How to Build an All-Aluminum Cobra

All-Billet Aluminum Cobra

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison commissioned the fabricators at Kirkham Motorsports to build the ultimate, cost-is-no-object roadster. After years of labor, they've completed the all-billet aluminum Cobra.

Aluminum Cobra Suspension

The car features a 100% machined billet aluminum frame, SLA suspension with inboard springs and dampers, and a hand formed all-aluminum mirror finished body.

Aluminum Cobra Hood

Aluminum Cobra Side View

Aluminum Cobra Interior

The combination of old-world craftsmanship and computer era precision is unspeakably beautiful.

Aluminum Cobra Engine Compartment

Each part is in itself a work of art, mechanical parts machined from a solid block of aluminum which regularly required 90% of the original material to be removed. The body is a masterwork as much as the chassis.

Aluminum Cobra Rear Trunk

Aluminum Cobra Frame

Aluminum Cobra Suspension

Aluminum Cobra Body Before Polishing

Aluminum Cobra Body Polishing

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