Building a Gardner Douglas 427 AC Cobra replica classic sports car: Cobra build sequence

Wednesday, January 07, 2015

Cobra build sequence

I now have a recommended build sequence from Gardner Douglas. This is a spreadsheet, so I can work out the staged payments required if I follow the build schedule and use the GD costs. It will help me work out what to order at day 1.

I am fairly certain that I will go for an LS6 engine, although as yet I am still not sure on the specification of this unit. As I have said before, I am not totally clear either on which gearbox to go for yet, but I guess budget will play a big part.

I now realise that I will need to watch the budget, as it will be easy to go mad with the spend and specification.

How to use this blog

This is a record of my Cobra sports car build. If you want to create a Cobra too, this step by step diary may help you or simply give you some advice on how to go about it.

The blog is not an official GD site and is not endorsed by them, nor does the blog indicate that I endorse the GD product in any way. It is simply a record of what I did.

If you are interested in the build process, then just look at the posts in chronological order. My blog shows the most recent posts first. Look out for the 'Older posts' link at the bottom of any page.

If you are interested in a specific area of the build e.g. brakes, then click on 'Brakes' under 'Build process' and you will just see stuff about the brakes. Do look at the "Things that went wrong" category to see lessons that I learned the hard way during the build. Where possible I have added a note to the relevant post too. Remember that the posts are shown with the newest first.

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