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Originally Posted by YerDugliness
Just curious....why the "wind" shield around the gas filler cap? This is the first time I've seen that on any Cobra.
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On some of the original competition cars they added the wind shield because gas was being sucked out through the filler cap. Would also keep spilled fuel from getting into the cockpit, but that wasn't the original intent. Not many of the FIA/USRRC "cutback door" 289 cars had them.
Here is one of the original FIA cars at the 1964 Targa Florio with the "splash shield"; this one also has the Cobra badges and
NO trunk dimples, unlike the other team cars in the race which were badgeless and had trunk dimples:
Another team car, same race: no badges, no splash shield and with dimples:
