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08-23-2011 08:30 AM - permalink

iwish

Good Morning Canadian Cobra's!

My name is Bill from Toronto Ontario. I do not currently own a cobra, but am very close! I need to change my forum name from iwish to dreamcometrue. I have been looking for a while, lurking on this forum and ffcars, gathering ideas as to what i would like in my car.

I will not be attempting to build the car myself. As much as I would like to, i just dont have the time or technical know-how. Instead I will go with a local builder. If anyone has had any experience with BRM, feel free to share good or bad.

I'd really like to get to know some local owners who love to chat about cars. There are a couple owners around my house in North York. I have spotted an all red cobra, and an all green cobra. Also in my sisters parking garage there was a superformance for a short time, now replaced with a supersnake.

Anyway, I am glad to be a part of this community, hopefully I will be able to contribute!

Bill

08-25-2011 08:22 AM - permalink

SunDude

Hi Bill, and welcome aboard.

There are quite a few Cobra replica owners in the greater Toronto area. Many of them use the Ontario Cobra Club forum to stay connected and make cruise plans and whatnot. I'm in Ottawa, so needless to say these guys are too far for me to join in their reindeer games.

The guys in the club have a mix of replicas: some from Superformance, Johnex, Factory Five, BRM, D&D Cobra, Shell Valley, Cobra International etc. You should try to hook up with them, to check out as many different makes as you can before deciding which way to go.

So tell us a bit about your dream Cobra. What's in your mind's eye?

Brian

08-29-2011 02:26 PM - permalink

iwish

Hi Brian, Thank you for the warm welcome. I have been posting in the Ontario Cobra Club as well, so for those of you from that group too, i apologize if you're reading the same sort of thread by me. I have noticed there are a lot of owners from Ottawa. My cobra builder acutally has someones D&D cobra in the shop right now. I actually like the backdraft cobras, I think because they have added a little modern touch to their styling.

so for my cobra, here is what I would like, most of it is cosmetic because i'm not familiar with the technicalities, i'll let my builder figure that out for me:

- ford crate motor 351w bore and stroked to 427, EZ EFI
- tremec transmission
- wilwood 4 piston disc brakes all around
- will come with carrera adjustable coilovers
- 9" rear
- vintage replica halibrands to start, would like to get ccw wheels at some point. 315x17 rears. deep dish with black spokes

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08-29-2011 02:28 PM - permalink

iwish

- highback cobra racing seats
- sparco removable steering wheel wrapped in suede
- quick jacks
- double roll bar
- possibly an APE hardtop, will have to see if it will fit without too much modification
- moal aviation style guages with reverse sweeping speedo
- carbon fibre dash

I think that is most of the major components.

still deciding on:
- power steering?
- A/C?
- paint color keeps changing every day. either classic blue and white with team stripes, or black and silver stripes with red pinstriping, or dark blue with silver stripes and red pinstriping.

I have given that to my builder to see if he can work with that. might be hard to picture, but it will all come together nicely I hope. I sort of like the classic car look with some modern touches.

Any ideas/input is welcomed!

Thanks
Bill

08-30-2011 07:15 PM - permalink

SunDude

Bill, glad to see you have a mental picture of your dream Cobra. When I was shopping for mine, I found it helpful to articulate what I was looking for and write it down, to keep me on track in my search for the perfect car.

Colour is an important choice, so take your time and go where your heart leads. Even though it's been done ad nauseum, I love blue with white stripes and am so glad to have found a car in that colour scheme. Check out my photos in my gallery; you might notice that I also have a red accent pinstripe which people often remark on.

I saw that you've been posting on the Ontario Cobra Club forum, and think you must also be lurking on the ffcars forum where a lot of us Ottawa guys hang out. We get together now and then for cruises and whatnot; good fun and comraderie.

...(cont.)...

08-30-2011 07:17 PM - permalink

SunDude

I assume you're talking to Stan at BRM about building your car (I think he's currently painting Michel's D&D from Georgetown). I never met Stan, so can't really tell you much about him one way or the other. But I do know that if you have your car professionally built, you should be eligible for excellent collector car insurance through Zehr in New Hamburg (they insure my Superformance). If you want PM me your email address and I can send you some info on Ontario titling and insurance.

SPFs like mine come standard with power brakes which gives me some piece of mind, but with no power steering which I really don't miss except for when I'm parking the car. No A/C in my car which I don't find a problem.

Be sure to take advantage of the expertise and help from the Club Cobra community. They're great for answering questions, solving problems or just sharing in your Cobra enthusiasm. Hopefully we can meet up sometime.

Brian

09-02-2011 07:41 AM - permalink

iwish

Hi Sundude, I do really like the classic blue and white also. your color scheme is actually exactly what I was thinking of.

Here is your car (blue and white):

Here is the one I was using as an example for my builder. It is a Backdraft Racing Cobra. (blue and silver stripe)

Here are some other variations I like as well:

11-05-2011 02:53 PM - permalink

SunDude

So Bill, I guess you're going to have to change your forum name now, eh...?

11-06-2011 07:47 PM - permalink

iwish

Haha, yes I will have to change to "ihave" or "icantfrickenbelieveit"

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