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The Cobrette™ was developed in 1991 and went into production in early 1992. With 4 dealers in the USA and one in Oslo Norway for all of Europe the Cobrette has enjoyed the roads worldwide for almost two decades. Yes manufactures by the same people and the same company you can be assured you are buying a quality product with years of experience an innovation and improvements always implemented in to the production line.
Thirty years of refinements have earned a celebrated status and more than a 500,000 Vette’s produced from 1968 to 1982 makes the non-collector years (1974-1982) very affordable donor cars. Using a GM chassis ensures the ease of assembly while maintaining an affordable budget. The quality of factory service procedures and aftermarket service manuals makes the Cobrette™ the world’s best-documented kit. All kits include an assembly manual and a Chilton’s Vette Service manual.
Using a Phase 2 Cobrette™ body simply requires you to bolt the body to your donor chassis using the eight (8) factory captivated bolt mounting locations. The floor and body are bonded as one piece to simplify this procedure. The concept resembles putting together a large version of a model you may have put together when you were growing up.
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The Cobrette ia Vertte Body replacement or a re-body rather than the assembly of many altered or hybrid parts,. It is possible to drive your donor into the shop and drive out with your Cobrette without replacing the entire drive train and suspension. The Cobrette has a 4 wheel, 4 piston disc brakes, and 4 wheel independent suspension on all cars. The wheelbase is 98 inches or 8 inches longer and is 5 inches wider. The Cobrette can be built and completed including your labor for as little as $23,900 . You can be hte proud owner and builder a high quality and reliable car that can be serviced at any Chevy dealer nationwide. .
Keep all of the receipts and take lots of photos to document your build. If you ever break while on a cruise your could take this car to any dealer for repair or find the part in the smallest town. If built with multiple donors or parts from certain year groups, only you need to remember what model or year group a specific part was removed from before repair. Our build concept uses a complete chassis as designed by the manufacturer. If the aftermarket upgrades are used it is still for a 1968 to 1982 Corvette.
The Corvette and its chassis may be the best documented car ever produced because of its popularity and length of continuous production. The service manual provided to with the purchase of your Cobrette will walk you through any procedure in great detail. GM spent millions of dollars crash esting and proving this chassis design. unlike any other Cobra inspired kit car in the marketplace Decades of improvements are very well documented with several companies fighting for your upgrade dollars.
Group Five offers our customers rebuilt sub-assemblies on an exchange basis and at a discounted price to assist you with your build.
You are not limited to a GM or Chevy engine in the Cobrette . We offer adapter plates that allow most common engine combinations to be utilized. The choice of engine and transmission combination is tendless.
The Vette body is secured to the chassis at 8 mounting locations. The entire body can be simply removed as one unit from the Vette chassis. The new Cobrette body is secured to the frame using the factory mount locations and aftermarket Urethane bushings included in evry kit. The body and floor are bonded together in the mold and when removed creates a precise one-piece body that is sealed from heat and moisture with a durable composite base. Bolt the body to your chassis, reinstall the steering column, the new inclusive wiring harness, fuel system and interior and you are ready to go.
The only true American hand made sports car that gives you over 50 years of continuous factory engineering and refinements. True 4 wheel independent suspension,4 piston disc brakes on all 4 wheels combined with a low center of gravity and its low sprung weight distributed over a 98-inch wheelbase and a 59-inch track width with is unbeatable. Other kits use their custom chassis with misc. suspension from different makes; models and years are limited by a 90 inch wheelbase .
The Cobrette has always been the first and the largest cockpit in the Cobra inspired market . This is only made possible using a longer and wider chassis.
The Cobrette™ is the longest running production Cobra Inspired replica on a Vette frame ever made. Designed and built by business owners with products developed and used by automakers as seen on new production cars today ( see G5Challenger.com) this is not a backyard garage operation. We are a licensed, bonded and insured Arizona Manufacture since 1988. In addition; our parent company Group Five ; is a member of the SEMA alliance and had proudly worked with clients such as GM, Chrysler, Dodge, BASF automotive finishes, Katzkin leather Interiors, Vortech SuperChargers, TSW wheels, Fiske wheels, Toyo tires, Nitto Tires just to name a few.
Buy Amercian and support USA jobs!
The kit car industry is riddled with fly-by-nite thieves, one car garage shops working out of a residential houses, companies that make all of the kits in South Africa giving away American jobs. You can be confident and secure in knowing that your hard earned money is supporting a USA business in this “New Economy” keeping the workforce, products and craftsmanship here in the USA.
The Cobrette™ as seen in this video below was driven and tested PRIOR to actually bolting the body in place. This can simplify with Chassis brake and steering adjustments. In addition, it is much easier to made fine tuning such as header / exhaust or cooling bleeding etc. without any effect to the new Body paint finish ! Enjoy the video more to follow.
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PHASE 3 $9995.00!!! BODY/FLOOR PAINT READY Includes all the components in phase 2, Plus
Hood is pre-fitted , hinged and aligned.
Doors are pre-fitted hinged and aligned.
Trunk is pre-fitted hinged and aligned.
