Unique Motorcars raffle car

**weaver** · January 22nd, 2007, 12:10 PM

The engine is a 454ci and dynoed at 571 hp. I wish I could say it is almost finished but we have been waiting on parts for over a month so it is just collecting dust. I will post more pics when we install the drive train.

Alan

**ralphscott** · January 22nd, 2007, 05:15 PM

Good point on the "Dyno" advertising what the FE curned out (515) certainly will help with raffle tickets!!

Ralph

**rdorman** · January 24th, 2007, 07:46 AM

Parts! Arg! Tough sometimes to get fast service when you asking for stuff for free!

**weaver** · January 25th, 2007, 07:06 AM

Here are pics of the body being installed on the finished chassis.

**rdorman** · January 25th, 2007, 07:42 AM

Here are some more pictures from Alan. Check out the knock off hubs... nice!

**saengine** · January 25th, 2007, 08:29 AM

Southern Automotive was really proud to be asked to participate in the 2007 London Cobra Car Show & Raffle for the benefit of Cystic Fibrosis Research. We thought long and hard about the right motor to compliment the beautiful Unique Motorcars 427 cobra replica and at the same time maximize the number of potential raffle participants.

All who know Bill would expect a “big block” that would represent the power, performance & sound of the original cobra. Therefore, we decided to go with our Super FE 452 CI engine which consist of a 390 block, 4.250” stroke crankshaft, CNC ported Edelbrock aluminum heads and a CNC port matched Edelbrock Victor FE aluminum intake manifold which produced a healthy 512 hp @5700 rpms and 518 ft lbs of torque at 4400 rpms. To harness all of this power, we installed a McLeod aluminum flywheel, clutch and pressure plate mated to a Tremec 600 5 speed transmission. Finally, to put it over the top and go for 1st place in any show, we added our fully custom polished and dress up options with all polished surfaces hand treated with Zoop Seal for maximum protection.

A very important note about this engine is that we selected a 1965 Ford 390 block with a casting code C5AE-A and a build code date of 4L7 (11/7/1964) which we felt would minimize any registration issues. Shortly we will be posting detailed build specs, dyno results and pictures along with Southern Automotive’s 12 month warranty policy.
Again, a thank you to the London Ohio Cobra Club for the opportunity to participate in this event for such a wonderful cause.
Bill, Susan, the staff of Southern Automotive and our participating vendors

**rdorman** · January 25th, 2007, 08:50 AM

Susan, thank you so much for telling us about the motor. Myself, all the club and most importantly, the people and families that are afflicted with Cystic Fibrosis want to thank you will all our hearts and prayers. We are working very hard on our end to get the most possible to help these folks. We want this to be the best year ever for CF and all of our gracious sponsors

**rdorman** · February 1st, 2007, 05:38 AM

The website for ticket sales and LCS registration should be up any time now. www.londoncobrashow.com

**weaver** · February 2nd, 2007, 11:11 AM

as you can see the Unique raffle car is coming along pretty well, we should have it finished early next week, I will post more pics then.

**weaver** · February 2nd, 2007, 11:15 AM

Here are some pics of the interior, check out the new floor mats.

**Naumoff** · February 2nd, 2007, 02:43 PM

Alan,The Car is looking great!

Susan, That is one nice engine.

Rick. Website is not up yet.

**juanone** · February 2nd, 2007, 07:51 PM

Alan and Maurice,

The car is just awesome. Man you guys have done such a great job, as usual. It will pay off with great dividends I am sure. Everybody will be talking about this beautiful beast and Unique for quite some time.

By the way Alan. Will you guys make those floor mats available to anyone or just for this car? If they are available I want a set for my 289. Great touch guys. Let me know how much and I'll send you a check.

Juan

**Master** · February 3rd, 2007, 06:23 AM

I'm with you Juan, I would like a pair also. What do you say Alan?

**Tony Radford** · February 3rd, 2007, 07:02 AM

And WHO blazed the trail by talking Bill into building a polished motor for a Cobra? Ohh the pain. Good choice on the Zoopseal. Mine's still shining after almost 3 years!

**weaver** · February 3rd, 2007, 10:53 AM

The mats will be available soon, he did these as samples and will get with us on price. I hope the car will be at Homecoming in May but we don't know if it will happen, maybe Rick Dorman can bring it down and sell some tickets.

Alan

**TAGCAVE** · February 3rd, 2007, 02:19 PM

Alan, Car looks Great, Engine is Beautiful never to much shine under a Hood. Hope to see it at Homecoming, but either way I will be buying over my Share of tickets.

Rodney

**YerDugliness** · February 4th, 2007, 04:53 PM

The website is not active yet, but I'm curious if anyone knows what the window of opportunity is for purchasing these tickets?

Thanks!

Doug

**weaver** · February 5th, 2007, 05:56 AM

They will be for sale right up to the drawing around the middle of June, guys from the Ohio Cobra Club will be here Friday so I will know more then.

Alan

**rdorman** · February 6th, 2007, 07:25 AM

I just heard from the web guys that the site is 99.9% ready to go and should be up tonight, 2/6, @ 9PM. This is a very complex website so hopefully, all the bugs are ironed out. www.londoncobrashow.com.

The tickets will be for sale from the moment the site goes live until some time just before the drawing the evening of June 23, 2007. Tickets will be unlimited, $20 a piece, no multi ticket discount.

**dmswann** · February 6th, 2007, 09:01 AM

I checked the website and it is not active yet. If I don't get to buy a couple of tickets soon, my wife will go spend the money on some useless stuff like; utilities, food, credit card bills, etc.

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