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Title: Component Craft 427 A/C Cobra..original Hurricane
Post by: jazzybull on November 24, 2008, 12:26:18 PM
 Hi,
Title: Re: Component Craft 427 A/C Cobra..original Hurric
Post by: tk._in_wa. on November 24, 2008, 12:44:20 PM
Tired of waiting for a reply, get in line!!!!! Seriously though Im trying to get a reply on the status of the co. myself, seems pretty quiet in the state of Texas.
Title: Re: Component Craft 427 A/C Cobra..original Hurric
Post by: danc30 on November 24, 2008, 01:03:54 PM
Sounds like you have a Hurricane before it was a Hurricane.  Does that make it a Tropical Storm Replica?

Try the local # or e-mail him.

the office at (817) 466-2380 or email at cwhite@hurricane-motorsports.com

He's probably very busy trying to get everything put together so he can start selling.
Title: Re: Component Craft 427 A/C Cobra..original Hurric
Post by: MFE III on November 24, 2008, 01:13:25 PM
Hurricane Motorsports was sold and moved to Texas about six months ago. The new owners indicate that they are gearing up for production. In the meantime, many of the parts for our cars can be obtained from:
http://www.wholesalehotrod.com/Default.asp
As far as getting your certificate of origin notarized, sorry I can't help you there.
If you do ever speak to Chris White, you might ask him to register you and give you acess to the private owner's side of this forum. You'll find it contains a wealth of knowledge and information on building and customizing our cars.
Good luck and welcome to the HM family.
Matt
Title: Re: Component Craft 427 A/C Cobra..original Hurric
Post by: jazzybull on November 24, 2008, 02:08:58 PM
QuoteSounds like you have a Hurricane before it was a Hurricane.
Title: not really jazzy
Post by: j nordstrm on November 24, 2008, 07:46:17 PM
Hurricane and Component Craft were never connected.  Your manufacturer went out of business and then sold the molds and jigs to some people in Red Oak, Texas.  They in turn sold the molds to Hurricane who then stopped production and sold the Hurricane llp in Texas.  

Very few things of your cc car are the same as yesterday's car.  Mainly only body mold parts, even the roll bat holes and mounts are now different.  The foot box has been totally changed.  

You might get better help here if you listed the parts that you need.  As for the MSO/title...good luck.

Jay
Title: Re: Component Craft 427 A/C Cobra..original Hurric
Post by: 8milebaker on November 24, 2008, 09:46:16 PM
hey,  Jay how about north amercian fiberglass,when I was at Knott's two guys where all over my car ,when i walked up they said it looks just like NAF.Isaid thought they were defunked and the little old man with the cobra jacket on said no thats me,his name was Jack, he build's coupes in AZ.
Title: 8mile
Post by: j nordstrm on November 24, 2008, 10:43:29 PM
I really don't know that much about NAF, some of the guys at clubcobra might.  I had an opportunity to by a distressed NAF once but declined due to quality and other reasons...frame, foot box, buildability, lack of support, etc.  As far as coupes go I had heard that one or more of the principles was still active in some respects.

It never ceases to amaze me how failures in this business still try to hang on.  It is always an ongoing saga...kinda like this one.

Jay
Title: Re: Component Craft 427 A/C Cobra..original Hurric
Post by: tk._in_wa. on November 27, 2008, 03:10:03 PM
Anbody notice that the 800 line is no longer in service and that nobody answers the 817 466 2380#. I CANT EVEN GET A REPLY VIA E-MAIL FROM CHRIS THE NEW OWNER!
Title: Re: Component Craft 427 A/C Cobra..original Hurric
Post by: berzerko on November 27, 2008, 08:21:00 PM
what are you looking for?
A discription and some pics may help!

Bobby
Title: Re: Component Craft 427 A/C Cobra..original Hurric
Post by: cobraspit on November 28, 2008, 09:16:15 PM
i have been staying out of this for some time, something happened and i wish it had not. the HM is still been a Great and Fun Build and HM owners(the ones that bought these cars as kits are always here. what is next is only any ones guess? these are truly awesome cars.
my son and i have $50,000+ grand into this and that does not include our time. and the way things are going does it truly really fargin matter.
we will finish if God willing but Bad Agnes will always be in my mind.
Build #1082
cs
Title: Re: Component Craft 427 A/C Cobra..original Hurric
Post by: LMH on November 29, 2008, 10:02:46 AM
So does anyone know what original car was used to make the molds?
Larry
Title: Re: Component Craft 427 A/C Cobra..original Hurric
Post by: MFE III on November 29, 2008, 11:06:32 AM
Mike Arps once told me, but I've forgotten the actual chassis number. He said he couldn't verify it, but he once placed an original hood on a HM and it was a perfect fit.

Mike, Rich or Jay . . .  can you fill in the blanks?  Would be interesting to have the full story. . . the Hurricane Motorsports legacy :'(
Title: Re: Component Craft 427 A/C Cobra..original Hurric
Post by: tk._in_wa. on November 29, 2008, 10:48:59 PM
Didnt know how to start new topic but must assume some of you out there know whether or not this co. is still in operation or have they pulled the plug? Some of us out here would still like to buy and build us a cobra. Any info, or comments would be welcome Thanks TK.
Title: Re: Component Craft 427 A/C Cobra..original Hurric
Post by: HM1006 on November 30, 2008, 07:07:22 AM
QuoteDidnt know how to start new topic but must assume some of you out there know whether or not this co. is still in operation or have they pulled the plug? Some of us out here would still like to buy and build us a cobra. Any info, or comments would be welcome Thanks TK.

Tk, would a turn key minus, at a discounted price be of interest to you?

Brad

http://forum.hurricane-motorsports.com/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1219598143
Title: Re: Component Craft 427 A/C Cobra..original Hurric
Post by: jazzybull on December 02, 2008, 10:45:25 PM
QuoteHurricane Motorsports was sold and moved to Texas about six months ago. The new owners indicate that they are gearing up for production. In the meantime, many of the parts for our cars can be obtained from:
http://www.wholesalehotrod.com/Default.asp
As far as getting your certificate of origin notarized, sorry I can't help you there.
If you do ever speak to Chris White, you might ask him to register you and give you acess to the private owner's side of this forum. You'll find it contains a wealth of knowledge and information on building and customizing our cars.
Good luck and welcome to the HM family.
Matt

Matt,
I contacted Wholesalehotrod.com as you suggested. Great tip, Although they don;t really sell to the public, Jason steered my towards Shell Valley. This got me thinking. I would bet anything that every Cobra manufacturer out there uses the same Lighting, Chrome, Windshields, wind wings, visors, radiators, gas tanks........Frame, Body and suspension seem to be the only differences in all of these cars.
Title: Re: Component Craft 427 A/C Cobra..original Hurric
Post by: jshel.1 on December 10, 2008, 08:11:34 PM
TK, if you are not interested in Brad's fine specimen, you might try pinging Chris on his MySpace page:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=72697776

Best of luck and enjoy.