Building a Gardner Douglas 427 AC Cobra replica classic sports car: September 2020

Monday, September 28, 2020

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Not surprisingly the most viewings are from the UK, followed by Russia (!), USA, the UAE and Germany.

Saturday, September 26, 2020

Cobra bound for a new home!

I have taken a deposit on this great car. Will be sorry to see it go, but things move on in life.

Hope Steve enjoys it as much as I have and that it will have a good home.

AK with lick of paint

The previous blog showed us putting the body on Terry’s car. Just look at it now - what a stunner!

Edit April 2021 - this car is now featured in the latest Complete Kit Car magazine, including on the front cover.

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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