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Being bitten by a Cobra is a little like being bitten by a vampire... It gives you eternial life & youth. Or at least that is my story and I am sticking to it.
The decision to use a donor or not is really a very personal decision. I had a donor and ended up using very few of the parts. If the donor had not been so cheap I would have been very disappointed in myself. It does become a matter of how much money and how much time you are willing to spend.
The closer you stay to a one donor, FFR 'stock' build the sooner you will be done and the sooner you will be driving. An even faster way may be to buy a 'pallet donor'. That is, the scrap yard will do the dissembly and deliver all the parts you need to do the build.
Now, on the other hand, one of the side effects of being bitten by a Cobra is seeing all the wonderful things other builders have done to their cars and wanting the same for yourself. I must warn you, the sky is the limit, this can become very expensive and take a very long time to complete your build. Like I say, it is a personal decision.
I believe if I had it to do over again I would have stayed closed to a 'stock build' and used the winter down time to upgrade and improve the car. Or least, that is what I say now --- in truth I would done even more non-donor stuff. The more cars you see, the more websites you visit, the more ideas you get for your own build.
Good Luck! and again welcome to the madness.
Rich
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