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04-24-2007, 06:14 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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Kirkham Roller to Completion
How long did it take you to get you Kirkham (for those of you who got a roller) from the day you got it to completion?
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04-24-2007, 06:22 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Greenville,sc,
SC
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham 427 (KMP 266); CAV GT40
Posts: 1,464
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13 months or so
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04-24-2007, 06:39 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: St. Louis,
Mo.
Cobra Make, Engine: 427 S.O. Dual Quad / Cobra undecided
Posts: 1,380
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Wow!!
ENTDOC, were you restricted to weekends or is that a realistic time frame? Over a year seems like a long time, any hangups with parts delivery or otherwise?
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04-24-2007, 07:45 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Galion,
OH
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham 427FE (sold & missed)
Posts: 1,320
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bought mine used.........I needed instant gratification.............
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04-24-2007, 08:47 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: saratoga,
ca
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham #185, Shelby Alloy 482; sold
Posts: 1,190
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bought mine used.........I needed instant gratification.............
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Me too. Had the $ and not the skills. 
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04-25-2007, 04:02 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Fairfax Station,
VA
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham 427 & 289 (KMP 090 & KMPS 040) and need a Kirkham GT-40
Posts: 39
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Seven years and still waiting for the kirkham fairies to come in the night. I suffer from a severe case of Car A.D.D.. You're lucky I even finished this posting. See ya', off to another website. BERT  |
04-25-2007, 05:56 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Tampa,
fl
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham #473 427 every option, Keithcraft aluminum FE 482 ci. Mass Flo FI. Tremec TKO 600.
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November until now to do two
I just finished two (except for alignment on one of them). Weekends and a late night here and there. KMP 473 and 474. Hope you have a car lift.
Last edited by Murphy; 04-25-2007 at 06:16 AM..
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04-25-2007, 06:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Murphy
I just finished two (except for alignment on one of them). Weekends and a late night here and there. KMP 473 and 474.
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04-25-2007, 09:50 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Exeter,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 498
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I have one-just got it. Roller, if you have your engine & trans and diff ready to put in and you don't have to fabricate your sidepipes or something crazy like that- you could litteraly do it in a weekend. Wires are already there just hook up and go. I turned the battery swith on and I can even turn on the fuel pump. Thes guys really have figured it all out. Now sanding/ painting, parts assembly would be more of coarse. I hope to be on the road by end of summer. I rub on it alot.
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04-25-2007, 10:33 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Brunswick,
GA
Cobra Make, Engine: BDR 1311 428PI
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Originally Posted by big-boss
I hope to be on the road by end of summer. I rub on it alot.
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I do that as well, but I fail to see how that will get your car finished any more quickly!
BaaaaaHaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!  (couldn't help it)
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04-25-2007, 10:42 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Louisville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: I'm Cobra-less!
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Rob, it's a custom built car. Don't pull the same crap that you did with SPF and Performance Engineering. Seriously...if you're that impatient, buy something else. And again, if you're gonna be that anal about things going wrong, then buy something else.
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04-25-2007, 10:50 AM
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Location: San Diego,
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I had to build mine up to "roller" status and even with that included it was only about 200 hours total.
If money isn't slowing you down, I can't imagine going from roller to done would be more than 70 or 80 hours worth of work unless you are so anal that you couldn't pull a needle out of your butt with a tow truck.
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04-25-2007, 10:53 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Tampa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham #473 427 every option, Keithcraft aluminum FE 482 ci. Mass Flo FI. Tremec TKO 600.
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A solid two to three weeks
If you have the tools and parts ready to go you could do it quick. I spent more time than I should have because of work travel away from home. You have to have a lift, a welder and hand tools.
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04-25-2007, 10:57 AM
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Location: St. Louis,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 427 S.O. Dual Quad / Cobra undecided
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Murphy,
What aspects of your builds did you need the lift and welder for?
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04-25-2007, 11:13 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Tampa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham #473 427 every option, Keithcraft aluminum FE 482 ci. Mass Flo FI. Tremec TKO 600.
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Tools
You need a small mig welder to weld the brackets and tabs on the sidepipes. You have to fit the pipes to the car and motor, then weld. You can buy one for $100. You will regret not having a lift for the under car work. Of course it can be done but what a pain in the A$$. The home lifts are under 2K and well worth it. You can put it together in a weekend no problem.
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04-25-2007, 11:24 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: sac., ca,
ca
Cobra Make, Engine: owned Kirkham for 11 years
Posts: 1,033
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30 days after the Keith Craft engine and Tremec arrived,We had it on the road. Biggest expense was the welding done by an on site vendor.
Maurice
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04-25-2007, 11:32 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Chicago Northwest Suburbs,
IL
Cobra Make, Engine: 427 Cobra re-creation based on Kirkham aluminum body and chassis, Original 1965 Ford 427 Side Oiler and Ford Toploader transmission
Posts: 247
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About 10 months but my timeframe is a bit invalid since I went backwards first after receiving the roller. The roller was completely disassembled, painted and then built as a ground up restoration from that point.
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04-25-2007, 11:36 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Greenville,sc,
SC
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham 427 (KMP 266); CAV GT40
Posts: 1,464
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bought mine on a whim and my first cobra was not even on the road yet, so KMP266 sat for quite a while so I could finish the other one. After it got started it was done in 2 months or so.
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