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Old 12-19-2020, 05:28 PM
Michael C Henry Michael C Henry is offline
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Cobra Make, Engine: Everett Morrision FE 427 so 2-4s
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I have a replica, it runs pretty good. I would have to know so much more about who ever before trusting anybody else to drive my car out of my sight. I have met lots of people that after a short while I had come to a conclusion that I would not trust them with my car. Not only damage to my car but liability of injury. I have seen and heard of instances where just a moments of forgetting what could happen and it's too late. Years ago I traded cars with my wife leaving my car with her while i got her new car equipped with a back up sensor system. Then the battery -master switch, fans, electric fuel, pump switches were a problem. She got the master switch but missed the fuel pump switch so the car went about a block before dyeing. I was worried as I drove back up to where she had left the car. First thing you can't just leave this car, next, no two replicas are the same. I have a lack of faith that any passer by would be able to be of much help. I have resolved some of the problem areas but there are a shorty list of dos and don'ts kind of like an airplane. I have an old replica and was mildly worried about leaving it with the repair shop last year. It went OK but part was my car and the other was the people. I happened upon a Cobra on I5 near work on the way home one evening. It turned to be an original 427 and the thermostat housing gasket had failed, He didn't to even try to fix it himself even with my assistance. He had a truck coming.
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