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11-14-2002, 04:38 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: P. O. Box 96, CATAUMET, Massachusetts 02,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Butler with home-rebuilt 393 Cleveland stroker(Ya---ikes!)
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Lemme check....
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11-14-2002, 05:14 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: melbourne, australia,
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28. Had my kit for a couple of years before i started working on it. Spent that time collecting the parts i need for it.Wife started giving me grief about spending too much money on it so I got rid of her. Currently have a much more understanding partner who wants me to hurry up and finish the Cobra so that we can build her a '39 Ford hotrod as her daily driver!
Chicks that enjoy cars are so much more fun to be around!
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All torque, no traction!
Anything is possible (if you can justify throwing bucket loads of money at it!).
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11-15-2002, 09:13 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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i'm 20, didn't take the time to read all 26 pages of replies, but i dare say i'm one of the younger builders on here. the largest projects i've taken on before this are swapping a motor into a civic hatch, and putting on a couple of turbo kits imports. i'm building the cobra on my own, and trying to pay for most of it out of my pocket ( sold my turbo and motorcycle to start this project).
i'm using an everett morrison style frame and a 4.6 DOHC 32v V-8 out of a lincoln mark VIII (same engine as the stang cobra, but different intake mani, and intake cams i believe). i got those parts from my uncle for $1200, so that really helped cut down on cost.
right now i'm just finishing tearing down my suspension from a 78 mustang II. now i've got to have that old carcass hauled off and begin to clean, degrease, and por-15 all my suspension before i install it.
so wish me luck, and if anyone took time you read all 26 pages, or if you know of someone younger than 19(started a month ago when i was 19  ) then you got me beat.
i'm hunting for a 9" rear end from a lincoln versailles or granada with disc brakes, so if anybody knows where one is, or has one they'd sell, let me know if you could. andrew_1182@hotmail.com is my email
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11-16-2002, 04:35 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Leesburg,,
VA
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Cobra #273, 427 S/O, ERA GT-40 #2057, Excalibur Cobra.
Posts: 1,011
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GEEZZ - -
I WAS 20 ONCE! I THINK I WAS EVEN 19 ONCE!
I GOT OVER IT THOUGH - - OR AT LEAST SURVIVED IT.
IT WAS SO DARN LONG AGO !!!
WELCOME TO C/C, ANDREW AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR PROJECT. I'M SURE THAT ANY HELP YOU MIGHT NEED - YOU CAN FIND RIGHT HERE.
Y'ALL HAVE AREALLY GREAT DAY,
BLACKJACK
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11-16-2002, 08:13 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Hickory,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427SC w/427so, ERA GT #2002
Posts: 1,106
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We sure do have a wide range of ages amongst the Cobra types. My average age is 62. My car/engine building began at the age of 16, right after I demolished my dad's new Ford . . . did a half roll into a creek. Banned from driving the family car, I bought a '51 Ford and built a screaming 8ba flathead using retired parts from stock car guys. It terrorized the '55 Chevys for a while.
After many car builds ranging from a ProStock Vega and IMSA GT to TransAm Mustangs, many stock cars and a desert racing truck, I now enjoy my ERA409 Cobra. Can't wait to get it on a race track.
4.6cobra: Hunting for a 9" Versailles? I think most of them have been snatched up. Consider retrofitting T-Bird/Cougar disc brakes to a 9" Ford. For a price$$$, this setup is available from Stainless Steel Brakes . . . or stick a complete IRS with disc brakes underneath.
By the way, I still haven't figured out what I want to be when I grow up. Lot's of projects and not enough time. God willing, our average ages will increase.
Cheers.
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"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough HORSEPOWER." Mark Donohue
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11-16-2002, 10:45 AM
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i've thought about a conversion for rear discs, and i may end up having to go that route, but i'm going to keep my search up. hell, the day before i went and got the 78 mustang II for it's suspension the same guy sold a complete versailles rear with discs for $50. said he just didn't need it. always a day late and a dollar short eh?
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11-16-2002, 05:46 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Sugar Land,
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Cobra Make, Engine: I had lots of little Cobras until Oscar the house thief stole all of them
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I'm 35 now. I've wanted a Cobra since I saw Gumball Rally many moons ago. I used to have race cars and one day I added up all the money I put into these things and I could have had two Cobras built for me by now. Now I have a kid and Enron has screwed up the economy here in Houston so it's taking me a while to get some money. My goal is to have a Unique or ERA in 2 - 3 years. BTW did I mention I'm 35. It's not a midlife crisis thing, that is saved for Corvettes. 
