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Topic: The Factory Five AC Cobra Replicas
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 43792
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 06-24-1999 08:26 PM
   
This has got to be one of the best deals on the planet!An AC Cobra kit car for $10,990! Just add a wreck 5.0 Mustang parts car and you can build your own Viper slayer! Check out their site! www.factoryfive.com/ ------------------
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 43792
From: Saco, Maine
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posted 06-24-1999 09:11 PM
With the Factory Five kit, I bet you could put one together for $20k!Swap the 5.0l for a 351W stroked to 435 c.i. Oh, La La! ------------------
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deke
Gearhead Posts: 1573
From: Silver Spring, MD, USA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 06-25-1999 12:55 PM
I believe you can get a shelby Kit from Carol Shelby himself.Last I heard, you could still get an "original" from him as well - he had a stock of NOS cobra parts for a number of cars and was selling the originals for about $200,000, and the kits for about $80,000. I believe the only difference was that the kits had fiberglass bodies instead of aluminum, and they were not using the side oiler motors (maybe a 460?). Now THAT's the way to go for a "Kit" car!
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 43792
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 06-27-1999 11:40 AM
Mike, a Cobra kit car would be a fun project when the Sprint is done, wouldn't you say?------------------
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 43792
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 06-29-1999 03:13 PM
I just recieved Factory Five's literature, {available free, ask for it on their web site.}This is amazing! You can really put together a nasty AC Cobra for under 20k! This is too cool! ------------------
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MLariviere
Moderator Posts: 4008
From: Biddeford,Me.USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 07-01-1999 09:55 PM
I absolutely love that pic of Greg LaPoint's car wheelstanding!
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BmxKris
Gearhead Posts: 182
From: St. Louis Mo Usa
Registered: Nov 99
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posted 01-13-2000 10:32 PM
The cobra from shelby american is actually a complete car design to be a continuation of the gsx-3000 seris of the 60's it is the GSX-4000 It is prety much an exact replica with a stronger frame and a few other options. I think prices start at 55,000 and go up from there but that is a small price to pay for what is the only new cobra recognized by Shelby American as a true cobra. There Site has very detailed info about the GSX-4000 and the new shelby car with of all things an oldsmobile engine.
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georgeb
Gearhead Posts: 927
From: Solomons, MD, USA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 01-14-2000 04:12 PM
There is also a company in the mid-west that builds very high quality EXACT replicas of 289 (coil spring) and 427 Cobras, aluminum bodies and all. They plan to offer kits somewhere down the line.
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jnjrausch
Gearhead Posts: 76
From: silverdale,wa,usa
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 01-17-2000 05:00 AM
on of the few who adds extra floorpan room. They seem good, but I don't know about the just being a 5.0. Just gotta have a 427 or 428. If you can't afford it (like me....sigh) go big! Anyone know if LA Exotica is still in business? Their kit was around 13k back in 93. Had a real tough choice between one of theirs and my 93 5.0. ------------------
john
74 351C-4v Pro street
93 5.0lx reef blue
85 f150 4x4 riding high
68 galaxie 500 convert
77 T-bird Landau
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MLariviere
Moderator Posts: 4008
From: Biddeford,Me.USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-17-2000 08:59 PM
On the FFR cars,you don't have to run an EFI 5.0. They can tailor the harness and engine mounts to accept even big block Fords.
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cbII
Gearhead Posts: 95
From: San Angelo
Registered: Aug 99
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posted 01-19-2000 06:37 PM
http://carrollshelby.com/products.htm Go here!!! This tells you everything about the CSX 4000 (continuation of 427) , CSX 7000 (289 FIA), CSX 8000 (289 street). The CSX4000s come in either aluminum or fiberglass, and can be outfitted with a true 427 engine! You can even have your engine rebuilt by the company, or you can buy a brand new 427ci 750hp aluminum block and heads engine for a mere $30,000. Oh to be rich.
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mustangs68
Moderator Posts: 22919
From: Buckroe Beach Va MCA#39406 M&M #12 Member Mustang Club of Tidewater
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-19-2000 09:45 PM
Guys,
I saw and ad or something the other nite about a Series One...
What caught my eye was it was next to an AC...
can anyone enlighten me?
sam
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cbII
Gearhead Posts: 95
From: San Angelo
Registered: Aug 99
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posted 01-20-2000 03:32 PM
mustangs68,Going to the site I listed above might clear some things up 
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BmxKris
Gearhead Posts: 182
From: St. Louis Mo Usa
Registered: Nov 99
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posted 02-17-2000 08:33 PM
These past few weeks kit cars have been the object of my attention. There are no less than 300 makers of cobra replica's. Pick up a kit car illustrated and see how the cobra dominates over all others. There are companies that make Fiberglass hard tops for thses beasts also. Factory Five is also making a kit for the coveted Daytona coupe. It should be interesting, If I ever have enough money I will own one.
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racin jason
Gearhead Posts: 291
From: Sidney, OH
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 02-21-2000 11:05 AM
The place where I bought my Mach 1 sells superformance 427 Cobra replicas, they don't sell kits but a complete car minus engine and trans is $38,500 If I remember correctly. They also sell Birkins, something like a panoz, I think.
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fordfan
Gearhead Posts: 3092
From: Walla Walla, Wa, USA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 02-21-2000 07:12 PM
The Shelby Series 1 is Caroll's new "Supercar".------------------
Joseph J Shaffer IV
Walla Walla, WA
'68 Mustang Coupe
'64 Mercury Comet
'64 Ford Falcon
'43 Dodge WC-53
'41 Chevy Pickup
'70 Chevy Pickup
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 43792
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 12-21-2000 05:18 PM
I can't believe I didn't know about this!
http://www.shelbyamerican.com/cobra/index.html I thought all CS sold was the Aurora engined overpriced POS! ------------------
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