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10-01-2014, 09:14 PM
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Pentwater,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Professional Cobra & Streetrod Builder
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Metal-morphous,
Do you allow visitor's? If so I want to start hitch hiking before the snow starts!
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10-02-2014, 08:32 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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Ed our doors are always open and lately there's something of interest going on like another narrow hip project or a one large A-10 getting colors and graphics:-)
The P-51 cobra has some good company :-)
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10-02-2014, 04:30 PM
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Getting things back together now and did the last of our 3 step polishing process to the sides in preperation for the graphics.
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10-04-2014, 09:29 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #644 428FE
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Metal-morphous
Getting things back together now and did the last of our 3 step polishing process to the sides in preperation for the graphics.
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Ron,
When we saw this picture, both Mrs. P-51 and I said "Holy sh*t! That looks amazing!"
We can't remember what we were going to do with the bumperettes. Black them out? Red?
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10-04-2014, 10:11 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham #523, 427 S/O
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The car is looking fantastic and I love the chequered nose. However, if I'm absolutely honest, I'm not too keen on the "machine gun" indicators. They're very clever, but a little too contrived in my opinion. Sorry. 
Can't wait to see the finished article though. 
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10-02-2014, 05:29 PM
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Holy smokes! Is that real or did you build that from a kitcar? Love that
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10-02-2014, 08:14 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR: 302 w/aluminum heads, Edlebrock injection. Street car trim, no scoop, side pipes or rollbar.
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It really needs the low-cut wrap-around windscreen....But I still give it a 10 Dick!
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10-02-2014, 08:39 PM
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Maricopa- To stay true to the P-51 mustang a flat wind screen is appropriate. The bubble canopy is actually in the rear over the pilots head.
The bubble windshield is unique but alittle to George Jetson for this project.
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10-02-2014, 08:42 PM
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Oh...OK. 
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10-02-2014, 08:53 PM
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Mari- But you might like the mini Merlin we got going in the engine bay 
Harpers476 Its an 11 year old Fiberglass ERA replica
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10-04-2014, 11:49 AM
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P51
HOLY SH?T pretty much sums it up for most that have seen it so far 
I'm having trouble convincing new comers that it's really a fiberglass bodied cobra
Red over riders in the front and red and yellow checkers for the rear.
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10-04-2014, 02:22 PM
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Quote:
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P51
Red over riders in the front and red and yellow checkers for the rear.
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That's right. Sounds good.
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10-15-2014, 09:56 AM
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Here's the V-12 exhaust port mockup. We are fabbing them up out of steel since they will be funtional but with a spliter that puts the exhaust to the rear when driving.
The nomenclature is also just a mock up.
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10-15-2014, 11:19 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Street Roadster #782 with 459 cu in FE KC engine, toploader, 3.31
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Now that will be different. I suspect that will be straight exhaust out the ports - no muffling?  |
10-15-2014, 05:25 PM
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Is this car street legal?
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11-15-2014, 09:55 AM
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Re; sound................
closed my eyes while listening to the open headers,& ii'l be da#$ed !!! it DOES SOUND LIKE A P-51 at IDLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Outstanding !!!!!!!
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11-15-2014, 01:41 PM
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We dyed the ports as planned and the look is perfect. Hard to see in the video so I'll take a few photos and post them. Since we had been handling the aluminum durring the exhaust install I'm going to give it another round will a final polish.
I also had to order 6 1157 sockets since the single led I though would be all that was needed for the turn signals lacked parking lights,,,,, just another slight set back.
Glad you liked our white flag trick, figured a visual with the sound would be fun
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11-15-2014, 02:58 PM
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P-51, I was up visiting Ron today and got to see your car in the "Flesh" as they say. It's absolutely efin unbelieveable. The talent of the Metal-Morphous lads is truely incredible. I know that you will be blown away when you see it in person. I understand that you've moved to New Jersey. I won't question the wisdom of that. Hope to meet up with you in the future.
John O
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11-15-2014, 03:31 PM
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John,
We can't wait to see it and bring it home next Saturday. It's been a real pleasure working with Ron and Pedro.
On the NJ front, we actually are loving it here. Looking forward to getting together with others in the area. We were picking up our trailer in PA a couple of weeks ago when the Covered Bridge Tour crowd rumbled by. Can't wait to do that next year.
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11-15-2014, 11:06 PM
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This thread has been awesome to follow...
Any chance that you may consider going red with the wheels to play off of the red elevator and stabilizer of the P51 shown in the pic.? Maybe even red center, yellow lip?
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