02-22-2023, 02:57 AM
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Join Date: May 2015
Location: Lake Geneva,
WI
Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadsters 427, 5.0
Posts: 366
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Originally Posted by Michael C Henry
The extra leg room the CR doors allow will be a blessing when you get older and fat like me. Have you checked the hood clearance with the intake and air cleaners you plan on using? Did you see the video of them repainting the Shelby continuation roadster? 350+ hours.
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And the 350 plus hours to paint is a bit over the top, IMHO. My uncle used to paint custom cars for hot rod shows in the SFO Bay Area back in the 60s, adn he had lots of 1st prizes for his specialty colors which were the candys and Metalic flake paints. He was especially know for Candy Apple Red paint. He had to hand tint the clear back in those days. And if you got a run or the shading got off, you sanded the whole car down and started over.
Yes, there is something quite different when you paint a car for the road vs for car shows. In fact, he quit doing it and did just insurance work because he could not charge enough to support his family on just custom work. Back then, people would not pay the outlandish prices for paint that they get today.
It turns out my paint guy has a nearby friend that is doing an alum bodies Cobra replica right now that had been hit in the rear. The other painter dropped by to see my car and commented that the alum car he is working on is anything but straight vs the CR. He said it keeps him up at night just thinking about having the alum bodied car in his shop.
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