COBRASK8 is BACK!!!!!!!!!! First pics from the wreck rebuild

chepsk8 · Mar 12, 2007

I'm sure many of you remember my car, Cobrask8, a Gel-Coat low-budget fun car that saw both street duty...

And track duty..

And unfortunately the wreck at Watkins Glen in August of 2006 that destroyed the body and all the R/F suspension, aluminum, wheel, and anything in that corner...

Well,

After a long winter of tearing apart, repairing, improving, and re-assembling, I am very proud to re-introduce...

COBRASK8 V.2!!

The car still has ome issues to be worked out, as well as some coll new things I'll show youy guys soon (LED Taillights, more), but this weekend I finally got it street ready and took it out for a few rides. Damn, did that feel good!

Watch out Watkins Glen! I'm back!!!!!!!!!

65stanger · Mar 12, 2007

chepsk8 said:
The car still has some issues to be worked out................,

Like the loose nut behind the wheel?

chepsk8 said:
Watch out Watkins Glen! I'm back!!!!!!!!!

Better pad the guardrails!!!

chepsk8 · Mar 12, 2007

65stanger said:
Like the loose nut behind the wheel?

Actually, the trans has a 3rd or 4th gear vibration at light throttle, and some little things, but so good to drive again!

And you saw the body before anyone else!

BDT 1967 · Mar 12, 2007

Congrats, It looks spectacular! Talk about just in time, race season is just about to start.

chepsk8 · Mar 12, 2007

Now, Andy, I just need some of your "harem" to pose around it!

BDT 1967 · Mar 12, 2007

LoL You bring it down here and i am sure i can make that happen! She has got a thing for v8's with no tops :SNSign:

65mistress · Mar 12, 2007

w00t!! It's alive ALIVE!! MUAHAHAHAHA!!

1320stang · Mar 12, 2007

I think that's Cobrask8 2.0..... they got rid of the V.2 stuff like, 15 years ago.

mdjay · Mar 12, 2007

Well, I know how it feels buddy. Glad to see it back on the road.

Some sticky tires are in order Try the Nitto NT01's. They made a huge improvement on the the handling of Sinister.

StangDreamin' · Mar 12, 2007

(Okay, Jay, you're making me do it; I don't want to do it, but I'm gonna be forced to do it )

mdjay said:
Some sticky tires are in order Try the Nitto NT01's. They made a huge improvement on the the handling of Sinister.

Yeah - if they can keep '65 coupes off the medians on LV streets, they should keep Corbrask8 stuck to the track at Turn 9!

EDIT: I'm sure Jay will get me back when I'm hunting a suspension rebuild kit for Battlestar Cleopatra. I figure driving up and crashing in a room in Henderson or Searchlight will probably still be cheaper than having a bunch of UCA's and extra-long leaf springs shipped!

StangDreamin' · Mar 13, 2007

Now that I got THAT out of my system......

Dan, all I can say is OUTSTANDING!!!!

mdjay · Mar 13, 2007

StangDreamin' said:
(Okay, Jay, you're making me do it; I don't want to do it, but I'm gonna be forced to do it )

Yeah - if they can keep '65 coupes off the medians on LV streets, they should keep Corbrask8 stuck to the track at Turn 9!

EDIT: I'm sure Jay will get me back when I'm hunting a suspension rebuild kit for Battlestar Cleopatra. I figure driving up and crashing in a room in Henderson or Searchlight will probably still be cheaper than having a bunch of UCA's and extra-long leaf springs shipped!

The Nito's were bought after the fact

BTW it was a palm tree at the LVMS

What do I do to derserve this kinda crap lol

krash kendall · Mar 13, 2007

mdjay said:
BTW it was a palm tree at the LVMS

I thought it was a curb to the rear quarter?

Regardless, it is always good to see projects like your's and Dan's actually driven. And the dignity at which you take your lumps and bumps and just fix them and keep moving forward is admirable.

chepsk8 · Mar 13, 2007

mdjay said:
What do I do to derserve this kinda crap lol

Easy!

You post here with us whacko's!!!!

mdjay · Mar 13, 2007

chepsk8 said:
Easy!

You post here with us whacko's!!!!

No ****zle!

Oh Krash, how did you get your name?

krash kendall · Mar 13, 2007

mdjay said:
No ****zle!

Oh Krash, how did you get your name?

Long, wreckage strewn story that started with me on a bike vs. a Cadillac....

mdjay · Mar 13, 2007

krash kendall said:
I thought it was a curb to the rear quarter?

Regardless, it is always good to see projects like your's and Dan's actually driven. And the dignity at which you take your lumps and bumps and just fix them and keep moving forward is admirable.

Well, I jumped the curb to find the tree!

I talked to Gary Patterson at Shelby after I took that turn, he said "I never hit that corner hard." "It aparently loads and unloads your suspension ever so subtle. It sure the hell caught me off guard!

StangDreamin' · Mar 13, 2007

mdjay said:
The Nito's were bought after the fact

As it would be should Dan get Nitto's on Cobrask8 after having done the damage repair from Turn 9

BTW it was a palm tree at the LVMS

Oh, my mistake! I had heard that it was some kind of "Blind 85-yr-old hi-roller from Minnesota in an '81 Dodge Magnum cut me off!" - type accident.

What do I do to derserve this kinda crap lol

Ya hang out here, you're one of us (more than I am, at least your "mid-life crisis" is a Mustang, not the oversized Mercury version thereof!) So you get the crap same as the rest of us.

NOTE: I really do like Cleo; she reminds me of my Gran Torino from college days. Same age, same powertrain, same wheelbase (did I mention that my Torino was a four-door?)
Same hassles trying to find sheetmetal and various other parts

EDIT: Thanks to your website, Jay, I've figured out what wheels to get when after all the body-and-paint-work is done. 16" Vintage 50's; 4.5" BS according to Dodgestang's chart.
Now I just have to explain to my wife why it's important to spend a grand on wheels for a car that I've alread proclaimed "Worth half of the $1500 we paid for it".

65stanger · Mar 13, 2007

StangDreamin' said:
Now I just have to explain to my wife why it's important to spend a grand on wheels for a car that I've alread proclaimed "Worth half of the $1500 we paid for it".

Because you want to double it's value!

StangDreamin' · Mar 13, 2007

Hey, thanks for the inspiration!

I can only count on helpful friends like you here at :SNSign:

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