Cobra

If you are going to rent a car on a vacation, why not go all out?  That’s what drivers who long to get behind the wheel of a Shelby Cobra have been doing. Even more than that, you might be considering a purchase of a certain “classic race car” and need to take it out for a weekend to make sure you are doing the right thing before you lay down the tens of thousands in cash. That will also be fine but let’s keep this vintage car within the borders of the good old USA.  When you finally get it on the road, you will have to force yourself to keep it off the race track! If you can handle those simple limitations, then you may be well on your way to actually renting a Shelby Cobra for a dream weekend.

So, the time has come. You have checked with your accountant and you have checked with your spouse, and you can finally do it – you can buy your Cobra! But which one? There many Cobra replicas on the market, and, once you have selected one, there are thousands of subsequent design choices to make. Here is a brief guide to help you organize your thoughts when shopping for a Cobra replica. I am not going to discuss pricing much, but for a nice quality replica you may spend anywhere from a few thousand dollars to as much as you choose to part with in customization and premium parts.

Before you actually go shopping for a Cobra, here are some questions that you need to resolve:

Everyone familiar to kit building and renovating of cars knows what it's like to be on the lookout for donor parts. There may be those who actually enjoy spending the tons of time it takes to locate salvage parts, the traveling around for weeks, months, sometimes years, finding some here, finding some there. Then the spending of what adds up to be a lot of money refurbishing components and parts, and ultimately, there's always the disappointment of discarding some parts bought that prove, after all, not to be worth the effort to redo.

A great shot of the cockpit of this amazing Factory Five MK3 Roadster.

I am not sure what the color code for the paint is, but I like it.Again if you look closely you will be impressed by the level of detail.

As you can no doubt see, the engine compartment of this blue Factory Five MK3 Roadster is extremely impressive.

This is an absolutely stunning example of a Factory Five MK3 Roadster that spared no expense. Everywhere you look you will be impressed by the attention to detail. This car took 1st place in the cobra category.

There was a lot of time and car was spent on the construction of this Factory Five MK3 Roadster. Here's a shot of the louvers.

This Factory Five Roadster is outfitted with a 5.0 liter small block with a Trick Flow intake. It's very clean.

It's always nice to have a tonneau cover to enclose the cockpit. As you can see this one is neatly trimmed and nicely fitted around the roll bar.