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Old 03-18-2013, 09:21 AM
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Default 289 Leaf Spring Cobra Weights

December's AC Owners' Club Magazine has:

Period evidence is that the minimum weight of a 260 worm & sector FIA Cobra is 2,028lbs (920kg) and the minimum weight of a 289 rack & pinion FIA Cobra is 2,129lbs (965kg). These weights, including oil, water and spare wheel but excluding hard top and side-screens, accord with:
 Period published third-party weights (see, for example, Road & Track-Sept 62)
 1963 & 64 Le Mans Cobra roadster scrutineering weights (Poste VII ‘sur le bascule’ for CS2131, CSX2142 and COX6010)
 The present-day weights of period race cars that have not subsequently been modified.

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Road car weights are as per period magazine car tests.

RS
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