hi all

[Road Rage]

my name is sean and i'm from st. albans herts. am looking into building my own cobra as ive a lot of time on my hands. it is going to be a big challenge for me as ive nevr done anything remotley similar, but i dont believe in "can't" but believe in "can". i have a couple of kits in mind one being from Factory Five, but would appreciate some input, and maybe get to come along to ny meets that you may have coming up. would also like to know if there are any individuals on here that live near to me,

all the best

sean RR

[simon]

Welcome sean,

lots of useful info here. Get to stoneleigh if you can

Simon

[Road Rage]

Originally Posted by simon

Welcome sean,

lots of useful info here. Get to stoneleigh if you can

Simon

thanks simon i may do that as i did have other plans but, stonleigh does look the better bet,

sean

[seph]

Sean,

welcome to the site. Remember your car when built will need to have an IVA test and the Factory Five is an American kit. You would be better going for one of the UK kits, which know all about this test and their kits are engineered for that fact.

Paul

[Neil O]

Originally Posted by seph

Sean,

welcome to the site. Remember your car when built will need to have an IVA test and the Factory Five is an American kit. You would be better going for one of the UK kits, which know all about this test and their kits are engineered for that fact.

Paul

Welcome Sean.

Good advice above, and I would add that the exchange rate isn't too friendly just now either.

[StewbieC]

Hi Sean,

Welcome!

As already stated, get to Stoneleigh as most of the manufacturers will be there and also there should be loads of home built cobras to drool over.

All the best with your choice!

[Lloyd Barnes]

have a look on the right hand side of the homepage and you'll see info on dates and whereabouts of local meets. Make sure you blag some free rides! Stoneleigh is a no brainer if you have the time free as its easily the biggest show of the year.

I'd second the general consensus that a UK built car will be more practical to get through IVA. That's not to say a US car can't, but you may end up modifying things with much less factory support and bearing in mind what you say about your limited experience of kitcars to date, perhaps thats not the best route.

Is there something that particularly attracted you to Factory Five? It may be that it is a feature that is present on one of the UK kits that we can point you towards?

welcome to the place and best of luck with the build

[Road Rage]

Originally Posted by Lloyd Barnes

have a look on the right hand side of the homepage and you'll see info on dates and whereabouts of local meets. Make sure you blag some free rides! Stoneleigh is a no brainer if you have the time free as its easily the biggest show of the year.

I'd second the general consensus that a UK built car will be more practical to get through IVA. That's not to say a US car can't, but you may end up modifying things with much less factory support and bearing in mind what you say about your limited experience of kitcars to date, perhaps thats not the best route.

Is there something that particularly attracted you to Factory Five? It may be that it is a feature that is present on one of the UK kits that we can point you towards?

welcome to the place and best of luck with the build

thanks all for your welcome and advice, have just spoke with a pal of mine and we are going to stoneleigh on sunday the 2nd may, so we're looking forward to that. what drew me to the factory five (which is hunter murrel motorsport) is the fact that it is practicly the whole kit where as some of the others (uk based) utilize donor cars. as ive said, never done anything like this but am pretty good at putting and following instructions and putting me heart into something i set my sight on. to be stripping down bits from else where would go way over me head, however, the only downside is all but one of the kits ive come across are glassfibre-laminate. to me this isnt about a car to be road worthy, but a car to be able to take to a show and get the WoW factor. to fund this project i'm selling my 2 yr old Audi S4 V8 which is my pride and joy, but to build a Cobra will be a challenge in itself i understand that, thats why me friend advised to come on here and sought any advice i may need, even though he is into his cars (he has a porche 924 with a small block chevy)he has no experience with the cobra

sean

[KevinW]

is Ian Hunter in the uk not doing the FFR to iva specs anymore?

[Road Rage]

Originally Posted by KevinW

is Ian Hunter in the uk not doing the FFR to iva specs anymore?

yes mate he is in uk, but the lady i spoke with yesterday wasnt very informative about the cars and their specs, have got his mobi number but now i'm going to stoneleigh i'll talk to the kit manufacturers there as the ones on my short list will be there

sean