Classic Roadsters Super Serpent
Windsor White/Royal Red stripes
—SOLD!—

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

I simply wanted to have to possess and drive the fastest Cobra on the planet! I insisted however, that it must be completely reliable and eminently docile... until it's unleashed it with my pressing of the pedal!

Well I got everything I asked for and more. This is a Cobra that goes 0–60 in 3 seconds flat, yet my 20-year-old son can drive it up and down PCH (Pacific Coast Hwy) and remain in full control. At a stoplight the car idles nicely, not some hard-to-keep-running-at-idle cam that rattles your teeth; that doesn't occur 'til you get on it. Then hold on... this car pulls hard even when you shift into 5th gear! As you can imagine anytime you want maximum power mixed with total reliability, all components must be lightweight yet heavy duty—which means all components were, high-end, custom-made and very costly metals and alloys (titanium, etc. etc.).

engine photo is hotlinked (same view, MUCH larger size).

This bored and blown 351 (380 cid) Windsor was built by World Record holder and famed NHRA/NHBA engine builder Rick King at a cost of over $15,000. It produces some 700+ hp and commensurate torque.

The engine componentry includes:

• JE custom pistons
• Crower cam and lifters
• Manley SS (stainless steel) valves
• Edelbrock 780 cfm double-pumper carburetor
• FoMoCo racing heads

All the apposite components have been professionally hot-tanked, decked, blocked, bored, honed, aligned and balanced as per the best money could buy.

• TIG-welded rectangular-tubular steel chassis
• power rack & pinion steering, w/anti-sway bar
• custom-designed 4-link suspension in rear w/anti-sway bar
  
  shock absorbers:
  • front: 90/10 coil-overs
  • rear: Max-Air P 004 adjustable for weight, rake & ride

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• genuine Moto-Lita hardwood-rimmed Cobra steering wheel
• rich leather upholstery w/splendid patina
• Simpson 4-point harness system
• Autometer gauges [8 gauge ensemble] incl. blower boost and fuel pressure
• Cole Hersee toggle switches
• Sony 4-speaker AM/FM CD player w/detachable face for security
• triple-chromed rollbar

above shot is hotlinked (alternate frontal view, MUCH larger size)

• Lakewood scattershield
• lightweight (yet heavy-duty) flywheel
• Clutchmaster 2800# Race Series disc, pressure plate and throwout bearing
• Steeda 5-speed transmission w/0.070 final (over)drive ratio
• custom-made balanced driveshaft w/safety loop and anti-vibration damper
• Ford race-ready 8.8" rear-end [4.11:1 gear ratio]

above hotlinked (same 3/4-frontal aerial view, MUCH larger size).

• Centerline two-piece slotted/polished aluminum wheels, shod with Winston 'Winner G/T' rubber [295/50x15" rated at 200 mph]

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• Mallory distributor [electronic, breakerless 9,000 rpm]
• Promaster Competition coil and Fireball XR 700 amplifier
• MSD 6AL electronic ignition w/ MSD 2-stage module
• Custom-made B&M intake manifold
• Holley electric fuel pump w/dual pressure regulators
• remote oil cooler w/ dual remote oil filters
• heavy duty radiator with triple cooling fans
• aluminum pulleys, wrapped headers
• trunk-mounted battery w/ external charging studs & master on/off switch

above hotlinked (same rear view, MUCH larger size).

To replicate this Cobra would cost you more than the $75,000+ that I invested into it. So the new owner of this awesome serpent will be getting a great deal! And although I'll take a hit in my pocketbook... the memories I have with this car are simply... priceless!

Contact:
John Stuart

(909) 319-xxxx (cell, PDT)
Located in Carlsbad, (southern) California

12 August 2012

Dear Cobra Country:

You can mark my bored-and-blown Classic Roadsters 'Super Serpent' SOLD! Gone up north to Bakersfield. It actually sold within a couple or three weeks, but I've been remiss in letting you folks know about it!

Anyone who has a Cobra to sell should tune in to my personal experience. I had spent a small fortune advertising my souped-up serpent in (IMHO) all the wrong places to advertise a Cobra: Auto Trader, Hemmings, Sports Car Trader, Los Angeles Times and a half-dozen other publications and websites and auction sites and non-Cobra–specific sites I don't even recall. And that includes general motorcar selling sites that promise you the come-on gimmick "We'll run your ad until it sells." Every single one of them proved to be a thorough waste of money for advertising a Cobra replica.

Then someone recommended Cobra Country to me. I emailed Curt Scott with a request to advertise and sent him my pictures. Curt phoned me back and gently prodded me to reshoot my car, and to painstakingly heed his Cobra photography tips. He shared with me with some very car-specific tips for shooting my very uncommon and extraordinary Cobra replica, and then I dutifully set up my little Canon Powershot camera just as his tips advise. I reshot my car, following his tips to the letter. I was amazed at how much more aggressive and attractive my Cobra came out. And when my ad went up I was even more amazed that, after all the places I had advertised my car, I was actually getting responses. Favorable and enthusiastic responses, and from knowledgeable buyers. And within a short time a buyer had scooped up my red & white road monster.

So here's my advice to you if you have a Cobra to sell: 1) just as I did, send Curt some of the photos you've already taken and invite him to go over them with you. I'm sure you'll discover, as I did, that you'll benefit from his professional feedback, and 2) print out and read his "Cobra Photography Tips for Dipsticks," and follow them very, very carefully. Then follow Curt's veteran advice on how to effectively describe and price your car. I'm quite confident it'll make the difference between favorably impressing prospective buyers (and selling your car), versus squandering months and hard-earned income advertising it in all the wrong places as I did, and with (as Curt's tips refer to them, in his trademark tongue-in-cheek fashion) "birdcage liner snapshots."

John Stuart
Carlsbad, California

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