Bit the bullet this weekend and ordered my kit!

[Yama-Bro]

Hey Guys!

After about 30 years of dreaming of owning a Cobra I finally pulled the trigger and placed my order online this weekend during the open house. I was planning on ordering it in September, but everything fell into place unexpectedly and I just "had" to do it.

My plan is to build this for an all around fun car. I'll be cruising around town (60%), hitting some scenic curvy roads (10%), going to a few car shows (10%), and doing a the occasional "for fun" track (10%) and autocross days (10%). I have two boys that are 6 and 12. I'm really looking forward to working on this with them (and they are excited too). Since I have a family and many things going on, I'm planning on taking my time on this, so the build could be drawn out a little more than some of yours. It definitely won't be done in 9 months. I'm going for a vaguely vintage looking car with 15" billboards and the vintage gages.

Here's what I ordered with the complete kit:
-Frame setup for 302/351 engine and 8.8 straight rear axle w/3 link suspension
-Powder coated frame
-Uncut body
-Power steering
-Vintage gauge set
-Stainless side exhaust
-302 ceramic coated headers
-Wind wings
-Sun visors
-Heater/defroster
-Wipers
-Driver and Passenger chrome roll bars(planning to make the passenger side removable)
-Roll bar grommets
-Center dash support
-15" Halibrand wheels
-Swapped the pre cut dash for a blank dash.

I'm also planning to get/do the following items to complete the build...
-Gordan Levy's 4 piston Wilwood brakes for FFR's 15" Halibrand wheels
-Mickey Thompson ST 15" tires (with Goodyear Eagle tire stickers or stencil)
-For the power plant, right now I'm looking at a BluePrint Engines 347 with EFI, but could go a lot of different directions.
-TKO600 tranny
-3.55 gearing in the rear end along with a 31 spline axles and Ford Track Lok diff..
-Glove box. I like the way the glove box looks in the dash, so I'm going to try to get it to work with the heater.
-Dropped trunk mod
-Battery relocated to the front or under the trunk.
-Competition dash layout.
-A second set of 17" wheels and tires for running on the track. (Hopefully, already have these)
-Would really like to do rectangular taillights.
-I'm planning to paint it Viking blue with white stripes and blacked out wheels, although my wife and kids are pushing for lime green and black stripes.


Once I get a little closer I'll start a build thread.