Mike Shepherd's
Factory Five Racing
~1965 Mk2 Roadster~

Cobra Replica

Initial build-up:
These are images from the original owner:

Videos

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Work-over:
The car is carefully gone over and several items are redone or changed to something different.  A removable hardtop is added mainly to make the car transportable in rainy weather:
Videos


It's alive!  After a lot of rework, the beast awakens.

Photos

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Main vehicle assembled and ready for the hard top.

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Just a little dusty at the body shop.

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Bodywork done and ready to go to SR Racing for tuning!

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Tuning at SR Racing:
Videos


Initial pull: running on 6 of 8 cylinders and still making 300hp.

Photos
Finally on the road:


It hits the road!  Jim Sawyer takes it for a spin.  "Raw Power... Unbelievable".


Leebo steals Mikey's Cobra!

*COMBOVIDEO*

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