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An Original One From The 60's?
I never thought I would start one of these threads. My friend says there is an original Cobra that shows up to the local car shows in the Barrington area of Illinois. I told him yea, right.
He has a $hitty cell phone, I will try to get more pics or go see the car myself. The story goes that a gentlemen named Carl Schiffmayer bought the car brand new. He passed away a couple of years ago, but his wife still takes it to the shows with somebody else as the driver, Guys this maybe believable. Here is one pic. I know, it’s not the best. My friend says the car looks 50 years old, and thought the CSX number was in the 3,000 series. Comments? http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...27-12_1917.jpg |
It's a good start but I think you'll need more to determine authenticity. Looks like a CSX
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Here was a sign on a Cobra at the local show:
"Please do not touch! This car is aluminum and will bend!. This is a REAL 1965 Shelby CSX4165 (I think that was the number)" Even the people that own them don't know what is "real" anymore...LOL |
Schiffmayer's car, purchased new, was CSX3209
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Note what looks like the windshield sprayer in its correct location. Hmmm...
Larry |
A quick google search for CSX3209 found this:
1966 Shelby Cobra 427 Roadster One-Owner, CSX3209 for sale by Mecum Auction . |
In the photos of this 3209's engine, where are the orange valve cover vent lines running to?
http://images.mecum.com/CA0810/CA081...0-99021_5.jpg? |
Probably bungs on the headers but that's not wise.
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I'm confused. Are we talking about 4165, 3209 or both? |
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Oh, I just saw the reference to 4165 in the earlier post. |
I thought it looked like a road draft tube, too. I think that was the precursor to PCV valves for you youngsters.
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Road draft tubes ran out of a boss at the rear of the intake and to the ground next to the bellhousing.
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Yes, the did, especially on FE engines. I got one off an earlier FE engine to put on my 427 W code GT-E when I was in high school.
These orange hoses may be a temporary solution to bypass using a PCV without the correct parts for rear of FE intake. The opening back there looked like it was a at least a couple of inches and had a removable cover on 1968 and never model manifolds. Maybe the dress up kit for engine did not include it. |
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The photo in the original post doesn't look like it has the orange hoses.
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Probably goes to check valve and whisle tube into header collector to suck vacume in crankcase----done a lot on some race/hiper cars
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If I remember , Carl had three Cobras and raced them at Road America , Two 427 cars and one 289 car and a boat load of spare parts engines, trans ect. He showed the cars at Barrington once or twice a year . He was a wealth of knowledge about Cobras but he was not fond of replicas .
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