1982 Kit Cars

£33,995 ONO Poss Part Ex Up/Down Corvette C2

This car has been both magazine featured in Complete Kit Car May 2008, selected to represent GD Sports Cars at Stoneleigh 2008 on the GD show stand and chosen as a poster advertisement car by GD themselves.

Date of first registration shows as the1st August 1982 and is correctly registered as a Gardner Douglas 427 Cobra. Approx 4500miles at time of advert.

TAX and MOT expire Setember 2014.

The Engine is a FORD Cleveland V8 . No emission tests required due to the original block age of 1972 which has been align checked, crack tested, square decked and bored using the latest CNC machinery. Cylinder roughness, deck surface finish printouts and balance sheets included.

- EDA dyno proven 430hp-5100rpm and 440lbft-5100rpm Printouts and video available.

- Fully blueprinted and documented re-build

- Full digital 'Hines' balance

- Forged pistons

- Aluminium CNC Trick Flow chamber heads

- Aluminium full roller rockers 1.73:1

- Complete Comp Cam valve train, 274XE cam and associated components. Hydraulic cam for ease of maintenance

- Heavy duty oil pump drive

- Double roller cam chain

- Edelbrock Air Gap dual plane manifold

- Vac secondary Holley 750 carburettor

- Baffled winged sump, windage tray and scraper.

- Full MSD ignition system with soft control rev limiter (6000rpm)

It will sit in traffic all day long without issue, the clutch is easy to operate and it will happily crawl along around 1000rpm without the jerkiness of an over cammed engine.

It has a nice lopey idle that hints at the performance available but will pull away from idle (850rpm) with ease. The chassis design, set up and chosen tyres ensures that the traction is there to match the engine performance.

A quick spec list as follows:

- GD spaceframe chassis - New at time of build

- Narrowed Jaguar rear axle - All bearings, seals, bushes, UJ's etc. new at time of build

- 3.31:1 de-rated fully rebuilt Power Lock Differential to enhance cornering stability

- Balanced heavy duty drive shafts fitted - All new at time of build

- Balanced heavy duty prop shaft - balanced - All new at time of build

- Uprated brake discs and brake pads EBC all round - All new at time of build

- Aluminium fully adjustable Protech dampers - New at time of build

- Full suspension set up by GD factory

- Stainless steel fuel tank - New at time of build

- -6 Aeroquip stainless overbraid PTFE fuel hoses

- Mechanical fuel pump

- Aeromotive fuel regulator 6 PSI

- -3 Aeroquip stainless overbraid PTFE brake line flexis

- Tremec TKO600R 5 speed quick shift gearbox - New at time of build

- Hydraulic billet clutch slave cylinder

- -4 Aeroquip stainless PTFE clutch hose

- SFI Steel billet flywheel

- Multi fingered high performance clutch pressure plate and friction plate - Nice and easy to use

- Aluminium bellhousing

More spec'.....

- Twin PACET fans on an electronic adjustable fan temp controller

- GD factory radiator

- The exhaust system is full stainless steel and was the first MK4 GD to adorn period style sidepipes

- GD MK4 gel coat finish fibreglass monocoque body shell

- Period lights front and rear

- Stainless quick lifts front and rear

- All exterior brackets are made from stainless steel as are the fixings

- Glass windwings

- Stainless steel period style roll hoop

- Period style Mota Lita wood rimmed steering wheel

- Hidden tilt adjustable steering column

- Adjustable seat runners

- Period style flat bottom dash

- Powder coated door hinges, dash frame and aluminium powder coated panels beneath dash

- XJS flyoff handbrake lever

- Leather door pads

- Discreet door solenoid for clean looking door pads

- Leather seats

- Period Smiths gauges and switch gear

- Battery isolator

- Period stainless 427 shifter

- Period harnesses

- Full carpet including removable floor panels

- Aston locking aluminium period fuel filler cap

- Team 3 15" alloy wheels, stove enamelled centres, polished outers with covers for the wheel nuts

- AVON CR6ZZ DOT, & E marked tyres that are the best 15" high performance road legal tyre on the market

There are thousands of digital photos of every aspect of build, all engine specs including every machining tolerance (even the RA value from the surface finish of the bores and deck surfaces!)

Videos of the dyno time, tons of receipts. Always stored in a heated garage. If you are serious about purchasing a high quality Cobra replica this car is a must view.