CSX3150 1934 Ford Hot Rod?

[Cobra #3170]

Originally Posted by Nedsel

Back in the late 70's, the "process of elimination" to arrive at a serial number was not as sophisticated as it could be today, and it didn't take into account any VIN's that were registered outside of the U.S. Big problem. The car was restored and stamped as CSX 3150, but the genuine article surfaced shortly thereafter in Australia with a long history as well as well-defined ownership trail. Whoever stole or otherwise dealt with the chassis Carl used clearly did not want its identity discovered, as the VIN-stamping had been center-punched and then welded over, which rendered the possible tricks used to ID the VIN on there shock tower useless. Which leaves one with a great car, but no legitimate identity.

Sometime in the late 1960's or early 1970's I went to a shop that Bob Negstad owned and he had two 427 Cobra chassis that he was planning on converting to mail trucks or something along those lines. I never heard what happened to the project other than it never happened. He was enthusiastic because it would be easy to do any track or wheel base just by changing the length of the crossmembers or main frame tubes. Perhaps one of these evolved into an "air" car.