just a new hunch

[DanC]

Try ERA

ERA builds a beautiful car but I haven't figured any way it can be reasonable in price.

Dan

[DanC]

I don't know of anyone else selling an affordable street Cobra version.
DanC

Dan, you might want to check out Unique Motorcars, here's a link:

http://www.uniquemotorcars.com/

Unique offers both 427 and 289 models and they have been in the business for a long time.

[2FAST4U]

With the downfall of Hurricane, I have turned my sights on a Unique Motorcars 289FIA car.  I've seen several and must say, they are excellent and VERY period correct.

[Fuzzy]

Isn't the Unique the one on the famous Cobra tire poster most of us have in our garages?  Under car side pipes, pale blue and a forward mounting roll bar support?  That's been my inspiration for many years.

[YerDugliness]

That's the one, Ken!

[Fuzzy]

Dugly, I sure wouldn't hold my breath for a Hurricane, sad to say....if you are ready to buy, might be able to cut some deal these days, always worth a try, I know there sure have been some deals on finished cars lately even on CC.  I think if you bought the Unique you wouldn't be disappointed.   I had seriously looked at one but they never responded to my questions about building a right hand drive one.  Only Mike and Rich were willing to give it a try.  The FIA car is really nice and if I was to do it over again, that is the route I'd go.
ken

[am427]

Local (Houston) Unique rep is:

Terry Colley


www.33autos.com
terry@33autos.com
phone number: 713-729-8736
hours: Mon-Sat 9am-6pm CST

[Paul Proefrock]

Isn't the Unique the one on the famous Cobra tire poster most of us have in our garages?

[KSW64]

It was a full page ad for BF Goodrich TA Radials.

KEN

[KSW64]

I hit post too quickly. http://autogrotto.com/onlinestore/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=643

KEN

[jwd]

I thought EVERY Cobra owner had one of those. Get them on E-Bay for about $10.

Jim

[YerDugliness]

I've never seen the poster you refer to. Do you have a link or image of it?
Paul

IIRC, Paul, the poster to which Fuzzy is referring was an advertisement for the B F Goodrich tire company.

[Fuzzy]

I've got the one the link points to that Ken posted. Right side of garage. I sure didn't pay $79 for it...guess if someone really wanted one, they would pay for it but there are a lot of other things my $79 could go for.
It has been one of my all time favorites and when people are over to the house and can't visualize what my Hurricane will look like finished, I just show them that for a general idea.  I think they were originally $ 9.99 or something like that.
ken

[DanC]

Considering the status of the Texas bunch who bought Hurricane.  I wonder how much longer this web site will be up?

Doing cost comparisons of various kits.  So far a Unique looks to be about $4,000 more than a roughly equal IRS Factory Five kit.  Not too much on the FF butt-in-the-air stance though and a few other details.  I'm going to go down the ERA parts list tonight but they have always seemed very high (but a high quality car also).  

[YerDugliness]

I can spend hours--nay, days-- reading the info on the ERA website!