. If straight axles are so great then why is the world building Independent suspension cars. AND the original cars were IRS.
If you're gonna build it...build it right.
If you want to call me a "newbie" so be it. I am. I work in a great shop. I write these postings because the guys that really know their Sh*$ don't type...they're busy building cars. What about you? Or are you just busy throwing barbs and building junk.
I'm off my soapbox now...
Let's put this behind us and not turn this into a ***** session as some other bulletin boards on other websites have become.
I only posted this to let the viewers know that we had an interesting project. Taking a stock manifold and turning it into a fuel injected car and retaining the Weber look.