Street vs. SC

[ZOERA-SC7XX]

"Different strokes for different folks". I'll take my car just the way it is. If we were all the same...

[mreid]

This original blue beauty was at the Simeone museum last month.









Sorry for the picture quality. I was so excited about going that I forgot my camera and had to use my iphone.

[Dimis]

You gents are surely only being half serious.... No?

While I like cobras of all sorts, & I even like the street cobra, surely the SC stands ahead and alone...

If it's a street cobra you want then why not the 289 slabside?

The street big block for mine would come last of the cobra options.
Sorry if I'm raining on your parade.


best wishes & good luck with your rides

[redmt]

Originally Posted by Dimis

You gents are surely only being half serious.... No?

While I like cobras of all sorts, & I even like the street cobra, surely the SC stands ahead and alone...

If it's a street cobra you want then why not the 289 slabside?

The street big block for mine would come last of the cobra options.
Sorry if I'm raining on your parade.


best wishes & good luck with your rides

Kind of funny from the gang that puts the steering on the wrong side.

[YerDugliness]

For me the factor that says "street" is the hoop bumpers. The quick jacks say "Comp model", the over rides without the hoop bumpers say "S/C model", and the hoop bumpers say "Street model".

Here are a few photos of mine at a recent car show (I was not showing my car, but they had me park mine in the show area for some reason):









I consider my car to be in street trim b/c of the hoop bumpers.

I bought the car already assembled, registered and with slightly over 3,000 miles on the odometer...if I were doing it for myself, I'd eliminate the sidepipes in favor of under car exhaust, or at least the 289 style sidepipes, and I would PERHAPS eliminate the roll hoop (not sure about that, I kind of like the protection, especially on the street where you can't control the actions of others). I like the hood scoop (wish mine were an inch taller), would have it on ANY form of Cobra I were to build, it's just iconic to me.

Cheers!

Dugly

[Dimis]

Originally Posted by redmt

Kind of funny from the gang that puts the steering on the wrong side.

I've said this before, and I'll say it again...

We put the steering wheel on the CORRECT side... which as you'll admit is also known as the RIGHT side.

Even American dictionaries & thesauruses define "RIGHT" to be "CORRECT".

Now as for driving on the other side of the road...?
Yep... That's another story, and we are guilty as charged your honour

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by Dimis

You gents are surely only being half serious.... No?

Hardly. Sorry for your confusion.

[JBCOBRA]

SPF Street with Bar and Scoop. Custom Color Ivy Green metallic

[Maricopa]

My MK-II FFR-based version.


The new MK-IVs would be a much better starting point with the re-worked trunk, rear fenders and scoopless hood.

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by Buzz

Nothing beats the clean, sleek, low slung look of a nicely done Cobra roadster. Any of you 427SC guys sometimes feel like you've outgrown the street fighter image and find your eyes wandering in the direction of the more subtle street car?
CSX3357


CSX3111



Its been said that not all replicas look good naked. Removing the sidepipes and roll bar really exposes the lines and stance to scrutiny. Beauty however is totally subjective and I have seen some well very executed examples from a variety of manufacturers. I know the top car is a high dollar restoration so I suspect it's closest to original.



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Superformance:



Let's see some pics of yours or your favorite 427/428 street roadsters.

OK - for comments - which tail pipe treatment is best liked 1) tail pipes nearly flat 2) tail pipes slanting up at the tip???? I've already discarded the tail pipes slanting down at the tip option.

[Buzz]

I have to say I like the pipes on CSX3357 in the first pic.

[LMH]

Originally Posted by Buzz

I have to say I like the pipes on CSX3357 in the first pic.

I agree. I also like the lack of chrome tips. Those pipes looks the best IMHO.
Larry

[dallas_]

Originally Posted by Buzz

Any of you 427SC guys sometimes feel like you've outgrown the street fighter image and find your eyes wandering in the direction of the more subtle street car?

Maybe, but I if I build another one I'd be more likely to do a 289 slabside.

Love the look of those.

[JBCOBRA]

On the SPF cars, the pipes are polished stainless. I painted most of the pipe to tone them down a notch.

[my427cobra]

Love the shiney Sunburst wheels on the blue 427Street Roadster that mreid’s pic showed at the Simeone Museum.

I wonder if they were polished or something like PermaStar Chrome coated?

Does anybody know whose car that was so I could contact him to find out?

Thanks
Greg

[Got the Bug]

If I had it to do over again, I'd go street version all the way. Hmm...wonder how much it would cost to convert to under car exhaust?

[snakeski]

I have one of each!! Up here in the northeast, the street car with its hard top gets out A LOT more then the 427!! With its heat and the rear exhaust, makes for a great weekender. The first time we took it out for a long day, the wife fell asleep in it!!! Very enjoyable car to drve/ride!!!

[redmt]

Originally Posted by snakeski

I have one of each!! Up here in the northeast, the street car with its hard top gets out A LOT more then the 427!! With its heat and the rear exhaust, makes for a great weekender. The first time we took it out for a long day, the wife fell asleep in it!!! Very enjoyable car to drve/ride!!!

No fair replying without pix!!

[YerDugliness]

Now, you see, THAT'S what I'm talking about.

Gotta have a scoop on the hood....it's just iconic to the Cobra!

Hoop bumpers make it the "street look"--gotta have them both front and back.

I like both body styles with the 289 exhaust in front of the rear wheels, or better yet out the back!

I could do with or without the stripes, but I think that when most people visualize a Cobra, it has the stripes....I know it's the only way I thought of them for better than 30 years....just got interested in the street model look within the last 10 years.

Cheers for a GREAT look!

Dugly

[kayakjack]

Originally Posted by YerDugliness

Now, you see, THAT'S what I'm talking about.


Cheers for a GREAT look!

Dugly

Thanks Dugly!!!

Jack