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08-24-2017, 02:43 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
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Cobra Make, Engine: CAN-AM cobra, 460 SVO
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Best looking lemans top I've seen: who's is this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdE1lqaClbE
I really like the way the side window doesnt end at the door. Makes the whole thing look much less bulky/top heavy. Is this a full custom job, or can you buy this? Looks like England where the video is taken.
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08-24-2017, 04:21 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: AP 289FIA 'English' spec.
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That is very impressively done.
Here's another Cobra with what looks like the same conversion...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyeFVgGtD5A
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08-24-2017, 05:13 PM
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i think its DRB's
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08-25-2017, 02:48 AM
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That is nice - thanks for the post.
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08-25-2017, 06:24 AM
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Great looking car, but that starter tells me he's got too much initial spark advance dialed into it (or he's running a diesel-engine sized compression ratio  )
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08-25-2017, 08:00 AM
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That is a nice looking top, much cleaner than the typical Lemans style of past. It is reminiscent in style of the two Austin Healey 3000 coupes, one of which was Donald Healey's personal car. Definitely a high compression or advanced timing issue going on there, but sounds great once fired.
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08-25-2017, 08:05 PM
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i looked further and saw it on the landing page of Dax Cobras. https://427motorco.co.uk/
but, it doesnt show on the lemans hard top page
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08-26-2017, 01:44 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Dax -fuel inj 383 chevy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by xlr8tr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdE1lqaClbE
I really like the way the side window doesnt end at the door. Makes the whole thing look much less bulky/top heavy. Is this a full custom job, or can you buy this? Looks like England where the video is taken.
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Hi the lemans top is either an A K sportscars top or a Dax top the Dax marqe has been taken over recently here in the U K by John Knox and is now called J K sportscars, hope it helps in your search.If i has to guess the one in the vid i would have said the old Dax top ,, regards Dave, ps try the U K cobra club forums or either company has a web site though Johns is still in the design stage,Dave |
08-26-2017, 09:39 AM
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That top is gorgeous. The owner better be parking on a hill, if he's going to continue running that much timing or compression.
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08-27-2017, 03:11 AM
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427hardtops.com
That is an absolutely stunning top - really enhances the lines of the already beautiful Dax Cobra. The Dax body was originally shaped for Dax by John Tojeiro, the man himself who designed the original AC Ace from which the Cobra was derived.
Here's the website for the hardtops:
HOME
Edit - I can't get enough of how good that combination looks. Way more complimentary than any other hardtop option I've ever seen on a Cobra.
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08-27-2017, 03:30 AM
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Have to ask a dumb question - how do you get to the door latch to open the door?
Ok - it was dumb - had another look - you open side window first!
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08-27-2017, 03:32 AM
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Pop the window open and reach in.
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08-27-2017, 05:57 AM
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Note that the top extends down along the sides of the windshield. I suspect that the assembly actually replaces much of the original windshield frame.
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08-27-2017, 07:39 AM
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Actually according to the website and Dax, it fits over the existing frame and secures with 5 bolts.
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Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the strength to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. -(wasn't me)
BEWARE OF THE DOGma!! Dogmatism bites...
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08-28-2017, 10:51 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzz
That is an absolutely stunning top - really enhances the lines of the already beautiful Dax Cobra. The Dax body was originally shaped for Dax by John Tojeiro, the man himself who designed the original AC Ace from which the Cobra was derived.
Here's the website for the hardtops:
HOME
Edit - I can't get enough of how good that combination looks. Way more complimentary than any other hardtop option I've ever seen on a Cobra.
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Thanks Buzz, great find!! Those pics make it look even better than I thought it did already.
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