Headlights
Tail lights
Factory style aluminum La Mans flip -top gas cap
Chrome plated license plate lamp
Aluminum side louvers
Chrome plated trunk handle.
Two Chrome plated hood handles.
Two front turn indicator lamps.
Chrome plated center rear view mirror
Chrome framed factory 427 Windshield with glass.
Body comes hand block sanded urethane primed ,block sanded and re-primed ready for a professional shop finish to be applied.
PHASE 2 $6,795.00!!! BODY/FLOOR BOLT ON This kit is designed for an individual with mechanical aptitude or access to those in the Corvette profession to simplify the conversion. The concept is simple: Remove (UNBOLT) all front and rear original Vette (68-82) frame to bumper extensions. Unbolt Eight (8) Original Body bolts and remove the complete Vette body (Note: The floor ,hood, doors, front & rear clip all can be removed as one unit. Simply replace the Cobrette Body and Floor in the same position and re-bolt the same eight (8) blots. Remember, our floor is a mold styled after an original Vette which bolts in exactly the same position from (68-82). The main difference is the rear compartment which we eliminate in our floor mold for additional storage space. Included all components below
Hand laid Fiberglass Body bonded to the (Vette) style floor.
Hood with your choice of factory scoop or Big Block Chevy style and inner panel.
Left and right doors skins and inner panels bonded, hinged and aligned.
Trunk lid and inner panel bonded, hinged and aligned.
Inner cowl
Two interior kick panels
Two Seat shells (biggest seat available in the industry)
Four over rider bumpers & backing plates
Interior divider panel bonded .
Rear trunk divider panel bonded.
Two form fitting front fender-wells
Dash with built in impressions for tilted gauges or Dash with Glove box door.
Two piece center console Two styles to choose from.
All inner panels bonded with SMC adhesive (not bondo)
Hood is pre-fitted bonded, hinged and aligned
Headlights with Chrome trim rings installed.
Rectangular Tail lights installed.
Factory style polished aluminum La Mans flip -top gas cap installed.
Chrome plated license plate lamp installed.
Side louvers
Chrome plated trunk handle installed.
Two Chrome plated hood handles installed.
Two front turn indicator lamps installed .
Chrome framed factory 427 Windshield with glass installed.
Chrome plated center rear view mirror installed.
Computerized Mandrel bent front steel hoop.
Computerized Mandrel bent under dash steel hoops bolted thru four of the floor to frame body mounts.
TTurn Key from $34,995.00!! Painted & Upholstered Cobrette©
Two-stage urethane painted & striped body matched to the exact colors you select.
Hand Stitched Leather Interior to meet your personal specifications.
Wilton Carpet imported from Germany used in the finest European automobiles.
18 Gallon polished Aluminum fuel tank heli-arced by a certified welders.
Seven white face Auto Meter Gauges.
Small block LS2 Chevrolet Engine producing 340-350 hp.
Turbo-hydromatic three speed automatic transmission.
Hardtop included for a limited time.
Optional Big Block Chevy 450 HP NEW GM crate engine $5000.00 (installed).
Optional NEW: Muncie four-speed transmission, linkage ,shifter and pedal assembly $2500(Installed).
Phase 4 $17,995.00 ! BODY PAINTED - Includes all components in Phase 2 & 3
(Also included although not pictured)
Chrome plated center rear view mirror.
This kit has a Urethane finish with stripes to fit your selected and unique color choices.
(NO FRAME / OR ROLLING CHASSIS IS INCLUDED - BODY ONLY )
New Technology wiht the Gm trans Requires rans Controller and custom Trans Mount for the Cobrette GM part Number 19156260 $2285 plus freight
6.0 Factory Warranty part number 19165484 $5699 plus freight
Compouter Contriller for stand alone hot rod projects such as the Cobrette. GM part # 1249716 $1098.00
1. 16" Hi Output Puller fan with mounting hardware $ 180
2. "Tanks" 18 gallon polyethylene Fuel tank $ 435
3. A / C Pedal Pads $ 105
4. "Vintage Air" Air conditioner $ 1,980
5. Aluminum Nose Piece $ 450
6. Aluminum Oil cooler shroud $ 225
7. Over Riders with bracket for front $ 198
8. Over Riders with bracket for rear $ 198
9. Base frame for C4 Suspension $ 6,999
10. Side Louvers (2) Stainless $ 245
11. Bucket seat shells (2) $ 94
12. Chrome Bumper Hoop for front $ 300
13. Chrome Bumper Hoop for rear $ 300
