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01-06-2003, 04:13 PM
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Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Everett, WA,
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Another unfinished cobra for sale
The time has finally come for me to admit that I'll *NEVER* finish this d@mn car and should just sell it.
As recently as two (maybe three, who knows) summers ago it was mechanically complete and driving around the block. In the intervening months it has been taken partially back apart again.
Location:
Everett, Wa
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Johns Custom Fab 427 Street body & frame
Ford 9" rear and MII front.
'91 302 retrofit to carb...I can't even rememer all the components...once I actually look under the tarp I'm sure it'll all come back. I do have the complete Ford fuel inj. setup that was taken off from the fuel rails all the way to the ECU.
Attached is a photo from happier days when it was "this close" to being done before I felt the need to improve it.....
email me for more info as I'm sure this post will unleash the floodgate of memories and all the minutia will come back in painstaking detail...
Jeff Towne
jtowne@premier1.net
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JCF 1965 427 Street Cobra (in progress)
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01-06-2003, 05:01 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Shasta Lake,
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Cobra Make, Engine:
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Jeff,
To bad that you can't get the car finished and enjoy it. I would never start another one either. If I ever get another car it will be a turn key one. I started mine in 1995 and finished it in 1996. Another guy here started his at the same time I did and sold it to a friend of mine a year ago and he finished it last Summer. I don't know if it is true or not but I once heard that about 80% of the kits started by people were never finished by the person starting it. Good luck.
Ron
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01-07-2003, 09:08 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Snohomish, WA,
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How much?
Wasn't mentioned in the add.......
David
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01-07-2003, 11:02 AM
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Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: Lexington,KY,
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Jeff,
Are you sure you want to sell your car?
I do know how you feel. I've been building my EM for over four years and at times I regret getting into the project.
Is there anything we can do to encourage you?
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Roger
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01-07-2003, 03:40 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Carrollton,
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Cobra Make, Engine: JBL now SOLD
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Jeff,
I thought I would be done by now after 2 years and I am just now at the "go-kart" stage. I have been the victim of my own cycle of "take it off and re-do it again" that has sucked up a lot of progress. But my last project took 8 years, so I am way ahead of that one!
I hope we can find a way to help you hang in there. looks like you were very close at one point.
John
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6th generation Texan....
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01-09-2003, 04:29 PM
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Location: Everett, WA,
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Thanks for the moral support. It's been a loooong time since I hung out a Club Cobra...maybe if I spend a few weeks participating I'll get the fire again..
I go back and forth every few months about whether to start back up on the project or not. I just don't seem to have the time it takes to devote to making positive strides.
I had a few emails pointing out like David that I neglected to mention $$ :-) Sorry, I think it was such a step just to surrender that I overlooked that minor detail.
I'm looking to get $15K for the whole thing. It may be steep, but heck, I don't need the money and the worst thing that happens is it stays in may garage a few more years until I DO have the time and drive to start back up again :-)
-jeff
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JCF 1965 427 Street Cobra (in progress)
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01-11-2003, 06:34 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Dublin,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Midstates, 460CJ
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Can you post a few pictures...I need another project possibly. Would you be interested in some sort of trade plus cash ? I have a 1970 GTO convertible for sale at the moment.
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UNGAWA! Tame that Cobra! 
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01-18-2003, 06:24 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Home built, supercharged 544cu/in automatic
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Jeff - Another option is to let ol' Double Venom finish that car. I'd bet it won't cost you THAT much and for sure he would work with you. Hang tough, it really is worth the trip.
cobrashock
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02-11-2003, 11:06 AM
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I just saw your notice.....is it still for sale????
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02-11-2003, 04:54 PM
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Location: Everett, WA,
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new day - new attitude :-)
Well in part due to the moral support offered by the Club Cobra members, and probably also due to the sun finally coming out I have re-evaluated my position on the Cobra. I am no longer activly looking to sell it.
I figure I'll dust it off this spring and see if I can plug away a bit more.
In the meantime to get my "fast Ford" fix I baught a Jag XK8 coupe, that should keep me pre-occupied for a while :-)
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02-11-2003, 05:41 PM
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Way to go Jeff!
Glad to hear you are going to give it another shot.
