Lone Star Classics LS427
Lauderdale Blue Metallic/turquoise stripes

Photo above is hotlinked (same view, much larger size).

Lone Star Classics LS427. Ultra-premium PPG Lauderdale Blue Metallic paint/turquoise semi-ghost stripes under clearcoat with extra hardener. A real head-turner, outfitted with the best of everything. No donor parts. Built in 2003 at Lone Star's factory with professional tools, supervision and direction.

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I decided to employ Ford SVO to build my engine. One of the motorheads at Ford SVO advised me, "If I had a Cobra, I would use an A-351 Windsor because it has the hottest roller cam with the exhaust 'pop' you want a Cobra to have." So I did, and it's outfitted with this high-performance componentry:

• GT40 aluminum heads
• 750 cfm Holley carburetor
• Edelbrock Torker II intake
• Griffin 600 hp radiator
• K&N air cleaner
• roller cam
• MSD ignition package
• Mallory solid-state distributor

When was the last time you encountered a Cobra engine with a 4" deep K&N air cleaner? This was effected by exchanging the Edelbrock Air Gap manifold for a lower-profile Torker II. This modification yields a flat torque curve that provides breathtaking right-off–idle power and throttle response.

Chassis dyno yielded 344 rear wheel horsepower which factors 430 flywheel horsepower—not bad for a Windsor on a 2,350 lb. [1,066 kilogram] drivin' machine. That's a crotch-rocket motorcycle power-to-weight ratio! Real-world experience: Italian and German sports cars... make a nice lunch!

Performance: you can expect to turn high 10's to low 11's at 135 mph in the quarter mile.

• McCombs racing clutch
• Tremec TKO 3550 5-speed transmission
• Currie 9" third member with fited with traction sensing and 3.73:1 ratio

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When doing my research before building my Cobra, I noticed I could not get my knees under the dash of any Cobra I sat in-until I sat in a Lone Star LS427. The Lone Star had cockpit room; my knees fit comfortably under the steering column.

Cockpit is generously outfitted with:

• VDO instrument gauges
• black walnut dash with eight coats hand-rubbed lacquer
• adjustable luxury Acura sport seats with headrests, upholstered in dove gray leather
  dropped floorpans and extended cockpit legroom only available from Lone Star results in superior legroom and driver comfort
• Ididit tilt steering column (which exhibits a smooth, period-correct appearance)
• Vintage Air heater/defroster
• engine kill switch
• fire extinguisher
• full chromed rollbar
• mirror stainless radiator shroud
• silver ceramic-coated headers & sidepipes
• braided SS brake lines and hoses
• aluminum door sills

• powder-coated box-channel/mild-steel frame
• NASCAR 5-point rear suspension
• Aldan 5-pt. adjustable coil-over shocks at all four corners
• rack & pinion steering
• 11" Ford Explorer brakes
    
  Rolling stock:
• AC Team III wheels & knockoffs: 10" on rear [shod with Toyo 295/50Rx15's]; 8" on front [shod with with Dunlop P235/60Rx15's]

This hardtop shot is hotlinked (same view, much larger size).
The LS427 removable hard top comes complete with side curtains

This Predator-drone reconnaissance shot is hotlinked (same view, much larger size).

This trunk/boot view is hotlinked (same view, much larger size).

• flush-mounted hood latches
• original build manual
• car cover
• 1.5 ton aluminum racing jack
• jack stands
• for taller snake handlers, this serpent offers more legroom than any other make of Cobra

The view most other drivers see most often of this sleek li'l drivin' machine in their
rearview mirror. This frontal view is hotlinked (same view, much larger size).

Contact:
Bill McCaffrey

(858) 793-0326 PDT (home)
email: McCaffreyBill@gmail.com
Located in San Diego, California, U.S.A.

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