Larry Ellison's aluminum Kirkham Cobra

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09-17-2009, 04:49 PM

ZAMIRZ

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Larry Ellison's aluminum Kirkham Cobra

This is awesome. Larry Ellison (CEO of Oracle) commissioned Kirkham to build him an all-aluminum Shelby Cobra. Not aluminum body, all-aluminum chassis, body, and everything else practically.

Oh yeah, you can buy the Billet aluminum bound book dedicated to this car for $4500.00. Or, just check it out online, here:

Kirkham Motorsports - Leading manufacturer of aluminum bodied 427 and 289 replicas

09-17-2009, 07:15 PM

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Fawk. That's just gorgeous! Is it safe to assume the engine is all aluminum as well?

09-17-2009, 07:46 PM

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So glad you asked Alex. According to chapter 14, it has an aluminum block Ford-Edsel "FE" 427 bored and stroked to 482 cubic inches with Edelbrock aluminum heads

09-17-2009, 09:30 PM

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I prefer his boat ...

09-18-2009, 11:25 AM

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What a great build. The chassis is a modern CNC machinists dream with real engineering fundamentals and efficiency, combined with a body that exemplifies amazing old world hand craftsmanship that can best be described as artistic.