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Roger
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02-11-2003, 06:26 PM
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Location: Pentwater,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Professional Cobra & Streetrod Builder
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Jeff,
When ever a partial kit comes up for sale, I just have to look.
I have one thing to say to you fella. "Da' Fling!"
If you come to the Fling, you will go directly home, and not come out of your garage until that Cobra is sliterhing and rumbling!
Dv...it's that simple
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02-11-2003, 06:44 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Florence,
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Cobra Make, Engine: RCR GT 40 & 1966 Fairlane 390 5 speed
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THA SPRING FLING! I CAN HARDLY WAIT!! 
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''Life's tough.....it's even tougher if you're stupid.'' ~ John Wayne
"Happiness Is A Belt-Fed Weapon"
life's goal should be; "to be smarter than inanimate objects"
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02-28-2003, 02:13 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fresno,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR, stock Ford 302
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Quote:
Originally posted by Dwight
THA SPRING FLING! I CAN HARDLY WAIT!!
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Amen brother!!!!
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FFR2799K is alive and driving. Paint to follow.
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02-28-2003, 02:22 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Broken Arrow. OK ( South Tulsa), USA,
OK
Cobra Make, Engine: 66 COBRA FE 427 /4SP. (HCS Coupe w/ 408 Stroker and TKO 600 -sold)
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Jeff,
Your Cobra looks good enough to drive. What do you still need to do besides paint? If you lived around here you could offer up some beer and pizza and you would probably have 5 or 6 volunteers come over and help you finish it up in a couple of weekends.
Hang in there!
Clois
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Sunshine, Asphalt and no stop signs...Perfect
"Let's roll"
"Be part of Something Good
......Leave Something Good Behind!"
from CD "Long Road Out of Eden"
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02-28-2003, 02:43 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Leesburg,,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Cobra #273, 427 S/O, ERA GT-40 #2057, Excalibur Cobra.
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JEFF - - -
GOOD IDEA, BUDDY.
HANG IN THERE WITH THE COBRA. NEVER, EVER , EVER GIVE UP.
GOOD WEATHER'S COMING AND YOU'LL DO JUST FINE.
STAY WITH US HERE AT CLUB COBRA - - - IT'S KINDA LIKE "AA" MEETINGS FOR CAR NUTS.
"HELLO, MY NAME IS BLACKJACK - - AND I'M A COBRAPHILE".
ON THE OTHER HAND - - -YOU BOUGHT A JAGUAR ???? MAN, YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY A GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT. IF (WHEN) THE JAG QUITS WORKING - JUST LEAVE IT ALONE AND KEEP WORKING ON THE COBRA.
Y'ALL HAVE A REALLY GREAT DAY,
BLACKJACK
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It's impossible to make anything FOOLPROOF - - Because FOOLS are so ingenious.
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02-28-2003, 02:44 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Bremen,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadsters, 393 stroker, Tremec 3550, about 425 hp, MDA GT40 289
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Jeff,
It took me 4 years to finish my cobra. I hit a lull in the middle of the project and got a little pissed. Here's what I did. Take an ordinary piece of paper. Start at the top with #1 and begin to list all of the things left to be completed. No matter how small the task, writed it down with a # next to it. Now, each weekend, simply tell yourself that, for example, #7 install carpet, is going to be completed this weekend come h*ll or high water. The following weekend move on to the next #. Before you know it, it will be finished. I did this and one weekend I stepped back and Ta-Da. It was done. Afterwards I was so mad because I had realized how close it had been to being completed the whole time. Well, giver a shot and let me know how it goes.
Jim Downard
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Man, it would've been helpful to know that cop was behind me a minute ago!
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02-28-2003, 05:44 PM
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Location: Pittsburgh,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Midstates, 427FE stroked to 482CI
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Little steps grasshopper....little steps.
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02-28-2003, 06:27 PM
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Location: St. Louis, Missouri,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPO 2715
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try this one
"By the yard, it is hard. Inch by inch, it's a cinch!"
Great Asp
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06-10-2004, 01:29 PM
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Instead of reposting :-)
I figured I bump an old thread back to the top :-)
It's now been 1 1/2 years since I posted this originally and this time I mean it. It's gonna go to a good home. If you live in the Seattle area I can even haul it for you.
Drop by , check it out, leave happy :-)
-jeff
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