Ray's 1965 Shelby 427 Cobra Replica

This is my baby. It's a 1965 Shelby 427 Cobra replica. Click on any pictures for a full resolution image. The parts consist of:

Factory Five Roadster, MKIII
AMP Performance donor pallet, 1992 Mustang (transmission, rear end, rear suspension, brakes, etc.)
Ford Racing 302 Crate Engine, 345 hp
About 100 trips to Ace Hardware for parts
Another pile of parts from various parts supplier

Performance numbers from FFR's web site:

Cobra: 0-60: 3.6sec, 1/4 mile: 12.3 sec / 113 mph, Lat G's: 1.00
'04 Carrerra GT: 0-60: 3.6sec, 1/4 mile: 11.3 / 131mph, Lat G's: 0.99
'04 Ferrari Enzo: 0-60 3.3sec, 1/4 mile: 11.2 / 133 mph, Lat G's: 1.05
'01 C5 Vette: 0-60: 4.5sec, 1/4 mile: 13.1 / 103mph, Lat G's: 0.92

My brother and I attended the Mott Build School in Detroit where we got to build one of these things in 3 days. They made it pretty easy there!

The kit was delivered late September 2005, I registered the car in AZ June 2006, and called it done Dec 31, 2006. Some pics of the final product:

Here are a few pics from the build process. The pile of wires in the one pic are all of the extras I cut out of the donor harness. Talk about a job, each one had to be identified before it was removed.

Here are a couple of pics from the Mott Build School. It was a great confidence builder, and an opportunity to spend the weekend with my brother.

And a few pics of some other cars here in Tucson.