Been a while!

[seph]

Been a while since I have been on here and fishing but been very busy building one of these. It's not finished yet, but well on the way.

[ayjay]

An AC Cobra of some sort if I'm not mistaken!

 

Gonna tell us some more about it?

Edited April 3, 2010 by ayjay

[JV44]

An AC Cobra of some sort if I'm not mistaken!

 

Gonna tell us some more about it?

Yes come on what are the donor car bits from ?? Small block V8 power?? Did you manage to stick to a budget?? and last but not least how many man hours? Steve.

[seph]

Ajay,

 

quite right it is an AC Cobra 427, unfortunately not a real one but a replica.

 

Steve,

 

Jaguar running gear and gearbox, sb chevy v8 power-roughly 450bhp. I did have a budget but blew that out the window a long time ago. As for man hours, I have no idea as I hammer it sometimes, then do nothing for weeks or do a bit here and there. I have only been on it for 11 months and was hoping to have it on the road by now, I am a lazy git though.

[JV44]

Ajay,

 

quite right it is an AC Cobra 427, unfortunately not a real one but a replica.

 

Steve,

 

Jaguar running gear and gearbox, sb chevy v8 power-roughly 450bhp. I did have a budget but blew that out the window a long time ago. As for man hours, I have no idea as I hammer it sometimes, then do nothing for weeks or do a bit here and there. I have only been on it for 11 months and was hoping to have it on the road by now, I am a lazy git though.

 

Seph well done as most start these things and then give up after a short while and nagging from the other half to have the garage back ,Always fancied it myself but no room/time or ability if it comes to that .

Post a few pics when she is finished and some of the build in progress would be cool as well ,Used to go to Kit car shows as a mate was into it and always thought that the Cobra esp looks best slowly inching its way through the crowd with the V8 burbling away on its way to the ring ,Mind you looks fairly good blasting along a good A road to .

Looking forward to a few pics when she is ready Steve.

[Steve Walker]

That's lovely, well done. I bet that sounds fantastic!

[Elton]

Paul,

 

I'd love to see that beast when it's on the road!

[Rusty]

Looking forward to a few pics when she is ready Steve.

 

Forget the pics Steve, I'm looking forward to the keys when she's ready.

 

Details please Seph, where did the engine come from and which kit is it? I took a great interest in kit cars a while back but just never had the facilities to build one....so I bought a '76 Trans Am 455 instead, jolly good fun it was too.

[seph]

Just to confirm, the picture is not of my actual car but of something mine will hopefully closely resemble. I have tried to put some more pictures up but cannot get them to upload.

 

Kit was from these people

www.aksportscars.com

 

Engine was built by Mike Huddart, had it runnig and with the sidepipes on it sounds awesome although loud with it echoing off the garage walls.