I have the chance to buy a non-completed Cobra kit car and there's no way I can swing it with the house that we're building but a brother can dream.

It's the body/brakes/suspension and AFAIK needs the fuel pump/engine/tran.ny/wheels and a paint job. What's a ballpark estimate for those if I went w/ a hopped up Ford small block? I think a coyote V8 is an option but I'm guessing that would be more pricey.

Obviously this is the color scheme I'd go with:

Gen 2 coyote out of a truck, mated to a TR-6060, custom grind cams, LT headers, no cats or kooks green cats, billet oil pump gears and cam sprocket, and a Whipple 2.9L with fuel system to match.

You aren't alone in that feeling.

And I will add that there is nothing sadder than a kit car that is bought finished. I get no doing the paint but outsourcing the rest of it, is just sad

What kit is it?

Guitarsoup said:

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No way I would buy a kit that someone abandoned unless I personally knew them and followed their build. Who knows what shortcuts they took or what they effed up.

They are abandoning it after hundreds of hours of work and taking a loss. The car is a headache, and you don't want to buy someone else's headache and not even know their problems.

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No engine, ****** or wheels? They likely don't have any hours in it and that's the reason they're parting with it...

My dad found an old 302 out of a truck and had it rebuilt with a 347 stroker kit.

drumboy said:

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It's a Factory Five MK4 Roadster with IRS suspension and a Tremec T5 tr@nny. All it needs is an engine and a paint job.

I agree on the less power more fun. Buddy has a 68 Z28 with a blown 502 and every time I drive it I'm just spinning tires the whole time under 70. I'd want a nice small block with a lope.

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Cool. FF is about the best thing going right now for these kinds of cars. Since it aready has the T5 it seems like it's just begging for a little windsor!


Like Hnnggggg.....
https://speedmaster79.com/ford-351w-windsor-downdraft-8-stack-efi-intake-manifold-system-complete-polished/

I have nothing constructive to add other than...

I wonder if a 2J has ever been put in a cobra chassis?

Old guys would be soiling golf pants, cats and dogs living together, fires, floods........

Guitarsoup said:

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Don't get something boring and obvious like a coyote, Windsor, or 428 interceptor. Be unique and put a Northstar in that bad boy.

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and make it FWD!

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Buying someone's half-finished, half-botched project might make you a lot sadder than buying one finished.

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Son bought a '74 Nova that was a project. When we replaced the carb, we found that the previous owner had replaced the steel linkage between the primaries and secondaries with kite string.

im looking to get a toy at the end of the year - i saw one recently in dallas and thought humph.. now that would be a fun today. an inexpensive / one that needs work would definitely be on the short list when the time comes