cobra body

[feadam]

So it turns out it is NAF. Were the Naf's close to original shape and wheel base. Have never seen one in person, have looked at pictures in photo section and they seem to be differances in the few I have looked at. Karl, I wonder if the pictures of body are yours. The body is gone sold a while back, by guy that bought molds. Were NAF's taken off original car shape?

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by feadam

Were the Naf's close to original shape and wheel base.

Who told you it was a NAF, as no NAF (including the one I owned many years ago) looked like that one.

Yours


One similar to mine (but still a documented NAF)

Originally Posted by feadam

Were NAF's taken off original car shape?

No, the NAF was not a "splashed" body off of any original Cobra.


Bill S.

[Buzz]

That body does not have an extended wheelbase. It looks that way because its sitting low over the prop wheels. I superimposed it over the pic Bill posted and accounting for slight variations of angle and focal length between the two images, the lines and features are practically identical. I would say its definitely a NAF or one of the variations thereof.

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by Buzz

That body does not have an extended wheelbase. It looks that way because its sitting low over the prop wheels. I superimposed it over the pic Bill posted and accounting for slight variations of angle and focal length between the two images, the lines and features are practically identical. I would say its definitely a NAF or one of the variations thereof.

Try doing it with just the wheel arches as a guide, and you'll see the major differences and why I will stand behind my "it's not a NAF" statement above

[Buzz]

I did. I created an exact trace of all of the lines and openings and superimposed it over your picture. In particular, the fender lines and wheel openings are an exact match. Once the body is lifted of the tucked up prop wheels the impression of it being a stretched wheelbase car is dramatically eliminated. I did this out of curiosity and have no stake in the outcome or what anyone chooses to believe.

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by Buzz

I did. I created an exact trace of all of the lines and openings and superimposed it over your picture. In particular, the fender lines and wheel openings are an exact match. Once the body is lifted of the tucked up prop wheels the impression of it being a stretched wheelbase car is dramatically eliminated. I did this out of curiosity and have no stake in the outcome or what anyone chooses to believe.

I don't have a stake in it either, but did similar to you with a overlay in photoshop, and can see the differences both in the front and rear wheel arches and openings, along with the side grille opening. Top of the fenders don't quite match up either, whether I size up, or down, or stretch and shrink with both images to fit each other. I've tried it on three other known NAF's, as a side view, front nose, and tail shot. The nose is close (still off on openings), the tail does not come even close, even taking into account mounted and unmounted bodies. Just don't want someone to stumble across the thread in another 15 years from now and take it as fact that it was a NAF body when it is clearly not.

Bill S