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11-19-2002, 04:35 AM
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Location: Tucson AZ.,
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Was on Woodward Ave. out side Detroit when I saw my 1st Snake. I was BITTENED. Got mine at 44. Remimber one thing, you young guys have not made it to our age yet.
LOOK OUT FEB.21 I'LL BE 50 HU-RAH
John
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11-28-2002, 09:05 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Flanders,
NJ
Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadsters 351 Windsor 405 HP
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Mid life crisis? How many guys do you know that are 124?
Yup I'm 62 and am building the first of three (I hope). It's amazing how the time flys when working on the car. I was
told that the fun of the Cobra is building it. I believe it.
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11-28-2002, 09:51 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Sunbury,
VIC
Cobra Make, Engine: Rat Rod Racer, LS1 & T56
Posts: 5,391
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Saw my first Cobra replica in 1984, still got the Magazine too. Saw one in the flesh at the drag strip in 1985. Talked to the guy for ages he even let me sit in it, I was hooked but never thought I could aford one.
17 years later and I look back at all the cars and bikes and related stuff I'd spent time and money on, what the hell have I been doing!!! Sold my drag car, sold one of my bikes and bought a Cobra kit.
I'm 34 now and want to be driving around in my Cobra when I'm 35.
I'm not having a mid life crisis, I'm having an all life crisis and enjoying every minute of it.
Cheers
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Melbourne Australia
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11-29-2002, 12:36 AM
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Location: Fresno, Ca.,
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Going to 60 in a couple of weeks, should finish this project by march, going to drive it 4 th of July come hell or high water. Keep
smiling it'll all work out.
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12-30-2002, 11:32 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Caldwell, Ohio,
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Hi all, I am 58 , along with my son's ages 35 and 38,
have rebuilt several mustangs over the years,
but this will be our first kit car, we ordered a Unique
and hope to start on it this spring.
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12-30-2002, 11:43 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427SC w/428 & Richmond 5-speed Car 611.
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32 for now
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12-30-2002, 02:33 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Crestview, FL, USA,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: Aurora
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I bought my cobra 5 years ago when I was 38! It fit me alot better than it does now!
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12-30-2002, 02:38 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Danville,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: CSX 6079 482CI CSX cross ram
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Just got ERA 626, the motor is coming in feburary. I am 37
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12-31-2002, 06:10 AM
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Location: Augusta, GA,
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Did I ever post this? 36 and counting.
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12-31-2002, 07:08 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Flanders,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadsters 351 Windsor 405 HP
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Counting what? I'm counting the days I don't get needed parts from Classic Roadsters. and counting and counting $##**$$##
it!!!
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02-04-2003, 03:33 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Pewee Valley,
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Cobra Make, Engine: B&B Manufacturing,351 SVO stroker from Bennett Racing
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I'm 33 and started researching everything I could about building or having a cobra built about 2 years ago. I think one common idea that we all can identify with is the mid-life crisis issue. Takes a lot of bucks to put one of these babies together and that much more to do it right. I have always wanted one since I was 16 and figured out what it was. At the time I had a show stopper 1941 Ford with a flat head V-8 (all original) that you could work on with a wrench,screwdriver and duct tape. What a car to have @ 16.. until I was introduced to a cobra. We had a car show or show up once a month at the old Jerry's and we would park out back under the drive-ins where the carhop would come out and take your order. The cobra was 2 spaces down and when he started the car the ground shook where I was. From there on it was love at first sight. Makes me want to take a cold shower or step outside for a minute to cool down. I knew from that moment on that no matter what someday I would have one of those. Tadaaaa here we are. 
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02-04-2003, 04:41 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Senoia,
Ga.
Cobra Make, Engine: 427SO with big twin autolite inlines on custom intake, jag rear, top loader, wembeldon white, guardsmen blue stripes
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56, retired and looking forward to moving to the Georgia coast and fish, fish, fish 'oh yeah' and tool around in the FE when I have time........
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Remember!, there's a huge difference between a 'parts' changer, and a mechanic.
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02-04-2003, 07:36 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: caledonia,
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Cobra Make, Engine: #1459 w/460(sold)New(used),spf w/427s.o.(sold)
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38 goin' on 21
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