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Old 10-01-2020, 08:19 AM   #1
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https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/sydn...oid_VIP_sticky

I’d hate to have seen this BEFORE it was “improved “!
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Old 10-01-2020, 08:59 AM   #2
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I saw the same add and had similar thoughts. Looks like big money has been spent, but to me it looks like a monstrosity. He did mention he has parts to make front end original but at $350K I doubt he will have any interest.
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Poor bugger must have the shakes - he's obviously inadvertently tapped the zero key one too many times when he was typing the asking price...
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This is why drugs are bad.

Can only hope it wasn't actually a Cobra, but even still, to do that to any Hardtop is a mortal sin.
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Why would you fit a Mercedes engine into this? Seems very very unusual.
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... but at $350K I doubt he will have any interest.
He's adjusted the price


Now $400k





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My eyes !
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He's adjusted the price Now $400k .
Price increased due to many serious enquires from buyers with too much money and no idea.
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this is why magic mushies and car modification don't mix!!!!lol
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Poor bugger must have the shakes - he's obviously inadvertently tapped the zero key one too many times when he was typing the asking price...
One too many times??? More like three times too many:
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Roger Cordia strikes again!
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Original body apart from 3/4 chassis, tubs, and Mad Max front.
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You lot have no imagination, this isn’t my idea for a ford coupe but this guys had the balls to dull something different

How many over restored coupes do we want?

The market will dictate if he’s hawking the right price,
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You lot have no imagination, this isn’t my idea for a ford coupe but this guys had the balls to dull something different

How many over restored coupes do we want?

The market will dictate if he’s hawking the right price,
Yeah we all have different tastes, but that abomination of a bonnet is not acceptable in any way.
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Best looking cobra I've ever seen.
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Old 11-01-2020, 04:52 PM   #17
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Apart from the paint job, is it a real Cobra ? Build number ? VIN ?
And if it was genuine at the start of its life, it is certainly a Frankenstein Cobra now, with little or no heritage left.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but this would only be attractive through the bottom of many beer glasses.
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Old 11-01-2020, 06:20 PM   #18
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So much want !

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Old 11-01-2020, 07:26 PM   #19
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im sorry but looking at that looks like its hard rear ended some one and the bonnets folded up ant they just painted over it to look good
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I reckon that was someone's 30 year project that just wouldn't end.
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I couldn't yeh just nah !
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Apart from the “rear-ended” bonnet (thanks Wodahs), my favourites are the classy Stupid-cheap auto checker-plate floor mats and the oh-so-professionally applied Dynoc on the dash. The skull gear shift is an added bonus!
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I can't seem to find any for sale right now but surely a correct matching numbers vehicle in restored condition wouldn't go for that?

There is a Phase 1 and Phase 2 GTHO for sale for less!
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Yeah we all have different tastes, but that abomination of a bonnet is not acceptable in any way.
Yeah it’s not my taste, but it’s not my car so good luck to the bloke
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Wonder if I paid full price would he at least update the tape deck from 1984?
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Cobra's arent my favourite looking of the Falcon coupes, but that looks horrid.
I hope it is not an genuine Cobra.
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did his 10 year old son create that dash!!!!!!!!!! OMG
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Each to their own I guess......
Waste of a nice car if it was authentic before the mods,
probably would have got his asking price for an original clean COBRA

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You lot have no imagination, this isn’t my idea for a ford coupe but this guys had the balls to dull something different

How many over restored coupes do we want?

The market will dictate if he’s hawking the right price,



I have imagination as he obviously does, but I also have taste.
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