Mike,
Thanks for the compliments. I know about hand controls, in fact I have them on my other vehicles including a '66 Mustang. I just use a hand brake and it doesn't visually impact the car since it mounts down below the column and tight to the dash. Not sure if I will need it on the Cobra. I'm thinking not since I will have the luxury of setting up the pedal placement.

As for the automatic, we are toying with two different ideas. The original Cobras were available with a C-4 and standard shifter just like the photo on the first page of this thread. The other option (the one I am leaning towards) is to use a Lokar street rod shifter with a manual handle grafted onto it. This will allow placement of the shifter in the same location as the original manual and it uses the same handle and boot. Even better, Baumann engineering makes a electronic tranny control that is fully PC programmable and can be operated with external buttons...This means paddle shifters! I know this is not standard Cobra technology, but it allows lightning fast shifts with fingertip control...If it has to be a slushbox, that's the ticket!

Unique 9122 - 289 FIA Cobra - The Legendary "Spence" Car