Greetings from the North-West

Hi Tom,

Welcome back! I have nothing much to contribute at this point, but reading this post with all of the historical information written by you and the other guys really is irreplaceable. This also goes for the whole forum! I recently managed to obtain a copy of the Nigel Trow book (at a very sensible price from a bookshop in Sweden) and found that the content is good historically but the site is fantastic for us who are building and operating these machines.

Henry

I was in touch with Stephen maybe 18 months ago while I was working on Frederics car.
He had bought some Panels to repair his car through me a good few years ago and had the car in Glasgow somewhere to complete the repair. I think he got let down a bit and the car wasn't done, but when I last spoke to him he'd recovered the car and was planning to get on with it himself.

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Originally Posted by Normb666

That red Superformance looks ace! And it's got a proper 7.0-litre side-oiler too?? No wonder you say "wow" when you drive it! Mine was enough of a handful...you never have a relaxing drive in a Cobra!
The reason I bought that over the usual Cobra reps was precisely because of the way it evoked the real thing. I can't be doing with all these reps with cream leather interiors and all that fluffy malarkey. The whole point for me was that it should look and sound like it was about to rip your head off, not look like Barbie's Little Cobra or whatever :) Anyway, they must be doing something right, cos it's the only rep that Shelby actually licenced.

LM, I can't claim any credit for the Cobra as it comes out of the factory like that! All you do with a new one is drop in an engine and box! Bet the "build section" of the Superformance Owners Forum must be the most boring thing on the whole internet :)

Chris, that one in your village could well be a Superformance if it came from S A. Most of them end up in the US, although you can actually get one here through the official importer (Nigel Hulme, if I remember correctly). They also do absolutely superb Daytona Cobra reps and an incredible GT40 which is so accurate (steel centre monocoque!) that they all go on the GT40 register with proper continuation chassis numbers etc.

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You'right Norm! Those cars are really amazing...A true blast to drive, A beast to tame specially on tracks!!
This red one got a genuine 7liter side oiler engine with more 425HP like the shelby cars raced during 60's!
If I well understand you also ordered to Craig one Listerbell...sounds great to accompany your Cob!!
Cheers
Frederic
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Ahh, John, I didn't know Steve bought his panels a good while ago. No wonder he's not been on here if he's not having much luck sorting the car. Thanks for letting me know - I'm going to try digging out his contact details from when we spoke and try and get in touch.

Frederic, I've not got my Superformance now :( - I had to sell it a few years ago, unfortunately. I was seriously thinking of getting another, maybe importing one from America - plenty for sale over there! But doing further research into various replicas, I came across Lister Bell and it was as if someone had been inside my head and created a Stratos look-a-like that was how I always wanted one to be...so here I am!

Another thing about the Superformnce...it was probably the slowest car from A to B that I've ever owned. Nothing wrong with its performance, just that every time I stopped - even at traffic lights - I'd be mobbed by people asking questions and wanting a better look and taking pix. So if it was, say, 2 o' clock, I'd have to say "I'm off out for an hour in the Cobra, see you at 5" :)

Norm you had got two of the most iconic sportcars and it was probably difficult and a bit sad to sell them at last!

Yes it's funny you says the cobra was your slowest car when you crossed people...I think you will have the same problem with your Listerbell which they are very impressive build!

When we went back with John last year from Cheshire to France with the Strat many people asked us details about it and took pictures along the roads , in LeMans circuit and at our hotel an employee helped us after a battery issue and told us it's an honor for him!!

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Originally Posted by Normb666

Ahh, John, I didn't know Steve bought his panels a good while ago. No wonder he's not been on here if he's not having much luck sorting the car. Thanks for letting me know - I'm going to try digging out his contact details from when we spoke and try and get in touch.

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Steve has moved house a couple of times, gotten divorced and had serious heart problems since those days I'm afraid. I've lost track of him, unless he's still working as a Nursing Officer in Raigmore Hospital, Inverness - that would be my only contact hope now.

Yes Chris, he was still in Inverness when I was in touch, and I think he had just moved to a residence with garage so he had the car back with him.
I'll see if I still have the emails and see what address that was.
If we PM him from here he might pick up an email notification and prompt him to drop in?

John, I tried PM'ing him a few weeks ago when I first saw he was on here, but it got knocked back with a "mailbox full" alert. So it looks like it'll have to be email, if he's using the same one, that is...

I didn't know he'd been through the wars like that. I'll have another dig about later to see if I can find the addy I had for him all those years ago...you never know, it might work!