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08-20-2014, 01:56 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: BRADENTON,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: KIRKHAM 427 S/C, SHELBY 427 ALUM. STROKER
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early sn Kirkham, sn 0028
Here's your early Kirkham
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08-20-2014, 08:12 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: New Jersey,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby Cobra CSX4206 aluminum body, original 1965 NASCAR 427 SO, Dual quads.
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Nice looking car. Like the black hood scoop.
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08-20-2014, 09:38 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: BRADENTON,
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Cobra Make, Engine: KIRKHAM 427 S/C, SHELBY 427 ALUM. STROKER
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Real: thanks. Scoop is not painted and tacked on with only 4 rivets pending final carb configuration. May be modified , reversed, or replaced. Time will tell.
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08-20-2014, 11:09 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 427 S/C, Twin Paxton 511 FE
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MOTORHEAD
Real: thanks. Scoop is not painted and tacked on with only 4 rivets pending final carb configuration. May be modified , reversed, or replaced. Time will tell.
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Nice touch.
Was this an original feature of an early KMP?
I wonder when the Kirkhams started offering ally scoops?
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08-21-2014, 06:08 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: BRADENTON,
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Cobra Make, Engine: KIRKHAM 427 S/C, SHELBY 427 ALUM. STROKER
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Rod; As far as I know all the earlier KMP's (and CSX originals ?) had the F/G scoop.
KMP probably started making aluminum ones when customers started opting for the bare aluminum bodies. That's just a guess tho.
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08-22-2014, 04:35 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Fresno,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 184/482ci Shelby
Posts: 14,448
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MOTORHEAD
Rod; As far as I know all the earlier KMP's (and CSX originals ?) had the F/G scoop.
KMP probably started making aluminum ones when customers started opting for the bare aluminum bodies. That's just a guess tho.
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That would be me. Far as anyone can recall, only one other bare arruminum customer car was done before mine...Flip's (Hi Cobra) KMP 142...but many followed after Da Boys did mine and started promoting it. My decision was based on seeing Tom Jr.'s brushed personal car.
One thing that was discovered when the first BNLs were offered with the arruminum scoop was that it wouldn't polish out the same as the rest of the arruminum (different alloy me thinks)...which wasn't a problem for me since I wanted the brushed finished...but even with the slightly polished stripes, you had to be careful not to polish too much or the difference would show up. That's also why many of the early polished cars had brushed stripes. Later, I think (not sure) they started making the scoops out of the same alloy as the rest of the body so the polishing matched.
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08-22-2014, 12:46 PM
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Location: Atlanta,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CAV GT40 with 331 KC
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I know your serial number is one before mine, but I thought I did the no paint thing before you?
Unless of course you're making a distinction between a BNL and a polished car.
You're right, my scoop didn't match my body. (Gotta be a joke I there somewhere...)
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08-22-2014, 01:00 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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Feeling slighted, accurate home builds should be allowed......  |
08-23-2014, 11:40 AM
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Feeling slighted, accurate home builds should be allowed...... |
Agreed. Exact, Hi-Tech, one-offs, home builds...
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08-23-2014, 12:12 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Fresno,
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Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 184/482ci Shelby
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Pat...mine was delivered brushed...you were polishing and leaving arruminum everywhere for quite awhile afterwards. 
Elephant
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08-26-2014, 02:04 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Carlsbad,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SAI FIA, 289HP (5-bolt), 48IDA Webers
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Great photos, there has to be more out there though?!
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