[Mando]

I agree with all the opinions thus far. Labour costs in Australia would price the car at around AUS$150000. Not being ADR approved wouldnt bother me, but 95% of the guys I know with Cobras love to drive on the road as often as possible. Just look at Bernie.
The Shelby dealers in the US have lowered the price of their fibreglass cars to US$42000 complete including paint but minus engine and gearbox. For US$92000 you get the car drive away with an all aluminium 427. The aluminium bodied car with the same running gear costs around US$130000. The exact same car but with the aluminium body made in England by AC costs around US$160000. Go figure. One of the most important aspects of buying a Shelby, fibreglass or aluminium is that your cars build number is added to the Shelby Register as a REAL Cobra. I think theyve got a lot of milage using this marketing technique.
I think someone who builds a kit that has the correct shape and a good chassis to match, with custom front upper and lower arms and an independent rear end either custom or using the Jaguar XK40 rear end with outboard discs would be on a winner. Another problem Ive experienced building my car is the quality and fit of the accesories. For example I bought a brake kit for my car that consisted of various lenghts of tubing with the connections in place for both ends. Ive seen the parts catalogue for Everrt-Morrison and other manufacturers kits, and the brake kit comes COMPLETE with all the pipes bent to shape incuding all the necessary fixings to fix to the chassis. If you buy the gauges from the same catalogue they come complete with a mini wiring loom to hook everything up. I think someone that offered that sort of product would do well.

Regards.