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At the grocery store this evening.....

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First time I heard one light off I was standin' close enuff to the dump tube on the side I thought it was gonna blow my clothes off. The owner would occasionally take it out, the cops wouldn't even TRY to catch up... they'd just go to his house and wait inna driveway. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif
 
Taken at the Hershey Hillclimb (1966). Went he fired that up (seconds after this was taken!) I must have jumped 3 feet!!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif
 

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Nunyas said:
new reproduction/new Shelby, or an original from the "olden days"?
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If it were an original then its been de-valued by fitting the bigger halibrand reproductions. Those look like 17 inch wheels. Not that thats a bad thing though. The Modern kits like Superformance and Factory Five Racing are actually better engineered cars than the originals were and much more driveable.

I get disappointed by kit car owners trying to pass their cars off as the real thing. If its a well done kit, they should be proud of their work. Call it what it is and drive the snot out of it.

Having the Shelby American Collection just down the road in Boulder has spoiled me with the real things.
 
The guy I bought my MGB from has a bunch of Corvettes, an old T-Bird, and the Cobra "continuation" I think he called it. See attached photo.
 

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Back from the show and I can now say, ya'll are correct about it being a replica. However, I still say.....Honey, Can I have one of those?
 
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Too many owners of nice looking Cobra kit cars try to pass them off as originals....I don't know why, they're shown to be fools when found out (& its easy to do so)....by & large they're beautiful cars & the owners should be proud of their accomplishments.

One of the things Unique Motorcars does is have an annual homecoming where guys who've finished their builds can bring their car back to the factory where it was 'born'.

Like I said, I've a neighbor who owns one & is always up front that he spent several years building as perfect a clone as possible - but always calls it just that, a clone.
 
Classic Motorsports magazine had a nice article a couple of months back about a group of guys with real Cobras taking a trip....North Carolina mountains if I recall correectly.
 
Banjo said:
One of the easiest ways to tell a real Cobra (or at least an aluminum bodied one) is to look at the bottom side of the hood. a fiberglass car has a moulded ridge around the hood for support, whereas an aluminum car has a seperate tube that the hood skin is rivited to. also the edges of the body, like the wheel openings are a lot thinner/sharper on an aluminum car. they have to keep the fiberglass thicker, or it'll crack.
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I didn’t look for a moulded ridge around the hood but I’m pretty sure this one isn’t fiberglass. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif

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Yup! I don't know of its an original or a continuation, but that's definatly an aluminum bodied one! Of course the finish gives it away, but theres the tube I was talking about.
This pic is of a documented original. this is a 1963 289 S/C I believe the guy said the chassis was #085 or something like that. I took this shot just to show the underhood

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