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Roger Wilson       Ph: 03 3244340 To find out more about Roger CLICK HERE Email: Dave Samson       Ph: 03 3248233 or cellphone 0274159110 To find out more about Dave CLICK HERE Email: Location       4 Station Street       Leeston - Christchurch       New Zealand For a map CLICK HERE Roger Wilson Wilson's Classic Sports Cars was established in 1989 by Roger Wilson. His aim was to give other people the same satisfaction and fun of owning and driving the kind of car that drew appreciative attention wherever it went. He had experienced this pleasure in his twenty year involvement in the early Hot Rodding scene. Having built and driven evermore technically advanced early Fords he enjoyed the workshop camaraderie and social side of seeing the country at numerous rod runs and shows. Offered voluntary severance from TVNZ he decided that the world was ready for a non macho sports car. Mazda thought the same thing and made the hugely successful MX5. He spent a lot of time tidying up an early kit car Mistral sports car body and had a set of moulds made. Great fun and a little anguish were had racing number 360 the first car produced but apart from an alloy V8 powered commission it became obvious that he needed a product that more potential customers wanted. In the mid 1990's he began the lengthy development process of creating a torsionally rigid Cobra replica/lookalike that handled as well as it looked. Working from home he built nine cobras to varying stages of completion, incorporating many modifications and refinements to perfect his design. Late in 2008 he knew the car was ready for a limited production run and decided to establish a larger 600m2 workshop in conjunction with his friend, skilled mechanic, talented driver and chassis/suspension set up expert Dave Samson. The plan is to mainly build turnkey Cobras to customers' specifications but also diversify back to Roger's roots and create beautiful Hot Rods and hopefully the occasional Mistral. For more on Rogers exploits Click Here Dave Samson Dave has been within the automotive industry since the early 1970s. He progressed to 'Advanced Trade Automotive Engineer' and developed his skills in the scary performance car industry. Building & successfully racing many different cars both personally & for customers from Christchurch and all around New Zealand. Many will remember Dave for his exploits in the 1980's & early 1990's in his hybrid HB Viva with the E49 hemi 6 cylinder engine. Numerous circuit & hillclimb titles and records were won in this car and many shingle events as well. This car was a road car and incidentally did the standing 400 metres in 11.8 seconds at 118 mph! This car is still in Daves collection. Nowdays classic racing takes up his energies, with one car in particular, the very quick and immaculate XU1 Torana of Anton Stevens. He has built and raced some very quick Viva GT's in the classics as well. Expertise in engine building and suspension tuning is a speciality learnt through many years in the game, so it is no accident that these Cobras not olny ride beautifully but have exceptional handling. Dave has spent the last few years as an aircraft engineer at the Christchurch airport jet engine centre. Finished cobras are all tested and modified or adjusted to do exactly what has been promised. Don't hesitiate to call or email any humane time to discuss whatever you need to know about these exciting classics.