The Cobras are '64/'65 Shelby factory race cars being off-loaded prior to their participation in the Speed Weeks races at Nassau, at that time a major event in sports car and prototype racing. The FIA Cobras used to contest the GT championship featured a number of modifications from production street trim but utilized uprated versions of the 289 CID small block V8 seen in street Cobras and Mustangs. By the time they started selling out Cobras with the 427 bug-block Shelby's racing focus had shifted to the Ford GT40.
Shelby's Cobra roadsters and coupes won the FIA Grand Touring for 1965
BTW-The car ferry shown is a converted WWII Landing Ship Tank (LST)
Unless my eyes fail me (not unknown) it is a gen 2 Corvair ('65 - '69); a Corsa I believe. I can't narrow down the year except to say that I think the Corsa was dropped after '67 or so.
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Nah. I'm done pouring money into shabby cars that I could just save up and buy completed, usually at far less cost. Besides, it's a 3-speed and doesn't have the correct engine. There was also an E Type Coupe for around $30K, but gee, by the time you go through an E Type Jaguar (and you have to do it right to do it justice), you're in another $65K, to say nothing of a lot of work. I suppose one can take these barn finds and clean 'em up and flip 'em as is but I'm in no position to roll $30K dice in the hope of making 10-15%. Dealers can store 'em in the back room, advertise them for a year if they have to. There's always one person out there willing to pay more than a car is worth.
Even rarer, it has a 1957 265 cid engine in it from a passenger car. It's also on a "no carb" diet apparently.
The E Type looked more promising but it hasn't run in 25 years and nobody knows anything about the engine/transmission. Kinda dinged up body but no rust and it's all there. Totally restored, these cars can bring $100K.
It's hard to know anymore. Prices are so crazy. You do the math and it seems like it can't work out, and then someone jumps in anyway. I think this is more about "musical chairs". Each new party grabs the "barn find" and runs with it and passes it on to someone else until the music stops and someone is left holding a car that isn't even remotely worth restoring at that asking price. It's irrational and I'm not comfortable in any irrational market.
You hear about the "barn finds" that paid off, but you never hear about the disasters that didn't. "Everyone is a genius in a bull market", as they say.
One show that seems to make it clear what it costs to actually restore a car is "Fantom Works". While they don't give the exact total, they give the parts $$ and the total hours billed. One guy paid something crazy to get his pet '68 Mustang coupe restored, $60k - $80k. No artificial budgets, like on my other favorite "Wheeler Dealers".
You can cut a lot of corners....not restore the frame underneath (just clean and paint it with a jiggle can), dye the leather seats (or install vinyl) , buy cheap tires, use non-stock exhaust, cheap paint job, lots of undercoating. What's hard to cheat on is pitted chrome and pot metal.
You can cut a lot of corners....not restore the frame underneath (just clean and paint it with a jiggle can), dye the leather seats (or install vinyl) , buy cheap tires, use non-stock exhaust, cheap paint job, lots of undercoating. What's hard to cheat on is pitted chrome and pot metal.
If you're referring to the Jag, wouldn't those be "tyres"?
Pretty sure it is a Lamborghini Urraco, the cheaper line from the 1970's intended to compete with the Ferrari Dino. I am pretty sure that the tail lights are lift from a contemporary Fiat
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2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
Shelby's Cobra roadsters and coupes won the FIA Grand Touring for 1965
BTW-The car ferry shown is a converted WWII Landing Ship Tank (LST)
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
http://forums.edmunds.com/discussion/35969/general/x/old-car-from-1930s#latest
(I first said '59 but not sure if there is any difference with the '58 and since the Nash was a '58.... ?)
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'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Gonna buy it?
The E Type looked more promising but it hasn't run in 25 years and nobody knows anything about the engine/transmission. Kinda dinged up body but no rust and it's all there. Totally restored, these cars can bring $100K.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
You hear about the "barn finds" that paid off, but you never hear about the disasters that didn't. "Everyone is a genius in a bull market", as they say.
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Only because it is not running.
Seriously, though, that looks REALLY nice.
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Pretty sure it is a Lamborghini Urraco, the cheaper line from the 1970's intended to compete with the Ferrari Dino. I am pretty sure that the tail lights are lift from a contemporary Fiat
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