Can anyone help identify this Cobra kit?

[yuiou]

Hey Guys,

New member here, looking at a cobra for sale locally.

Can someone here identify this kit?

2006 5.0 Cobra Kit

Thanks.

[SunDude]

That particular Cobra replica has been for sale in Ontario for ages now.

Not sure which kit it is, though, as I haven't seen the car in person. My (educated or wild-assed) guess is that it's either a Shell Valley or a Cobra International (Midland ON, now defunct).

Call the seller and let us know what you find out.

[yuiou]

Originally Posted by SunDude

That particular Cobra replica has been for sale in Ontario for ages now.

Not sure which kit it is, though, as I haven't seen the car in person. My (educated or wild-assed) guess is that it's either a Shell Valley or a Cobra International (Midland ON, now defunct).

Call the seller and let us know what you find out.

Thanks for the quick reply. How long is "ages"?
Do you know anything about the cars history? The dealer doesn't really know much.

Thanks.

[computerworks]

Originally Posted by SunDude

guess is that it's either a Shell Valley..

Not a Shell Valley. That is a dreadful body.

[yuiou]

Originally Posted by computerworks

Not a Shell Valley. That is a dreadful body.

Are you referring to the Shell Valley kit or the one in my post?

Thanks.

[BAsque1]

It is an "unusual " body indeed, have you asked the seller as to how is it titled and any manufacturing details ?

[computerworks]

Originally Posted by yuiou

Are you referring to the Shell Valley kit or the one in my post?

Thanks.

The one in your post....it is a horrible replication in many ways.

[SunDude]

Originally Posted by yuiou

Thanks for the quick reply. How long is "ages"? Do you know anything about the cars history? The dealer doesn't really know much. Thanks.

I probably first noticed the car being listed for sale 1.5 years ago (early 2011). Since then it has bounced around from seller to seller, mostly dealerships. Who knows, possibly it's been for sale longer than that.

I don't think the sellers know what it is. It's been vaguely and/or erroneously described. One guy described it as a Factory Five -- which it's clearly NOT -- that was built in 2006 by "66 Snake Works of Palgrave and Jesse's Toys of Oshawa," whoever they are.

I never contacted any of the sellers, so don't have much more info to share. To my eye it mostly resembles a Cobra International kit, but the hood scoop and nose remind me a bit of Shell Valley (they had a rep in Ontario a few years ago).

The asking prices have been in the $30-45K range. IMO there are probably better buys out there.

Maybe the dealer, as the vehicle owner, could contact the MTO and get some more info about how this particular kit car was originally registered. It'll still be on microfiche. The car has a repop mfr ID plate with the following VIN number on it: SWL66302070706427. Maybe that's the one the MTO uses too.

[bran3b]

looks like dropped floor boards similar to Midstates/Shell Valley too but the driver's side has a floor mat that doesn't really fit. I also thought that some, possibly early Shell Valley cars, had that more vertical windshield.

[tcrist]

As for the looks, If it were a normal car I would say that it has been rear-ended and the frame was bent up and the back of the car was bent down. It just does not look right to me. Still does not mean that it is a bad car. Personal preferance.

[TButtrick]

What a freakin abortion.

[mrmustang]

I'll bet you that is not even on a 90" wheelbase, someone who is close needs to do a measurement, looking a lot shorter than that. Can't say I have ever seen a body like it on any other replica, not ever.

Bill S.

[computerworks]

Originally Posted by mrmustang

Can't say I have ever seen a body like it on any other replica, not ever.

Weird shape, strange rear bulkhead, distorted dimensions, wide sills...

..those are earmarks of a design meant to go over some existing chassis.

(like several from past years...but this one is not a known one to me either)

[TButtrick]

The body line from the front headlight to the back of the door is seriously interrupted at the front of the door. Thats a B&B trademark but nothing else makes sense.

[Wbulk]

Not a B&B or LA Exotics. To many things wrong.

[CowtownCobra]

Stealing a line from Fargo - Kinda funny lookin'

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by TButtrick

The body line from the front headlight to the back of the door is seriously interrupted at the front of the door. Thats a B&B trademark but nothing else makes sense.

That was my thought too - although doesn't LA Exotics (something like that) have the same characteristic? Looks like a B&B someone did a butt-drop on - which is not something it needs.

[tcrist]

I have no clue as I can hardly tell the differance between any anyway.

Looks as though the dash is molded into the body. Which one's did that?

[TButtrick]

It looks as though its a Shelly Valley that ran over an IED

[Tommy]

This discussion reminds me of an old joke whose punch line is, "You picked the ugliest one." If you don't know the joke, you won't understand what I mean.