RE: Alice's Restaurant vehicle pictures - 9

I love the look. performance and the history of the real Shelby Cobras. I'm no expert but the originals where pretty crude...a big ford V8 shoe horned iw a british sports car. In the day the road and race performance was a game changer. I believe there were fewer than 350 real 427 Cobras...more 289 HiPro V8...much lighter.

I think both of these are replicas.....they just look to good

My almost Cobra story....when a Sr in College with a great job at IBM..the local American Motor dealer (a real gear head) an his wife went to Shely and drove brought back a red 427...which showed up for sale $5000. I wanted so bad !!! Just could not raise that money...as a consolation a few months later a bought a used 396 Vettt for $3200. Both are real rare now....but the Cobra is worth several times the Vett

The original Cobras are worth too much to drive.

Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #122

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The original Cobras are worth too much to drive.

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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #123

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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #122

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The original Cobras are worth too much to drive.

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That is what I was thinking. But those versions sure look nice. I bet they are professional reproductions rather than kit cars built by the owners.

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I can remember dreaming about a 427 Cobra side-oiler Cobra in the early 80s , seeing the "Gumball Rally" movie and reading a fan book, "Shelby's Wildlife: The Cobras and Mustangs " by Wallace Wyss.
I think I was delivering papers on a route in town, and an enthusiast and well-heeled customer gave me a Hemmings Motor News, thick classified book. It's a great website now- www.hmn.com. I seem to remember a genuine CSX 427 in there for sale, and it was like maybe $400K then. Probably it was less than that, but I remember being astounded about the price appreciation.
I like going to Hagerty Insurance with a login that I will use only to dream, and plugging in various cars- 1965 Ferrari 250LM, 1964 Ferrari 250GTO, 288 GTO, 1965 Shelby Cobra Daytona, 1967 Ferrari 275GTB4 alloy, 1966 Ford GT Mk IV, 1968 Dodge Dart Hemi L023, on and on.
Hagerty's has up to date book values with ranges for condition. They specialize in classic car insurance.
It's fun to dream.


If one could get a kit, aluminum-body, replica Cobra with a reissue Ford 427 FE Side-oiler... Kirkham makes one, but they're super expensive and in my opinion, ugly with their mirror-silver finish.
I think the continuation CSX Shelbys of the 2000s, some were aluminum.
Guys do get tired of them. They're constantly traded and resold. I would just like the experience of a ~2000 lb car and 500+HP/500+lb torque. It's hard to get that slim of a car these days.
Maybe a Flyin' ND Miata.

The floormats in the black one with the red stripe show "Superformance" .
They are a custom shop that provides assembled rolling chassis and painted, less engine and transmission.
Not cheap, but look to be very nicely done.
See Superformance.com

Bill

Check out these two bikes that I saw at Alice's Restaurant this morning. An old CT-90 that looks to me like it has a Chinese-clone 125cc engine and the "Money Bike" whose owner seems to want to send an expensive message to the onlooker.

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Regarding the CT-90; wouldn't surprise me. That has to be one of the highest number production engines in motorcycle history. They are fantastic bikes though. Yeah, not fast, but geez they will go up and over or around anything with that old dual speed transmission and no clutch.

My son-in-law's neighbor has sold his 1960's-era Honda 300 Scrambler to a fellow back east for $6,500. Before the Honda was shipped out, he took these photos of the bike that shows the "Snuff or Not" exhaust pipe inserts that were popular back in the day on the Honda Scrambler models to cut noise a bit after removing the original muffler and running your open pipe. I haven't seen any of those devices for many years, especially is such good shape.

He also had this comment which had me scratching my head a bit: The little "Battery" label shows the location of a battery disconnect switch he installed. Apparently when the points on this bike are in just the right spot it can create a small load which can drain the battery, so the switch can be used to totally isolate and protect the battery.

Also attached is a photo of an immaculate Royal Enfield diesel model that was recently posted on the Royal Enfield forum. Something that you don't see very often.

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Here is an interesting car that I saw today at Alice's Restaurant. It is a 1999 Lotus Esprit V8. The owner drove it from Montana and said it was a rare car which took him a long time to find. It certainly was in good condition.

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I wonder if it has the under water capabilities of the 007 version

I have been told that: LOTUS = Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious."

Here is a motorcycle model from my china cabinet that you might find interesting. Some years ago I bought a model of this Honda 50cc racer from a specialty catalog and then never saw it again. It was quite expensive, but I am sure it was less expensive than the real thing.

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Latest bike at Alice's restaurant. Sunday morning. Lots of cool cars but only one other bike. That was of course a GS.
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Zitat von Ray B im Beitrag #134

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Latest bike at Alice's restaurant. Sunday morning. Lots of cool cars but only one other bike. That was of course a GS.

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