The making of a 427 Narrow Hip Cobra starts now!!

[Metal-morphous]

Like Eddie said, we basically bottomed out the rear suspension before locking up the glass work. The ERA engineering of the independent rear really made this work. The travel of the suspension is in a slight ark and not just vertical, so in short once the wheel clears the outer opening the rest of the movement actually move the wheel away from the inner fender just like the original. The real problem was that the original cobra as we all know was made of very thin aluminum which made it somewhat easier to keep the tire clearance very tight but hand laid fiberglass needs to be a minimum of 1/4 inch to keep it strong. With this in mind I still kept the distance very tight as like the original buy tapering the fiberglass around the wheel opening.

I also think Eddie did a custom back spacing on his sunburst rims but Im not sure what dimensions he used

[decooney]

Originally Posted by Metal-morphous

I also think Eddie did a custom back spacing on his sunburst rims but Im not sure what dimensions he used

MM/Eddie,
I see, thx for the explanation. Good to know. This extra backspacing on the rear wheels is the extra we gap we had to do as well, but it came later by machining some off the rear wheels hubs. This all came about on my buddy's car after doing the whole group stand-in-trunk and jump-up-and-down exercise process too. That would make a good youtube video for standard Cobra builders / tires and rear body fitment chapter 3, step9 - hahaha. It seems a lot of us do that secretly one night with our friends in the garage during the early build process.

I suspect the profile will look pretty cool with those 70s tucked up in the wheel well once the rest of the weight is on the car and the suspension settles in. Good fun, Car looks great!