Hey Tuckerfan(or any other car nuts) I wanna build a hotrod

[DadWagonDriver]

@Rick

Go visit WWW.Factoryfive.com and see what they have to offer. Probably the single best Cobra kit on the market. The start with 4" round tubing just like the MKIII Cobra did, only they have the advantage of CAD to make the chassis even stronger than it was back in the day. They will set the frame up to accept which ever engine you decide, but most builders choose to go with either the 302 or 351 Ford engines. Factory five also has a very active message board where members get answers to various questions about building and maintaining their cars. Kind of a SDMB for building kit cars.
I am giving one of these cars serious consideration. Very serious consideration.
To the point of I am planing to visit their factory next month. If you have any further questions, feel free to reply here, or drop me an e mail.

Thanks for that link, Rick! My father has a fully built 351 Super Cobra Jet sitting on a stand in his garage, but doesn’t feel like spending the money on restoring the '67 Cougar it was destined for. Maybe I can talk him into one of these!

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@Unintentionally Blank

Lightweight car, not a very small engine. I’ve done the sledgehammer 'merican route and find that traction-limited is fun for a bit, and as long as it’s still in the garage, I can look at other cars.

Isn’t the car designed around a ford escort engine? Almost all the finished cars I could find on the forums site had four cylinder engines. I did find a couple with a Mazda rotary.

Although there were a couple that were built with V8’s, is seems that most of the Locost’rs are against using a big engine in the car.

OTOH, the 305 I have in my T/A might be a bit weak for that big of a car, but it would be a monster for a Locost…