Excalibur JAC 427 Cobra Assembly Pics

[DynoTom]

Back in the mid 90's I worked at Excalibur Auto building the 427 COBRA replicas.....I have some pics I will post up...I thought some of you guys / girls might want to see them....:D:D


Here is a COBRA in final assembly....I remember that I took a COBRA to a young BOSSLX's ( I'm his uncle ) middle school to pick him up !


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[Reverend Cooper]

now that is cool!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DynoTom]

If you have any qusetions I wil be happy to answer what I can...I built about 155 cars...

[DynoTom]

Axle /engine prep area....8.8 FORD axle , rear disk 3.73 gears , traction lock....


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[Reverend Cooper]

that is really cool where was the shop located at?

[DynoTom]

HWY 100 in Stallis ....right next to the train bridge....about 150 yards south of the HWY 100 Culvers.....

[Reverend Cooper]

did they go out of business? i am suprised if that was their forte' no one does that around here anymore that i know of anyhow.

[DynoTom]

did they go out of business? i am suprised if that was their forte' no one does that around here anymore that i know of anyhow.

They had a waiver from the feds for a while to not meet crash tests , after that waiver time ran out it was over.....Those cars would NEVER have met any crash testing I'm 100% certain of that....

[DynoTom]

We built one with a 32 V 4.6 DOHC Cobra Mustang engine in it....it also had IRS......I drove it before it was complete with just bare minimal parts and no body and lemme tell you that fugger moved good .....prolly weighed 2000 lbs. if that....felt like a freakin powerfull go cart !

[DynoTom]

LINE DROP 5.0 / T-5 powertrain......" Line drops " are 99% COMPLETE powertrains on the Ford assmebly " line" just before they "drop" into the cars ...All of the engines we used came right from Fords engine factory in " line drop " form...



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[DynoTom]

Detail final prep....



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[Reverend Cooper]

what kinda cash did they go for? was ford in with excal. on this or did they just supply parts to them?

[Mudd Runner]

i remember where the building was its where allied pool is now

[DynoTom]

what kinda cash did they go for? was ford in with excal. on this or did they just supply parts to them?


They were low 50,s MSRP...They were build " first class " as far as body and details go though.....Excal had some sorta deal from Ford to buy engines....They were VERY CHEAP IIRC , around $3500.00 for the brand new engine and trans , wiring and mass air....The 4.6 32 V DOHC / T56 " line drops " were only $5500 !


Notta bad deal for all new stuff !

[DynoTom]

MSRP was a dream price........

[DynoTom]

i remember where the building was its where allied pool is now

Correct...I watched the wrecking crew " knock down " the building to make way for Allied Pool.....It was sorta sad to see the building come down....I liked working there....

[DynoTom]

Hey BOSS , do you remember me bringing a COBRA to your school?

[BOSS LX]

Hey BOSS , do you remember me bringing a COBRA to your school?

Yep. I thought it was the fastest car ever!:rolf

Yellow with black stripes?

[DynoTom]

Yep. I thought it was the fastest car ever!:rolf

Yellow with black stripes?

I don't remember the color but, your prolly right .....

[DynoTom]

This was my favorite color combo for the Cobra..



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[DynoTom]

This is a EXCALIBUR LIMITED 100....These cars were also being made at that same time the Cobras were....I never did any assembly work on the Limited 100's.....


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[GRAMPS SS]

did you know that ecal is still in business and is coming out with a new ecal...and plans are to MAYBE revive the Cobra as well....Alice Preston is now the owmer and has been for years...she has full rights to the name...

[DynoTom]

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[DynoTom]

did you know that ecal is still in business and is coming out with a new ecal...and plans are to MAYBE revive the Cobra as well....Alice Preston is now the owmer and has been for years...she has full rights to the name...

I did hear that somewhere...I think it was on clubcobra.com Excalibur forums...Alice knows her Excals !

[DynoTom]

Adding brake lines, fuel tank , wiring.....


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[GRAMPS SS]

she is one of my customers...i've seen the blue prints and drawings of the new excal.....sweeeeeeet looking car...they haven't decieded which motor to put in it yet,.....waiting on the new z06 motor....and this time the frame is made out of stainless...she wants no rust.......she has all her ducks in a row...and your right tom..she knows her excals...i've be there when she is on the phone with a customer and they tell her one thing and she has to corrrect them on what the correct part is for that certain car....i'll have to take you over by her since you know her...a little reunion as you will.....

[DynoTom]

Yes, I have never met her but, I have heard of her quite a bit....A while back she wanted me to " look over " some Excalibur parts to see if I could tell her what cars they were for....I worked on Cobras only and most of the stuff was for the Limited and other stuff I did not build.....I do know the " where abouts " of the original Cobra build team I was on.....I work with 3 of them at the Harley factory now...

[Reverend Cooper]

thats definitely something to be proud of, is any form of excalibur still around?

[Reverend Cooper]

ohh thats what that was at my work, it was a excalibur getting serviced on the chevy side of the dealership. holy shiat i was wondering what it was i wished id have got a pix of it

[DynoTom]

thats definitely something to be proud of, is any form of excalibur still around?


It was a fun place to work....Alice Preston is everything that Excalibur is today....I hope it works out for her....:thumbsup

[GRAMPS SS]

thats definitely something to be proud of, is any form of excalibur still around?

COOP go here.......www.excaliburclassics.com......

Alice Preston is now the owner of the full rights to the lengendary cars....she was with the company along time before it colsed its doors on HWY 100 plant

[GRAMPS SS]

they have a cobra for sale...7k miles on it...$52000.00 OBO