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09-27-2011, 11:20 PM
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CSX3243, The "Gumball" car at Coronado
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Alba gu brąth
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09-27-2011, 11:32 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Manchester,
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Cobra Make, Engine: AK1085 (302 Street), HTM111 (427 Comp), CSX2375R (289 Comp) and COB5999 (427 S/C)
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Sweet inner wheel lift! Thanks for the share!
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09-27-2011, 11:36 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA 'Street' Build
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Larry,
Great photos!
Nice to see the car being run. The blueing of the side pipes is interesting, looks like the pipes are fairly new ?
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09-27-2011, 11:42 PM
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Hey Larry!
It's Mark Rasmussen. Great pics! Hope the family is well!
Cheers,
Mark
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09-28-2011, 07:14 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: 2002 Superformance w/392 stroker
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Wow, what a great find! Thanks for sharing these wonderful pictures of the car which quite literally changed my life.
Like many, the first Cobra I ever saw was from "The Gumball Rally" and I've been completely and utterly snake-bitten from that moment on. It's been a lifelong dream (presently realized) to own a Cobra and it was this very car that started it all for me.
What a shame that this car sat locked up and unused for such a long time, but it sure looks to be in fabulous condition.
I wonder what its sister car (CSX3255, then owned by Duane Bower) looks like today. This is the only pic I've ever found of it on the Interwebs:
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09-28-2011, 11:03 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 427 S/C, Twin Paxton 511 FE
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Quote:
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Like many, the first Cobra I ever saw was from "The Gumball Rally" and I've been completely and utterly snake-bitten from that moment on.
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I can relate to that Sundude. I've always loved Ferraris and was considering one (an older one) when deciding on a fun car. I bought The Gumball Rally for the Ferrari and and came out with a snake bite. It wasn't fair fight, IMO. The Daytona does NOT do it for me. 
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09-28-2011, 06:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SunDude
Wow, what a great find! Thanks for sharing these wonderful pictures of the car which quite literally changed my life.
Like many, the first Cobra I ever saw was from "The Gumball Rally" and I've been completely and utterly snake-bitten from that moment on. It's been a lifelong dream (presently realized) to own a Cobra and it was this very car that started it all for me.
What a shame that this car sat locked up and unused for such a long time, but it sure looks to be in fabulous condition.
I wonder what its sister car (CSX3255, then owned by Duane Bower) looks like today. This is the only pic I've ever found of it on the Interwebs:
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You took the words right out of my mouth!
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09-30-2011, 05:54 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SunDude
Wow, what a great find! Thanks for sharing these wonderful pictures of the car which quite literally changed my life.
Like many, the first Cobra I ever saw was from "The Gumball Rally" and I've been completely and utterly snake-bitten from that moment on. It's been a lifelong dream (presently realized) to own a Cobra and it was this very car that started it all for me.
What a shame that this car sat locked up and unused for such a long time, but it sure looks to be in fabulous condition.
I wonder what its sister car (CSX3255, then owned by Duane Bower) looks like today. This is the only pic I've ever found of it on the Interwebs:
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Last I saw, it was in the July/August 2006 Motor Trend Classic. They had CSX 3255 and 1 of the 2 Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytonas used in the movie in the article, serial #14829. The other Daytona went off the road and got totaled supposedly when the stuntmen were filming the night race scene between the Cobra and the Daytona according to Chuck Bail, the producer of the Gumball Rally.
CSX 3255 at the time of the magazine was painted red and had a flat hood with no scoops (even the ones added for extra cooling). It also had added a single hoop roll bar and chrome sidepipes. Car at the time was owned by an undisclosed California business man/attorney in California's central valley. He bought it in 2002. He didn't know it was in the Gumball Rally movie until after he bought it.
Unfortunately I can't scan any pics and couldn't find any pics on the internet.
For me as well. I saw this movie when I was a kid and was hooked on the little blue car. Not until I got older did I find out this little blue car was a Shelby Cobra! Been hooked ever since!
Hope this info helps!
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09-30-2011, 07:35 AM
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AHH yes, thanks for reminding me...
That was CSX3255 featured in the Jul-Aug 2006 issue of Motor Trend Classic. I think I might even have this issue in my collection, somewhere. And this article was featured in the spring 2011 edition of The Shelby American too, now that I think of it. Here are a couple pics of CSX3255 from that issue. ( And thank goodness the car has lost those gawdawful side pipes from the 1970s.)
With Motor Trend reporter John Kiewicz:
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09-28-2011, 08:08 AM
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Hey Larry!
It's Mark Rasmussen. Great pics! Hope the family is well!
Cheers,
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Hey Mark. Thanks! Yes, family is well. Brother is working on his FFR Daytona. Hope to have it on the road soon.
Larry
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09-28-2011, 07:18 AM
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Beautiful! Love to see a real one flexing its muscles!
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09-28-2011, 09:30 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR: 302 w/aluminum heads, Edlebrock injection. Street car trim, no scoop, side pipes or rollbar.
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Nice to see it being used in anger too!
Interesting shape on the rear fenders.
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09-28-2011, 10:54 AM
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So Awesome! Thanks for those pics, LMH.
And I think those pipes look great. Then again, I think cars look better dirty. 
Nice to see an original driven like that.
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09-28-2011, 01:05 PM
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360 HP
420 Torque
Where did those numbers come from?
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09-28-2011, 02:16 PM
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360 HP
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Could it be that CSX3243 was originally a 428 car...?
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09-28-2011, 02:56 PM
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Love your pics of the Gumball Rally Cobra. Thanks for sharing...
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09-28-2011, 04:35 PM
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Could it be that CSX3243 was originally a 428 car...?
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09-28-2011, 01:21 PM
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I was talking to the owner at the track. He said Michael Sarrazin was the one who crushed the nose on the L.A. freeway. Sarrazin just passed away a few months ago BTW.
Larry
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09-28-2011, 01:30 PM
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It would be a tough call as the owner of this car to have it restored as it originally came from the factory vs. in the Gumball look (Cibie square lights and all of the river patina)
And would one consider the heritage/provenance of this car in the same realm as one with a race breed??
Considering how many people fell in love with the Cobra based upon these two particular cars I would think it may bring in more at auction than a similar car with race heritage from a pure emotional buy standpoint.
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09-28-2011, 11:34 PM
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"Gumball Rally" movie is important part of our Cobra archive and those cars should be keep as on the movie.
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Originally Posted by slider701
It would be a tough call as the owner of this car to have it restored as it originally came from the factory vs. in the Gumball look (Cibie square lights and all of the river patina)
And would one consider the heritage/provenance of this car in the same realm as one with a race breed??
Considering how many people fell in love with the Cobra based upon these two particular cars I would think it may bring in more at auction than a similar car with race heritage from a pure emotional buy standpoint.
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