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Anyone built a cobra kit car?
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<blockquote data-quote="CV355" data-source="post: 16268266" data-attributes="member: 181885"><p>It won't be cost effective unless you buy someone else's project that they gave up on. Before I bought my GT500 in '16, I was strongly considering a Factory Five kit. There were several completed 302 cars in the area for $30k, looked like they were built decent. My heart was set on a 427, so I priced it out and just looking at major components it was cost prohibitive. Like capnkirk52 said, you can easily hit $100k. It's similar to a restoration- a lot of the cost is in the "little stuff" that is labor intensive and quickly adds up.</p><p></p><p>Could you do a sub-30k build? Absolutely. Especially if you have the means to do the body/paint work at a lower cost. Find a Fox-body 5.0 or two to scavenge parts from, sure. But I've known two people who have done this in CT and both hit a point where they regretted the budget build. One went on to spend a fortune doing it "correctly" and the other gave up and sold the partially completed kit at a loss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CV355, post: 16268266, member: 181885"] It won't be cost effective unless you buy someone else's project that they gave up on. Before I bought my GT500 in '16, I was strongly considering a Factory Five kit. There were several completed 302 cars in the area for $30k, looked like they were built decent. My heart was set on a 427, so I priced it out and just looking at major components it was cost prohibitive. Like capnkirk52 said, you can easily hit $100k. It's similar to a restoration- a lot of the cost is in the "little stuff" that is labor intensive and quickly adds up. Could you do a sub-30k build? Absolutely. Especially if you have the means to do the body/paint work at a lower cost. Find a Fox-body 5.0 or two to scavenge parts from, sure. But I've known two people who have done this in CT and both hit a point where they regretted the budget build. One went on to spend a fortune doing it "correctly" and the other gave up and sold the partially completed kit at a loss. [/QUOTE]
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