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12-13-2015, 06:04 PM
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I don't know about those Smiths gauges though! 
Larry
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12-13-2015, 07:47 PM
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Once a Smiths man, always a Smiths man.
Once an SW man, always an SW man ......although Shel did go back to Smiths with the 427, didn't he? 
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12-13-2015, 09:06 PM
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I do remember hearing something of another model after the leaf spring but I thought it was just a myth! 
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12-13-2015, 10:08 PM
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I do remember hearing something of another model after the leaf spring but I thought it was just a myth!
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12-16-2015, 09:04 AM
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12-16-2015, 05:41 PM
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The rear bumper on the first continuation is way too wide for the car. Maybe it's for a 427 but it looks even wider than that.
Larry
The original for sale:
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12-16-2015, 05:55 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: JCF supplied the body,frame,and some of the driveline-I completed it to be a very accurate 289 slabside
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All I see is both sides of the windshield-anyone else?
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12-17-2015, 01:29 PM
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Re the last post,my wi fi was slow, now I see everything.
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12-17-2015, 01:42 PM
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I find it unbelievable that they can't get the dash right on the continuation cars. I know it's hard to find the original charge indicator light, although I found a few, but the glove box door is the wrong shape and the knob incorrectly placed, the drop of the lower edge is wrong,....
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12-17-2015, 01:47 PM
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Do you have a charge light you'd like to part with? I haven't found an original for sale yet.
Larry
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12-17-2015, 02:58 PM
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Read the post "Original Owners' Cobras & Parts" by Jamo, then click on the link by A-Snake on page 2. Read this SAAC article and you'll see where all the old Cobra parts went.
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12-18-2015, 03:38 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: AK1085 (302), HTM111 (427 Comp), CSX2375R (289 Comp) and Scratch 427 S/C
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Shall we take a crack at fortune telling regarding the sale of the three?
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12-18-2015, 03:49 PM
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Me first......
CSX8039 - $138,000
CSX2495 - $965,000 with no sale
CSX8004 - $112,000
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12-18-2015, 05:00 PM
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I have a couple charge lights (NOS in boxes) but I don't feel like selling them yet. Maybe put one on EBAY sometime.
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12-18-2015, 06:54 PM
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I have a couple charge lights (NOS in boxes) but I don't feel like selling them yet. Maybe put one on EBAY sometime.
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I may repop a couple, wouldn't be too hard but if/when you do decide to sell one, let me know.
The hard part to reproduce on the SW cars is the speedometer/tachometer. Unique to Cobra, they were prototype's at the time and production units and replacements were different, even back then. That's why modern leaf spring cars don't use correct period gauges. Too expensive to do for a current production car. They can be reproduced but expensive!
My tach is a reproduction. The speedometer is an original.
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12-18-2015, 06:56 PM
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Me first......
CSX8039 - $138,000
CSX2495 - $965,000 with no sale
CSX8004 - $112,000
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Pretty close I think Jeff. I'm going to guess 8039 is more like $120,000 though.
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12-18-2015, 08:17 PM
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....My tach is a reproduction. The speedometer is an original.
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Wow! I hope you have them under lock and key Larry.
BTW, anybody know the value of the 2-5/8" SW 0-10psi fuel pressure gauges? Not a standard fit on 289 roadsters, but were fitted to some FIA cars.
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12-18-2015, 11:48 PM
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Actually the 2 5/8" Stewart Waner 0-10 PSI gauges were common place in 289 competition Cobras.
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12-19-2015, 08:09 PM
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And what about the glovebox knob...it is a very specific looking item and a kitchen
cabinet knob just isn't right. There is a good replica being made in England so why
not use it? I just found the trim parts of a real 60s one for my car...not lockable any
longer but cosmetically perfect. It is one of the items I remember from the Cobra I
owned back in the day and my ERA now resembles the memory a little better for it.
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12-19-2015, 09:21 PM
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Moss has the glove box lock. I think it requires a little fitting though.
MossMotors.com - Restoration Parts And Accessories For British Cars
I think all this goes back to cost. The wiring harness and components are nothing like the original but the cost would go way up to make it accurate. Wipers park on the wrong side, wiper motor not correct, gas cap not accurate, switches not correct, glove box door shape, shape of the dash, leather on the dash not shinny enough, gauges not correct, seat sliders wrong style, shifter too tall, turn signals wrong color, ... you could go on and on but it IS a production car and not a home built. To produce a car now, accurate to an original would add tens of thousands per car, if not more. Plus the parts are just not out there in many cases. Not anymore anyway.
Larry
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