14. Chrome Demister Vents for Dash (2) $ 40
15. Chrome Fire Extinguisher w/ mounting bracket $ 110
16. Clutch Cable & Fiberglass cover $ 175
17. "Carrera" Adj. Coil over shocks for front $ 495
18. "QA 1" Adj.. Coil over shocks for front $ 595
19. "QA1" Adj. Coil over shocks for rear $ 595
20. "Carrera" Adj. Coil over shocks for rear $ 495
21. Custom Drive Shaft $ 415
22. Dash cover & pad, not installed $ 140
23. Floor mats, embroidered $ 165
24. Hardtop with no Curtains $ 1,395
25. Hardtop with Curtains $ 1,995
26. Headers Hooker with Side Tubes (2) Painted $ 1555
27. Headers Hooker “Jet Hot Ceramic Coated Add $ 500.00
28. "Vintage Air" Heater / Defroster Unit $ 585
29. Interior kit, not installed $ 1,335
30. Leather Interior Kit installed $ 2535
31. Leather Interior Kit NOT installed $2335
32. Latch kit for Hood, Doors & Trunk $655
33. Oil cooler with bracket no lines $205
34. Be-Cool Aluminum Radiator $795
35. Racing jacks for front $ 137
36. Racing jacks for rear $ 137
37. Grommet Oval Front (4) (for Front Bumper/ Jacks) $ 34
38. Grommet Round Rear (4) (for Rear Bumper/ Jacks) $ 26
39. Remote Power Brake “Assist system w/ Bracket $800
40. Double Decoration Roll bars Chrome $900
41. Functional Drivers Roll bar Chrome $700
42. Functional Drivers Roll bar Chrome Installed $1000
43. Functional 4 inch wide Roll bar Chrome $ 750
44. Functional 4 inch wide Roll bar Chrome Installed $ 1100
45. Decoration Roll bar, Painted $ 275
46. Rolling Chassis with C4 Suspension $ 14,725
47. Seat belts, Simpson (Driver & Pass.) $ 390
48. Soft top no Curtains $ 1,495
49. Soft top with Curtains $ 1,695
50. Steering Wheel (Mota Lita Wood & Adaptor) $ 358
51. Steering Wheel, stock (Grant & Adaptor) $ 87
52. "Team III Wheels with Knock off look w/lug nuts $ 1,895
53. Tonneau cover $ 765
54. Trunk Prop Rod Chrome $ 72
55. Tubular Front Control Arms, Upper & Lower $ 395
56. Offset 2” Van Steel Rear Trailing Arms $ 499.99
57. Upholstered Fiberglass Bucket Seats $ 765
58. Used pair of Honda Prelude seats $ 400
59. Wiper Assembly $ 385
60. Windshield Glass only with Box $ 325
61. Convertible Top with Frame $2500
62. Plexi-glass Sliding windows $750
For phase 2 / 3 / 4 consider these costs which may be part of your build budget.
1968-82 Vette good used small block w/4 speed $ 2,000.00
Cobrette Phase 2 body kit $ 6,795.00
Wind-wings & Sun Visors $ 250.00
Auto Meter Gauges (8) $ 550.00
Wiper Assembly $ 325.00
Hood Hinge Kit $ 195.00
Seats from Honda $ 150.00
Leather Interior $ 900.00
Assembly Manual $50.50 (free with kit purchase)
15" /16" Centerline Wheels $ 1,275.00
15" / 16" tires 275/50/15 235/60/15 $ 800.00
Chrome Triple plated single roll bar $ 350.00
Chrome Hooker header for Vette bolt on $1,500.00
Prime Bodywork & Paint w/ stripes $ 2,500.00
Aluminum Pulley Set $ 300.00
Powder coasting $ 350.00
Cad plating bolts $75.00
Frame restoration (All new rotors, calipers,
Bearings, Joints, Blasting Powder coating $2,000.00
EZ Wiring harness (Shrink tubing , solder etc.) $ 350.00
Misc. rivets $ 50.00
Replacement Direction Flasher $ 10.00
Radiator, Fan & Switch, Misc. brackets $ 350.00
Overflow tank spun aluminum $ 125.00
In Line Fill Hose w/ cap Kit $ 45.00
Heavy Duty Fan Relay $ 20.00
180 Degree Thermostat $ 7.00
18 gallon fuel cell ,Sending unit, Braided line $ 400.00
Gates Drive Belts $ 100.00
Gates green stripe Hoses $ 85.00
Throttle Cable (OEM replacement) $ 35.00
New OEM Vette Engine mounts $ 60.00
MSD Ignition Controller $ 150.00
Ignition wires & Spark Plugs $ 125.00
Distributor Cap HEI $ 17.75
Penske Shocks (Front and rear) $ 150.00
Carter AFB Carb. $ 300.00
Ultima Battery & Heavy gauge cables $ 150.00
Clutch / Pressure Plate / Throw-out Bearing Set $ 250.00
4 Speed (From Vette) over-hauled $ 400.00
Shifter and linkage (Use Vette) $ 00.00
Rebuilt engine (350hp) using 68-82 vette as core $ 1,200.00
Intake Edelbrock $ 175.00
Water Pump (High Volume Modified impeller) $ 100.00
Alternator 100 amp $ 100.00
Starter Hi Torque Tilton $ 330.00
Handbrake Assembly (Use Vette) $ 00.00
Gas Pedal (Use Vette) $ 00.00
Steering Column Tilt Telescopic (Use Vette) $ 00.00
Hydraulic pedal assy & Slave cylinders $ 500.00
Misc. Brake / Fuel Lines / Braided lines $ 200.00
Chrome Jack (4) Bumpers $ 600.00
Chrome Side Mirrors (2) $ 90.00
Running Total $ 26,834.75
Vette parts sold (Body Panels, Int. etc.) Minus - ($2,000.00)
