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05-18-2003, 03:24 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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We haven't played "Mystery Car" for a while
Try this one. It might be too easy, though...
Ben
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05-18-2003, 06:30 PM
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Off topic:
Whats that silver disk just inboard of the wires, looks too big and too far out for a disk brake rotor, plus I don't see any calipers.
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05-18-2003, 06:41 PM
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Location: Pace, Florida, U.S.A.,
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The silver disk is a brake cover and I bet there are drums behind the disk. The car looks like a 260 Cobra but the frenched in headlights are not like any cobra or AC Ace-Bristol I have seen?
My guess is a late model 289 Cobra replica with custom bodywork.
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05-18-2003, 06:57 PM
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Top of windshield is different (no frame piece).....
Odd hood scoop.......
And is that a door handle I see????
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05-18-2003, 08:53 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: CAV GT40 with 331 KC
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Lancia?
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05-18-2003, 09:06 PM
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05-18-2003, 09:08 PM
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Siata!
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05-18-2003, 09:11 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Mequon WI,
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MGA
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05-18-2003, 09:59 PM
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Looking at the rear fender and the narrow top to it, I'll be darned its an original JBL
Notice the neat little softtop too
LOL
Tim
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05-19-2003, 07:15 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF #821,Southern Automotive 427 Side Oiler w/2x4
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Allard??
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05-19-2003, 09:49 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 184/482ci Shelby
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Pat's right.
Specifically, a 1953 Siata 208S with a 2.0 litre V-8. Owned by Mark Gessler. Winner of R&T Trophy.
Road & Track (June, 2003) at page 11.
A lovely little beast.
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05-19-2003, 09:58 AM
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fix..insider info....you told pat the answer ...fix...but , is it REAL ? LOL...bill
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05-19-2003, 10:02 AM
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Trust me on this...Little Buddy knows all kinds of strange things on his own.
Ask him about the alphabet.
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05-19-2003, 11:37 AM
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Well, Pat was right, as Jamo correctly pointed out. Glad I'm not the only one who reads Road & Track. When I saw the photo it struck me how much it reminded me of the early Cobras -- just narrow the mouth of the Siata and voila -- pretty darn close to the AC original. Just think -- that shape, an english roadster, a V-8 -- in 1953!
Ben
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05-19-2003, 12:20 PM
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A few years back I drove a Siata with a Chevy V8. The car had been shipped from the factory to the States sans engine and the first owner installed a 265. At the time, I thought this would have made a unique and fairly quick vintage race car. Unfortunately, the then current owner had replaced the front suspension with Mustang parts...sigh
Rich
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05-19-2003, 01:51 PM
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They should have sued shelby for copyright infringement, or style infringement, or idea infringement, or whatever the hell he sued everyone else for.
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05-19-2003, 02:07 PM
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I didn't recall seeing it in R&T - although I do read it. (I hate their new format with those huge pages.....)
I remember seeing them when I lived in Italy as a boy....
Pat
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05-19-2003, 02:22 PM
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A different view of the Siata 208S
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05-19-2003, 05:26 PM
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Location: Buffalo, NY USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Time Machines Motorsports LLC- Superformance Dealer
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Anyone remember...
..The Siata Spring 850? "Retromobile" built on a Fiat 850 chassis back in the mid 70's. I always thought Siata was a joke due to that car, I didn't find out they were building real, Italian exotics until years later.
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05-19-2003, 05:52 PM
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Re: Anyone remember...
Quote:
Originally posted by Mark IV
..The Siata Spring 850? "Retromobile" built on a Fiat 850 chassis back in the mid 70's
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