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04-26-2010, 06:35 AM
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Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance MkIII
Posts: 87
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Superformance?
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04-26-2010, 06:52 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: New Britain,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Size 10 Feet
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It looks like a SPF. It's hard to believe that all that damage came from just a rollover in that flat section of road. I would guess that the car was going nearly end-over-end from going out of control at a very high rate of speed.
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04-26-2010, 07:30 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: California,
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Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 289 Slabside Early Comp Car with 289 Webers and all the goodies. Cancelling the efforts of several Priuses
Posts: 6,592
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Looks like a long wheelbase car, bottom door edge does not resemble a SPF, regardless, too bad someone lost their life.
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Rick
As you slide down the Banister of Life, may the splinters never be pointing the wrong way 
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04-26-2010, 08:04 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Hudson Valley NY,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft, 302, Tremec 3550. #038
Posts: 863
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End over end...I don't know the gas tank looks untouched.
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Kids in the backseats cause accidents, accidents in the backseat causes kids ! Good reason to get a Cobra !!!
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04-26-2010, 08:35 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Covington,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance # 532, 466 BB, 560HP
Posts: 3,027
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Thoughts and prayers to his family.
The frame and the routing of the battery cable look correct for a SPF.
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John Hall
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04-26-2010, 10:21 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Tampa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427 - #783
Posts: 173
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Mooch
ERA Registry Map
If you have an ERA and want to be listed, contact me with your info and I'll put it up. The minimum info I need is chassis number and location. The rest is up to you. The most information needed would be: chassis number, body type, city, name, CC nickname, and email address.
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04-30-2010, 05:31 AM
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It was a SPF - with a Roush 427R. I drowe it last fall when it was up for sale
The guy was known to be speeding - reckless driving, and as such is was no surprise. Pure luck he only killed himself and not innocent people.
Sorry to sound "hard" - but he had it comming.
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BDR 602/Roush 427/EFI 8 stack/T-56 Magnum/540whp+750Nm (sold  )
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04-30-2010, 08:14 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Eagle,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 1966 Lone Star 427SC.
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The roll bar looks bent but, it held up. I wonder if had hadn't have been thrown out, if he would have survived ?
I feel for all the loved ones.
This is a perfect example,.... of what happens when you drive recklessly.
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Kevin
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05-02-2010, 12:43 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Reedsport, OR,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Old ('93)CMC kit, SB ford
Posts: 68
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Cobra owner killed
Don't want to lessen his family's loss. But as a Paramedic......Safety Belts, safety belts, safety belts. They are seat belts when you sit on them and safety belts when you use them. I've seen too many crashes where survival would have been possibility with their use.
Thanks for letting me vent.
I hate telling the family that we did everything that was possible but the outcome wasn't successful.
Fred Siewert EMT Paramedic
Cobra Owner
Reedsport, Oregon
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05-02-2010, 01:14 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Tampa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427 - #783
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Mooch
ERA Registry Map
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07-31-2010, 02:40 AM
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I just learned that police investigation concluded that the rear suspension broke while overtaking two cars - causing the car to spin...
don't know if it is correct, but reminds me to inspect tires every time I drive...
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BDR 602/Roush 427/EFI 8 stack/T-56 Magnum/540whp+750Nm (sold )
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07-31-2010, 06:20 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Haven,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft Racing
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Quote:
Originally Posted by henrik
I just learned that police investigation concluded that the rear suspension broke while overtaking two cars - causing the car to spin...
don't know if it is correct, but reminds me to inspect tires every time I drive...
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Without more details I guess we have to accept that conclusion, but looking at the photo in the last article, the rear suspension appears to be the only part intact???
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07-31-2010, 06:28 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cashburn
Without more details I guess we have to accept that conclusion, but looking at the photo in the last article, the rear suspension appears to be the only part intact???
Maybe lost in translation, do they mean he lost traction as in wheel spin?
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no no - I spoke to his close buddy yesterday, and according to (him) the police it was not a heavy foot alone, but faliure in the suspension... I also expected it to be lost of control in the overtaking...
Glad to have bmw  (ups - don't shoot me  )
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07-31-2010, 06:35 AM
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It's possible he was thrown out even with the belts on. If the belts aren't tight and properply placed an end over end might be enough to dislodge you anyway. Just a thought,,, I know when I'm racing I tighten the straps to the point of being uncomfortable, plus I run a five point, not the typical four point.
Something like a sudden breakage of an axle would cause the car to veer sharply to one side. A broken axle/CV joint would not be easy to see in the pics.
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07-31-2010, 06:35 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Cobra Make, Engine: SPC #0039, 427R Roush
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What a shame. I see from the photo that the speed limit is 60 KPH...about 40 MPH. Looks to me like that was NOT a 40 MPH crash. Nevertheless it is a tragedy. Heartfelt sympathies to his family.
Rick
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07-31-2010, 09:30 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Pentwater,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Professional Cobra & Streetrod Builder
Posts: 5,352
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Broken CVC joint could be hard to see, but the wheels appear to be in a correct attitude per the collision?
Ernie is right, a violent collision such as this can allow a person to come out of a four point harness, IF you have a crotch strap please use it.
Also if your roll-bar just slides together at the third leg, look at one of the pictures, the roll bar is bent and coming apart....please bolt your down-leg where it joins the Hoop. Amazing how much stronger the entire roll bar is when the Hoop and the down-leg are bolted together. (This may have been bolted and the violent impact(s) sheared the bolt allowing the hoop to bend?)
Complete and total sympathy and prayers for his family. I've had to knock on too many doors in this type of incidence. Please remember these photo's...don't become a CC headline! |
07-31-2010, 10:14 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Manteca,
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Cobra Make, Engine: None, sold it
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I remember seeing this post in April when it first came out. I wondered then if it was a front ball joint that broke not just speed. I guess it could have broken off in the accident itself though.
DV,
Do you bolt the down tube through with a bolt and a nut (size/grade)? Is there a way to be secure and also look good? I have made the frame bracket for the down tube so it is structurally sound but where the down tube slides onto the hoop is still a weak link.
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"I may be paranoid, but that doesn't mean they are not watching me"
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07-31-2010, 10:31 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Pentwater,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Professional Cobra & Streetrod Builder
Posts: 5,352
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Terry,
Sent you a PM.
Dv
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07-31-2010, 10:30 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Los Angeles,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance #243 - 351W stroked to 418
Posts: 456
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I lost a simple bolt and bushing on a rear A arm of my Superformance on the freeway. I was going relatively slow (60?) because something felt loose. Let me tell you - when it let go, it was all I could do to wrestle it to the shoulder without going sideways. Felt like the entire rear end had broken loose from the frame and was steering the car like the tiller on a boat. If this poor guy had something simple like that let go at, say 100 while passing - it would be all she wrote - seat belt or no seat belt.
Hard to prepare for dumb bad luck.
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