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Neighbour/Mate came home with a new(-ish) car...

A 2014-build BackDraft Racing Cobra body & chassis with a 379 cu in (6.2 ltr) V8 (of indeterminate origin but believed to be a Ford Boss unit) bored out to 427 cu in (7.0 ltr). Gearbox is a manual transmission (not sure of make or configuration).

Under the hood, the rocker covers all bear the original "Cobra" inscriptions although these are only just visible below the overhang of the air-filter atop the 4-barrel Holley carb. All is pristine and shiny...

The body's paint-scheme is black with two fore-to-aft scarlet strips down the centre-line. Upholstery is leather but in a somewhat garish orange colour.

The vehicle has just over 250m on the odometer (if it can be believed) and is in excellent condition.

The owner is in his early-to-mid thirties and has hankered after a Cobra since his late teens. (That takes care of "Motive").

His business (an internet-based PC reseller) has done very well (Which takes care of "Means")

This particular car recently came on the market (and that quietly took care of "Opportunity").

So, with "Means", "Motive" and "Opportunity" all in place, Voila! One new Cobra owner... He is over the moon.

Good luck to him, say I - while not quite my cup of tea - it is certainly his.

(As I rapidly approach 70 years of age, my priorities in "an ideal vehicle" have shifted to the point where a mid-to-late-1960s technology-based open roadster with a brute of an engine exhausting via twin straight-through pipes and lacking such niceties as traction control, ABS braking, air-conditioning, fuel-efficiency, etc. just wouldn't do it for me).

Okay - I guess I really am approaching 70 years of age... :)
DevillEars



Edits: 11/22/15 11/22/15 11/22/15

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Topic - Neighbour/Mate came home with a new(-ish) car... - DevillEars 05:29:02 11/22/15 (9)

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