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09-14-2007, 01:38 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: ohio,
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shamrock cobras
does anyone know if their still in business or have a web address or a link.
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09-14-2007, 09:19 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Near Chattanooga,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF, 418 Stroker
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I have a 2 year old email address for them:
SHAMROCKCOBRA427@aol.com.
Good luck.
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09-14-2007, 10:38 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Hout Bay, Cape Town, RSA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shamrock Cobra, Ford Cleveland 351-4V
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I live in Cape Town, South Africa and which is where they had their factory. They closed down about 3 years back after some big dispute between partners.
If you need technical support, I can put you in touch with their former workshop foreman and who knows the car well and who can still get supply of the various parts. Hope this is of help
Charlieh
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09-14-2007, 10:58 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Manteca,
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Cobra Make, Engine: None, sold it
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Do a shearch for Shamrock and you will find a post about backspacing. All the way to the right you can click on the link and it will take you to a Shamrock forum here on CC. The last login was 6-07.
Terry
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09-15-2007, 01:12 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Cape Town,
WP
Cobra Make, Engine: BDR - LS2
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Shamrock...
During me research for a builder, i was told by the man who owed Shamrock that he sold the whole factory + moulds to a company in the USA. He no longer builds in South Africa, Cobra's that is. he now builds a wicked three wheeler powered by a 1000cc Honda engine. Two wheels in front and one at the back. Two seater. Really something to see!
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09-15-2007, 05:42 AM
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Location: ohio,
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these cobra companies go out of business so fast. someone said they were in tennessee but the web address keeps coming up a ministry-> lol saw their model at a local show and was just checking them out. another cobra company out of the buisness.
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04-27-2008, 04:10 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Cape Town,
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Cobra Make, Engine: KCC 1991 - 302 Ford windsor
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Quote:
Originally Posted by purple panther
does anyone know if their still in business or have a web address or a link.
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I know this is late but are you still looking fot info on shamrock?
Udxcob
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04-27-2008, 06:15 PM
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Beam Me Up Scottie
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Squantum (part of Quincy),
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF1049 Titanium w/black stripes, 351W with Trick Flow Heads, Tremec 3550
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Latest info I have about Shamrock in Cape Town
27-21-551-5483
shamrock@intekom.co.za
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04-27-2008, 08:54 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: RCR GT 40 & 1966 Fairlane 390 5 speed
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Shamrock
It's my understanding that the company in Chattanooga, Tn had four roller Shamrocks. Ron who lives in Killen, Alabama bought one and installed a 408 in it.
Ron knows more about the company than I do. What are you looking for? I can contact Ron it you want me to.
Dwight
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04-28-2008, 02:55 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: MIDLOTHIAN,
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Cobra Make, Engine: BACKDRAFT
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dawieerasmus
During me research for a builder, i was told by the man who owed Shamrock that he sold the whole factory + moulds to a company in the USA. He no longer builds in South Africa, Cobra's that is. he now builds a wicked three wheeler powered by a 1000cc Honda engine. Two wheels in front and one at the back. Two seater. Really something to see!
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Any pictures of the three wheeler?
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01-14-2010, 07:18 PM
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Location: Chattanooga,
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dwight
It's my understanding that the company in Chattanooga, Tn had four roller Shamrocks. Ron who lives in Killen, Alabama bought one and installed a 408 in it.
Ron knows more about the company than I do. What are you looking for? I can contact Ron it you want me to.
Dwight
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FWIW, one of those remaining four is going together (?) at A2Z Performance here in Hixson, TN. The fellow assembling the car, Kelly Tate, has a fair amount of experience with this sort of thing having done several Factory Five Cobra's and a Superformance GT40 here in this area. This Shamrock Cobra however, is giving him fits. Three weeks in now, he's still hip-deep in the "What the #$&*! There's no way that will work! It'll have to be moved at least 3 inches just to clear the..." stage.
Were they all this bad?
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01-15-2010, 08:00 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: killen,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shamrock Auto Craft
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Actually the only problem I had with mine was, the break calipers were in bad shape with rust and the headers I negotiated for in the deal kept cracking. Had to build new header for one side, was able to weld other side several times with good final results. Shamrock did replace the calipers before evidently going out of business. I finished my Cobra in 2007 and have not been able to get anyone from Shamrock to return my calls. I do have the name of one guy in Chattanooga TN who was one of the new owners after the sale out in South Africa.
Ron
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09-19-2023, 12:29 PM
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Hi, I am the original designer and owner of Shamrock Cobra. I sold the company many years ago after making over 500 cars mostly for the local market. I licensed a company called Kit Car Centre in Johannesburg who wanted to build copies of my Shamrock Cobras, and the sold these under the name KCC Cobra. This eventually morphed into the Backdraft Cobra still being made today in Durban, South Africa. The new owners of Shamrock eventually closed after a partnership dispute, but I have decided to use the name for my latest more advanced Cobra (see my new website shamrockcobrasa.com).
Regards,
Les Hayden
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