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01-17-2011, 07:22 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: St. Lucia, West Indies,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427SC 383 stroker
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CSX2136 a short interesting story.
For those who don't already know about this this stunningly beautiful 289 LeMans Cobra, here's a nice short read. It tells of a long successful race career and an ignoble retirement followed by indignity and abuse before rescue, vindication and restoration to righteousness. 
Story here: http://classicthrottle.com/1963-shelby-le-mans-cobra
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01-17-2011, 07:32 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Vero Beach,
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Cobra Make, Engine: COX 6111 - '66 "AC 289 Sports."
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I hope Mike Leicester, who committed fraud by building a phony car and claiming it was the real one, enjoys the fact that this story gets retold year after year after year, ad infinitum.
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01-17-2011, 07:48 AM
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Me too....
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01-17-2011, 08:23 AM
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Great read!! Where is the car now?
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01-17-2011, 08:35 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Northport,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham, KMP178 / '66 GT350H, 4-speed
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...displayed it at the 1985 annual SAAC-10 event.
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01-17-2011, 08:42 AM
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She's grown prettier with age. 
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Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the strength to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. -(wasn't me)
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01-17-2011, 09:14 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Pottstown (East Coventry),
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Cobra Make, Engine: Don't think I'll be getting a Cobra for a long time... Do have '94 RX-7 R2.
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Hmm, I bet it must have a salvage title. A potential buyer might be able to use that in price negotiations...  |
01-17-2011, 09:55 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Manchester,
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Cobra Make, Engine: AK1085 (302), HTM111 (427 Comp), CSX2375R (289 Comp) and Scratch 427 S/C
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Most of these cars do get better with age... LOLOLOL |
01-17-2011, 10:33 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: CSX 4000; Shelby aluminum FE with 58mm IDAs
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Definitely an interesting story, and a cool car....thanks for sharing, Buzz.
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01-17-2011, 10:41 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Greenville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-FIA, 66 mustang convertible, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
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Ah yes, where a very young soon to be married (5 weeks later) "mrmustang" tried hard to convince his soon to be bride that "we really need to buy this, and we can put off the new roof and bathroom for the house we just bought. I'd even sell my 1982 GT, 73 Mach I, and 70 Boss 302"  Oh well, just another missed opportunity  ...........
Bill S.
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01-17-2011, 10:45 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 427 S/C, Twin Paxton 511 FE
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"Leicester also persuaded Angliss to stamp the chassis with the CSX2136" 
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01-17-2011, 10:47 AM
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Ah yes, where a very young soon to be married (5 weeks later) "mrmustang" tried hard to convince his soon to be bride that "we really need to buy this, and we can put off the new roof and bathroom for the house we just bought. I'd even sell my 1982 GT, 73 Mach I, and 70 Boss 302" Oh well, just another missed opportunity ...........
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I can just imagine what she must have been thinking as she listened to you try to convince her to let you buy that old heap!
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Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the strength to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. -(wasn't me)
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01-17-2011, 03:15 PM
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Location: Apopka,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Building 289 Lemans / FFR mkIV chassis w/ Bruce Chervenak
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Woah daddy.
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01-17-2011, 03:35 PM
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Location: Las Vegas,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby CSX4005LA, Roush 427IR
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Bill Murray (and his brother Dave) have a shop just down the road from here, and are also two of the key people that keep the Shelby American Collection Museum alive. Dave is there every (well almost every) Saturday.
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01-17-2011, 05:23 PM
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Location: Buffalo, NY USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Time Machines Motorsports LLC- Superformance Dealer
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I have seen the ad "For sale, CSX2136...never raced or wrecked"
I remember well that SAAC convention and the car. I also remember tossing a hub nut off the AC MK IV I had there on the way back to the Jersey hotel (ex Playboy hotel) from the Pocono track, into a freshly mown hayfield !!!! And that was after I lost a windshield on a pizza run the first night there!
And 300 miles of fast laps at Pocono didn't do the nose paint any good either....that was $1500.00 of repaint and a whole lot of 'splaining! "Well, the roads in Jersey have lots of gravel and this school bus I was following was tossing a lot of it. Race track???? No, I don't remember any race track being near......"
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01-17-2011, 07:34 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA 'Street' Build
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Buzz,
Great story thanks for sharing, I had not read this before.
Glad in the end the original the CSX2136 was resurrected and recognized for it's historical significance. It's one beautiful car!
The number caught my eye as well … I have ERA 2136 in process 
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01-17-2011, 07:42 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Building 289 Lemans / FFR mkIV chassis w/ Bruce Chervenak
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Last edited by jmimac351; 01-17-2011 at 07:48 PM..
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01-17-2011, 07:45 PM
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01-17-2011, 07:49 PM
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"Now this car here is really the dog's bollocks."
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01-17-2011, 07:55 PM
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Location: East Bay,
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Cobra Make, Engine: B&B,351w
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I believe the car is at Canepa in Scotts Valley, CA
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