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04-20-2009, 05:54 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: VALLEY FORGE,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SUPERFORMANCE w DOUG MEYER ENGINE
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Hi DanEC!
Welcome!
If you are interested in seeing an SPF street car. Take a peek. There are a bunch of great cars available. Just depends on how long you can wait and how much work you want to do yourself.
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04-20-2009, 07:47 AM
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Charter Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Sublimity,,
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Cobra Make, Engine: My Shell Valley Coupe is here! Now the building begins....
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Here is a Pacific Roadster I did several years ago.
Scott S
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04-20-2009, 07:54 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Atlanta,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CAV GT40 with 331 KC
Posts: 2,187
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Do not forget the importance of resale value, as well as how easy it is to resell.
I know some people keep their cars forever while others of us tend to only keep them for a short while. I kept my ERA for about 4 years and was very pleased with how much I sold it for as well as how easy it was to sell.
Last edited by PatBuckley; 04-20-2009 at 07:56 AM..
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04-20-2009, 10:06 AM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Sacramento,Ca.,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Midstates (2001)
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Dan...you can ask them to omit things like the hood scoop roll bar side vents and other items and dress the kit the way you want and most of the time they are willing to work with you. When i ordered my Midstates it was no problem getting what i wanted for my build but i dont think a street car should cost more than a S/C.
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04-20-2009, 10:39 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: VALLEY FORGE,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SUPERFORMANCE w DOUG MEYER ENGINE
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Just a thought regarding hoodscoops.........They get you extra clearance for the air filter, etc and help let heat out of the engine bay when you turn the car off. The cars look great either way though.
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04-20-2009, 03:51 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Sacramento,Ca.,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Midstates (2001)
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My 390 with edelbrock intake and carb fit under my "flat hood" with room for a 3'' air filte on top and no rub marks on the bottom of the hood at all (my body man would kill me if it rubbed ).
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04-20-2009, 04:30 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA-722, Pure Street in BRG
Posts: 192
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This fits under the hood of mine with no scoop or heat issues what so ever. No muss no fuss...
Thanks Flip!
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04-20-2009, 05:10 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Little Rock area,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Street Roadster #782 with 459 cu in FE KC engine, toploader, 3.31
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Originally Posted by Maricopa
Certainly things I would do differently if I'd had more scratch (in fact if I'd had enough money I'd have gone with ERA or Kirkham for the more authentic body and details) but here's what 27K and some hard work gets you in a streeterized FFR.
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That's impressive. Nice looking car.
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04-20-2009, 05:12 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Little Rock area,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Street Roadster #782 with 459 cu in FE KC engine, toploader, 3.31
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JBCOBRA
Hi DanEC!
Welcome!
If you are interested in seeing an SPF street car. Take a peek. There are a bunch of great cars available. Just depends on how long you can wait and how much work you want to do yourself.
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I haven't really thought about SPF. I guess I thought they were mostly assembled rollers or turn-key cars rather than kits. I'll look at their website.
Thanks
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04-20-2009, 05:15 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Little Rock area,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Street Roadster #782 with 459 cu in FE KC engine, toploader, 3.31
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Thanks everyone for your input. I would still like to hear from more Unique owners - especially anyone with a street car version.
Dan
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04-20-2009, 05:40 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA-722, Pure Street in BRG
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PatBuckley
Do not forget the importance of resale value, as well as how easy it is to resell.
I know some people keep their cars forever while others of us tend to only keep them for a short while. I kept my ERA for about 4 years and was very pleased with how much I sold it for as well as how easy it was to sell.
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No doubt about it Pat. The street cars are only loved by a select few and resale is difficult at best.
Mike, you street cobra is maaavalous! That color is something to behold.  |
04-20-2009, 05:52 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Phoenix,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR: 302 w/aluminum heads, Edlebrock injection. Street car trim, no scoop, side pipes or rollbar.
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Why thank you Frank, and as I've said before, your car is the one mine wants to be when it grows up.
Thanks to you too Dan. You'll love having a street car. Sure it may be harder to sell and yes, your head may get ground off onto the pavement when you eventually flip it...But it's worth it to watch the gears turn as people try to figure out what kind of MG, Porsche, Triumph or Jaguar it is. 
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04-20-2009, 05:59 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Maricopa
Why thank you Frank, and as I've said before, your car is the one mine wants to be when it grows up.
Thanks to you too Dan. You'll love having a street car. Sure it may be harder to sell and yes, your head may get ground off onto the pavement when you eventually flip it...But it's worth it to watch the gears turn as people try to figure out what kind of MG, Porsche, Triumph or Jaguar it is. |
Personally, I like both models (S/C and street) and even with a hood scoop, rollbar and sidepipes, people still think it's an Alfa Romeo, Corvette, Dodge Viper, etc.
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04-20-2009, 07:07 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
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My Superformance...
Undercar exhaust.
Removable hardtop.
Hood scoop.
Full width roll bar.
Works for me. 
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04-20-2009, 07:13 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Holderness, NH, US of A,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CSX 4772 old iron FE
Posts: 5,499
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Great examples, I'm glad the thread was started to see a few I didn't know of.
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04-20-2009, 07:36 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Savannah,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique FIA
Posts: 57
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Unique
I have a Unique FIA car, not street. It was assembled back in '94 and is really a nice riding and handling car, even after being "aged". The unique body is well made and has no stress cracks or other signs of weakness, still looks great! Can't talk much about under car exhaust or no hood scoop. The FIA car does have a low exhaust clearance in common with the undercar exhaust system. I scraped a few times until I got religion and Jet Hot coating on my pipes. I am pretty careful about what I don't run over, and really don't have any problems.....but I am always aware.
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04-27-2009, 08:59 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
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Another view of my Superformance street version without the hardtop...
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04-27-2009, 09:29 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Portland,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Former owner of Superformance Cobra. Engine is Coast High Performance "Cobra Classic" 427 stroker
Posts: 397
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She's a beauty! That's for sure, wow.
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04-27-2009, 09:41 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Santa Cruz,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2613 Titanium w/Black, Roush 402SR
Posts: 4,097
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kayakjack
Another view of my Superformance street version without the hardtop...
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Looks great Jack! Very clean. I love the single hoop vs. the dual roll bars.
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04-27-2009, 09:50 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: No city...only 118 residents in Manter,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Cobra Auto Works body, Ron Godell Racecars chassis, 1989 Mustang GT 5.0 HO (converted to carb), W/C T-5, 3.73's in a Ford 9" Traction-Loc.
Posts: 812
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Quote:
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Thanks everyone for your input. I would still like to hear from more Unique owners - especially anyone with a street car version.
Dan
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Hi, Dan. If you want to see a primo Unique 289 street car build, check out this member on the Unique forum (here's a link to his thread history):
http://www.uniquecobra.com/forums/se...id=32722&pp=25
Juan's car is enough to make you drool, though.....be sure you have plenty of shop towels handy !
Dugly 
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