Rufus68 wrote:

It might be just me...   but the shiny tires and flat paint just make that plain car look wrong

A few burnouts on a dirt road and it will all be just fine.  I think the paint is just a victim of the lighting and photography, but I would take a flat red one with shiny tires any day.

I do like the AC ace/bristol body style before it used steroids. Also a company in britain make one but to use a triumph drive train
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MS wrote:

To be made in Taiwan.  If I ever get one, it will be small block style like this one.  No roll bar, scoops or side pipes.  Just car.  And probably not from Taiwan


roll 20 dice

 



MS would start out like THIS! ^^^^^^

Last edited by 6sally6 (2/08/2025 6:57 PM)

6sally6 wrote:

MS wrote:

To be made in Taiwan. If I ever get one, it will be small block style like this one. No roll bar, scoops or side pipes. Just car. And probably not from Taiwan


roll 20 dice

 



MS would start out like THIS! ^^^^^^

Carroll looks a bit skeptical at that "prototype?"
 

I got to sit in a real deal 427SC when I was a kid.  Its definitely one of my top 5 cars.  Personally I'd want the big block, but ideally updated and built off an aluminum block. 

boss347convertible wrote:

About 25 years ago I started out with a Butler based kit and while it was a decent kit, it was lacking in several respects. The body was great and the car ended up on the cover of Kit Car Builder's Handbook. I sold the Butler and dug into building a Superformance. Having put a lot of miles on the Butler with side pipes, I built the Superformance with rear exit exhaust. This eliminated the ringing in the ears when long distance driving. I built a FE 427 with all of the high performance parts available at the time and boy was that car fun.

 After I completed the Superformance, I went to Las Vegas Raceway where Shelby was assembling his line of aluminum bodied Cobras. I drove his FE 427, carbureted with an aluminum block and another Cobra with a fuel injected FE 427. Between the Superformance and the Shelby Cobras I did not find much difference in performance or driving experience.

Anytime I see a Cobra I get the itch to build another, then my senses come back to me and I realize that I am in process on a build and that I can't find the time to properly maintain my existing fleet. Anyhow, the memories are good.

It’s nice recalling old times, sounds like they were good times, thanks for sharing.