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12-19-2015, 09:09 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Mill Valley,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA #2064 BOSS 302 CSX2047 sold
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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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01-31-2016, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by jon@harrison.ne
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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It has been noted many times to SAI / The HST-built cars (Mexico) had better glove box looks then what is presently available.
I have never gotten an answer as to why SAI can't replicate the glove box door correctly?
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01-31-2016, 03:03 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Factory Five chassis/Mr. Bruce slabside
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It's not difficult, I made my own dash and glovebox and door.
John O
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Originally Posted by stephen_becker
It has been noted many times to SAI / The HST-built cars (Mexico) had better glove box looks then what is presently available.
I have never gotten an answer as to why SAI can't replicate the glove box door correctly?
Stephen
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12-17-2015, 02:47 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, 03:58 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Meriden,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427 SC s/n 718, 428 FE
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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, 04:38 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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Shall we take a crack at fortune telling regarding the sale of the three?
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12-18-2015, 04:49 PM
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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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Me first......
CSX8039 - $138,000
CSX2495 - $965,000 with no sale
CSX8004 - $112,000
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12-18-2015, 06:00 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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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, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by jon@harrison.ne
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.
Larry
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12-18-2015, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 1985 CCX
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.
Larry
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01-01-2016, 12:17 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: contemporary(2) one with 427 sohc and one with 427 center oiler
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Originally Posted by 1985 CCX
Me first......
CSX8039 - $138,000
CSX2495 - $965,000 with no sale
CSX8004 - $112,000
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Looks like a fiberglass 50th sold for 229K
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01-01-2016, 12:26 PM
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Asking price isn't sale price, and when it comes to professional consignors "sold" isn't always what it may seem to be. 
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12-19-2015, 12:48 AM
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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, 10:21 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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12-20-2015, 11:51 AM
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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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The Moss unit has a short tongue.
That is the fitment issue.
Was thinking of reproducing the right one. May have no pay back.
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12-20-2015, 12:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 1985 CCX
The Moss unit has a short tongue.
That is the fitment issue.
Was thinking of reproducing the right one. May have no pay back.
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You are right on that! The market for "dead nuts on is small so don't plan on getting your investment back in any reasonable time period!
Ask me how I know..............
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12-20-2015, 03:21 PM
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The Moss Motors glovebox knob/lock is an exact copy of the 289 Cobra item.
It was also used on the Austin Healy 3000 and the Nash Metropolitan as well as,
I believe, the Jensen Healy and the Aston Martin. It was not a very well made
item due to pot metal internals. The Moss piece doesn't fit on most replicas as
the glovebox doors are too thick. They are fairly expensive but if you don't
mind spending $160+ you can cut one apart and drill and tap the knob from
the back so you can mount it just like the kitchen knob you have now. I
bought one of the replica knobs from Cobra Restorers for $100 hoping it was
a nine chromed brass casting but it was just an aluminum turning so I sent it
back. I was lucky to find an original, but broken knob/lock and I cut it up to
make a "knob" that looks perfect. I don't care that it won't lock...I just use the
trunk!
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12-26-2015, 05:20 PM
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Excellent yes Exact except for tongue length.
I have original and moss unit. Clear when you look them over side by side.
Larry. Will size up that eBay part thanks. Might just buy one and try.
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12-20-2015, 12:21 PM
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I thought it was something like that. Armorer made a new part of his SPF but I couldn't remember what part it was. Probably not enough market for production though.
Larry
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12-20-2015, 12:25 PM
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