I fancy this

[andyw]

technically its a Brabus dealer. Its at medway autos.They have a website. Lots of nice cars there at the mo. I sat in this cobra replica. Sooooo small its ridiculous. Sounds amazing when fired up tho.

Off Topic - report back please!!! I'm considering this route also - would be v v interested!
Cheers


On Topic - Grav, just do it, you only live once!!! burble burble roar

 

[MainMan]

Vastly overpriced for a Dax. You can get the real thing for a bit more. There's a relatively cheap version that AC were making (don't know if they still are) which was about £38k with a carbon fibre body - called the AC Cobra Mk IV CRS (carbon road series). I remember they were selling a few down at Costco a few years ago. It's only got a 5 litre V8 and only about 250bhp but it's very light so it's quick. Properly built too. A kit car is a lottery and the insurance will be crippling. I once went down to the Dax "factory" at Harlow and it looked pretty amateurish to me.

 

[GRAV888]

DAX
A few cheaper ones on here, but not with that low mileage on and I need to finance a vast amount of it.
Maybe he'll come down a bit

 

[C43AMG]

As was said, if you can't find the real mcoy then Dax is the bussiness. Yes i prefer gurgle gurgle roar roar. Great colour as you can tell i quite like the Cobra, the quetion is though do we get enough good weather, who cares buy it, buy it, buy it.

 

[grober]

Gt40??

Dax certainly have a good name. Would have been happier if the car came with a ford 427 as per the original even if it is a replica. If you want an old fast ford replica I personally would go for a GT40 kit. At least you can drive it when it rains. Nice car tho

 

[MainMan]

There are a few on ebay - also some genuine Autokraft cars which are real works of art.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

technically its a Brabus dealer. Its at medway autos.They have a website. Lots of nice cars there at the mo. I sat in this cobra replica. Sooooo small its ridiculous. Sounds amazing when fired up tho.

Ahhh, peruse their website from time to time.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I also am going down this weekend to test the c32!

Looks like a nice one too.

You should go with Grav888 - maybe they'll do a deal if you both buy a car!! No racing in the new cars on the way home though guys!!

 

[stats007]

My girlfriends father has a Dax Rush with a 3.5l V8. Fantastic car - one of the better kit manufacturers and actually of better quality than a Caterham.

 

[benny]

That is one lovely car man,
but people i know that have had them say
they cant drive it alot as they are not an everyday car,
but saying that i know i'd love to have one.
Not very helpful i know, but im battling myself here
yes
no
yes
no

 

[PJH]

She agrees it's nice, but not £29,995 worth of nice

Not your usual colour Graeme ! Even nicer :bannana:

 

[pammy]

ooooooh - it is sexy

but where would you put all that stuff you lug around in the E55

 

[andy_k]

ooooooh - it is sexy

but where would you put all that stuff you lug around in the E55

Cobras have a fair amount of boot space - see it's practical as well

Andy

 

[GRAV888]

ooooooh - it is sexy

but where would you put all that stuff you lug around in the E55

I'd leave her at home

 

[stats007]

 

[neilrr]

Once upon a time I worked for a well known S. Kensington classic car dealer & got to drive ALL kinds of rare & exotic things, from an 8 litre WO Bentley (pig of a car in London) to Ferrari Super America (ok) to Lancia Statos (loved it), to a W198 300SL GW (too hot in the summer) & many more.

The ONLY one of the dozens of cars I drove that scared me so much I couldn't put the gas pedal all the way down (going through Hyde Park) was a (real) 427 Cobra. It was terrifying about 3/4 depressed. It was an absolutely brutal car. You could feel the whole car trying to twist under acceleration. Not a car for the daily commute.

 

[stats007]

I'd love a black Super America - must have the longest exhausts of any Ferrari!

 

[anthonygerrard]

Chap who runs my local used to race a couple of his Cobras competitively until last year - he now campaigns a couple of very handy TRs (along with many other cars). His Cobras are up for sale - one is £175k and the other is more.
Too rich for me.......

 

[Ian B Walker]

If you do get it, which I hope, get your personal insurance updated before the purchase as the original Cobras were names "The Widow Maker". May just pursuade the Mrs to let you have it

 

[GrahamC230K]

An ex colleague has all things good to say about Gardner Douglas.

The guy I knew had a monsterous Cobra - something like a 5.7 V8 with a blower that ran from idle - sounded like ajet, smelt like a jet and went extremelly rapidly.

£30K would see you something from there I would think.