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02-14-2015, 07:42 AM
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Holy frickin' beautiful!!! That is one classy engine bay. Love it.
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02-14-2015, 08:11 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Wallingford,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 148 Nightwatch Blue
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And a little bling
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02-14-2015, 09:21 AM
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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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Looks like the right bends.
Nice bling.
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02-14-2015, 09:47 AM
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Oh and I like the valve cover badges toward the firewall. Not sure what is correct though...
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02-14-2015, 12:59 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Rome,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 744/428/TKO 600
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I have old magazine articles back when the cars were new and in the pictures they took, I've seen them, mounted on the front of the valve covers, both mounted on the back and one on the front and one on the back when breathers started being used. I don't think there really is a wrong way to mount them with originality in mind.
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02-14-2015, 02:17 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Brimfield,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427 Narrow Hip Street Roadster
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Because of all the mods to the trunk panels to make the narrow hip the rear wiring harness wasn't installed at factory,and so snaking the wires through such a limited space,I had to cut all the ends in a different length sequence to give a taper and then re solder and shrink tube all the ends.. Just another hiccup In the meantime if you haven't seen this ERA video,take a peek and when someone asks you why you need one of these cars tell them to watch Big Muscle videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vVXezFglQk&sns=em
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02-15-2015, 09:27 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Wallingford,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 148 Nightwatch Blue
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Quick link to big muscle video
http://youtu.be/4vVXezFglQk |
03-02-2015, 02:57 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Wallingford,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 148 Nightwatch Blue
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This just keeps getting better��
We have a slabside cobra here at Metal-Morphous Inc that sports an origanal chrome trunk rack. While Eddie was here getting the work done to his narrow hip he got a good look at the rack and after a lot of Internet searching he determined that if he was going to have one of these racks on the truck lid of his Narrow hip cobra he was going to have to fabricate one. So he made a template of John's and has being moving forward to making a replica of it.
Here's a couple of photos of the progress
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03-02-2015, 05:11 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Brimfield,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427 Narrow Hip Street Roadster
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In making this replica of an original Amco rack I found 2 challenges. The first was to find dyes for the correct radii and the second was to find 1/2"x3/4" flat oval tubing for the 3 cross bars. Although I made it out of heavier wall tubing,the physical appearance must look exactly like an original,thus chrome steel rather than polished stainless. So far so good.
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03-02-2015, 05:54 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Mooresville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Factory Five chassis/Mr. Bruce slabside
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You rascals! 
John O
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03-02-2015, 06:27 PM
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John I had to remove your beautiful original rack to polish your trunk so Eddie and I figured that there's no sense in just letting it stay on the shelf and collect dust until I was done 
All kidding aside, You just can't find these little charms and if your building a street cobra it's just something you have to have.
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03-02-2015, 07:10 PM
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That's why I refer to it as "hen's teeth". They're non existent. You just can't find one. 
Take good care of it.
John
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Originally Posted by Metal-morphous
You just can't find these little charms and if your building a street cobra it's just something you have to have.
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03-02-2015, 07:10 PM
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Absolutely!!
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03-14-2015, 08:16 AM
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More rack progress photos
Eddies replica next to John's original. It's hard to tell in the photo but Eddies is not chromed yet
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03-14-2015, 07:45 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Holderness, NH, US of A,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CSX 4772 old iron FE
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Nice work lads.
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03-14-2015, 09:03 PM
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Location: Hillsboro,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Scratch built CSX style frame, Carbon fiber body, 393 Stroker, T-bird IRS, T5
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Great stuff guys. Any chance a guy could get the dimensions of the rack so I could build one myself? I made some original style hood/trunk hinges and couldn't find the proper radius dies (more like didn't want to spend the ridiculous prices for them) so I made a set of dies for my pipe bender for the hinge radius. Looks like it would be pretty close to those luggage carrier radius- I believe it is 2 1/4" CL radius. They work great and I made several sets of them for my car and a couple buddies' cars.
Great work guys, keep it up and posting pics also.
Bob
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03-15-2015, 04:17 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
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04-08-2015, 12:03 PM
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Location: Beaufort S.C.,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR MkII
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Just got my hands on some 1/2" Polished SS Instrument Tubing. Any chance of getting a few dimensions on the luggage rack?
Thanks in advance!
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04-09-2015, 06:02 AM
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Looks Great, and better yet, since you have done all the hard work, how about selling them complete? I could get the chrome plating done, though SS Tubing might be better. In any event I would be a buyer!
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04-16-2015, 08:13 PM
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Another small detail, Eddie moved the seat track adjusting handle on the drivers seat to the outside as per the original.
The ERA Narrow hip is back at my shop so I'll take a few more photos and post them tomorrow
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