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This is my baby, it's a 1965 Shelby 427 Cobra replica.
The parts consist of:
Performance numbers from FFR's web site:
  • Cobra: 0-60: 3.6sec, 1/4 mile: 12.3 sec / 113 mph, Lat G's: 1.00
  • '04 Carrerra GT: 0-60: 3.6sec, 1/4 mile: 11.3 / 131mph, Lat G's: 0.99
  • '04 Ferrari Enzo: 0-60 3.3sec, 1/4 mile: 11.2 / 133 mph, Lat G's: 1.05
  • '01 C5 Vette: 0-60: 4.5sec, 1/4 mile: 13.1 / 103mph, Lat G's: 0.92

My brother and I attended the Mott Build School in Detroit where we got to build one of these things in 3 days. They made it pretty easy there!

The kit was delivered late September 2005, I registered the car in AZ June 2006, and called it done Dec 31, 2006. Some pics of the final product:



Here are a few pics from the build process. The pile of wires in the one pic are all of the extras I cut out of the donor harness. Talk about a job, each one had to be identified before it was removed.





Here are a couple of pics from the Mott Build School. It was a great confidence builder, and an opportunity to spend the weekend with my brother.



And a few pics of some other cars in Tucson.