I was looking at one on the weekend at the gold coast with a friend .
The car is for sale for $55,000.00. It is being sold by the original manufacturer Peter D'Arcy-Evans . Here is his site:
http://www.cobrakitcars.net/
Peter claims the car is being sold on behalf of one of his clients. The car presents very well. Quality fittings, excellent paint job etc. I did not drive it nor did my mate.
The De-Type is 50mm wider than a normal cobra but does not benefit from increase width in the cockpit owing to the 300mm wide center console.
I must admit I found this quite strange but the reason for the extra width was explained to be to run the ford rear end and to increase chassis strength.
Sadly I couldn't get a good look at the front to see how this extra width affected the fish mouth but extra width in the rear was very well disguised.
I suspect the original plug for the car was taken from an early BRB with the extra width added and the perky butt flattened out more like a Harrison or RMC.
I was quite impressed with the thickness of the body but whether it is worth $55,000 is for a buyer to speculate.
Cheers