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Ok so I take it Kirkham swaps sides with the stamp. And mine is also stamped on the door hinges.
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Davide, whatever this wonderful car turns out to be, I must say you live in the perfect region to enjoy the beast to its full potential. I used to drive over the San Bernardino- and all the other passes, always wishing for an extra 2- 300 hp...
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For some reason your pictures aren't coming up on my old computer tonight but from memory it looked like a 289/302 series small block. Might have me fooled however and maybe it's a 351 windsor block. Certainly not a 428 FE big block however. A 427 FE series engine would be the most desirable with a 390/428 FE next.
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If your car turns out to really be a 1996 Kirkham that has an inaccurate title indicating that the car is from 1961 for the purpose of getting it registered in Switzerland, then perhaps the car may not really be properly and legally registered. And that might limit the countries in Europe that you could legally get the car registered in when you try to sell it. |
Davide: The engine you have pictured is a Ford 260/302 engine, max displacement that I am aware of is 347 cu in. Next size up would be the 351 cu in ,also a small block with higher deck and wider intake. These can be bored and stroked to 427 cu in with an aftermarket block. A true 427 would be the correct engine for the car, and a costly change from what you have. I can understand why someone would put a small block in a car for europe due to the cost of gas and maybe gas-guzzler taxes ?
Is My estimate of current value ($75-80k US) close to what you have in it? If you wanted to put in a different engine you might lose money . Sell it as is and let the new owner put in what he wants. Ted |
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I can't tell from the photo's but the engine could be a 351W, which could be bored and stroked to 427 cubic inches. So while the displacement could match, it's not an FE block.
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The pawn stars cobra episode was a bunch of fiction as discussed here earlier...
http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/aust...s-kirkham.html |
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I work with California vehicle titles daily. I believe this one to be false. It doesn't have the correct border, watermark or other distinguishing features. Be careful.
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Hello again Davide:
the california title showing the car as a 1961 Bristol is false, but this was commonly done as one way to register a custom built car (non-comforming to smog and crash test requirements) before sb100. It is still an option in some cases, but looked upon in some states as fraud. I don't know when sb100 was initiated,so it may not have been an option in 1996/7. However, the swiss reg shows the car as a FORD 427 COBRA. 427 Cobras did not exist prior to 1965, so the 1961 Bristol assertion is bogus. The engine is almost certainly in the 260/302 family, and has been lightly modified outwardly with a 4 barrel carb and manifold. What lies inside is anybodies guess. If it was bored and stroked to 347 cubes and using a conservative factor of 1 hp/cu ", you have approximaitly 350 HP. 1.5 hp/cu" would yield 525 hp. How about driving it to Poland, to the Mig plant where the Kirkham bodies and frame are built ? |
If you can find the chassis number stamped on the frame, we might be able to find out more info on the car if it was listed in the Cobra Registry. Not all cars are but it's a shot.
Larry |
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