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09-14-2003, 09:04 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Waukesha,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Custom built Excalibur 351C
Posts: 530
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Urban Legend: Cobra in a barn!
I recently heard a tale of an original Cobra that had been stored in a barn for the last 30+ years.
Apparently the original owner drove it for a while, did a little racing then parked it.
He recently gave it to his son who is having it restored.
Since I've never seen a real Cobra, um...er...uh...I mean an original Cobra, I made the trip to check it out.
Lo and behold there it was... a white 427 Cobra in incredible condition.
Yes...I did take pictures!
It is NOT for sale!
and I can not disclose names or location.
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09-14-2003, 09:13 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: Bay Area,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: What Cobra?
Posts: 7,193
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I bet Ron can pin point which missing CSX car that is with the information you provided. -WHITE 427- .
I bet that is all he will need to figure out which car that may be. How many 427 cars are NOT accounted for?
TURK
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09-14-2003, 09:29 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Peabody MA,
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I found a snake in a barn once too!!
Anyway, post some pics already, will ya??? Lets see'um!!
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2000 Ford Lightning
12.71 @ 107.79
Cobra Dreams...
Can I now say "Build in progress" since I have a garage full of donor parts???????????
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09-14-2003, 10:36 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Redding,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: Cobra Maker
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There is a snake in a barn in Sacramento!
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Bill Emerson
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09-14-2003, 11:16 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Sunbury,
VIC
Cobra Make, Engine: Rat Rod Racer, LS1 & T56
Posts: 5,391
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I found a snake in the rifle club's room at the range.
A 6' eastern brown snake had been living in the back of the sofa. It was very unhappy about being disturbed and chased us out of the club rooms. being in a small room with a big angry eastern brown is no fun at all. We always wondered why there were no rats or mice around.
Eastern brown snake
Cheers
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Melbourne Australia
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09-15-2003, 12:08 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Australia,
Zzz
Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby alum 468 block
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Hi Mike,
Gee, I thought you were going to tell the guys about the two 427 Shelby cars in the barn at the back of your place.
You know the two that the SACC are looking for. The cars that came out here in the 60's for the demonstration run. 
Has anyone gone better on my offer of $50k
Then that guy at the shopping centre who's brother has an original Cobra 
Now thats at least three un accounted for. 
Cheers
Bernie  they may go soon
Bernie Knight
Mt. Gambier South Australia.
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KMS 427 #662 Shelby 468 CSX 1026
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09-15-2003, 12:14 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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I can't tell from the picture, are you sure that is a "real" snake?
Ernie
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09-15-2003, 05:24 AM
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CC Member/Contributor
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Greenville,
SC
Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-FIA, 66 mustang convertible, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
Posts: 12,634
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I know of a one owner 289 slabside sitting in an underground parking garage in Manhattan (within two blocks of times square no less).....11,000+/- original miles...It is also not for sale,........One day it might be mine.....................
Bill S.
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09-15-2003, 05:29 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Sunbury,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Rat Rod Racer, LS1 & T56
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Yep, Still got em both. One's being used as a planter box in my garden and the other has a load of bars welded to it and my daughter uses it as a play gym. It was a bugger getting the steel tube to weld to the aluminium body but I got it done. I just turned up the current on the old stick welder and layed into it.
Cheers
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Melbourne Australia
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09-15-2003, 05:45 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Dacula, (Atlanta),
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427 SC, Southern Automotive 427W Stroker
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Talk about the "Cobra in the barn" story. I was attending a car show recently when a guy swore to me that a friend of his son was GIVEN a 289 Cobra with the Weber set up as a trade for painting his station wagon. The story goes like this: A kid inherited the Cobra from his Grandfather. It was stored in a barn with a tarp covering it. It wouldn't run, so the kid focused on his station wagon, which was in need of paint. I guess the original Cobras were purchased mostly by farmers. Give me a break!
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09-15-2003, 06:01 AM
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Location: Peabody MA,
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Quote:
Originally posted by Tony Radford
. I guess the original Cobras were purchased mostly by farmers. Give me a break!
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Haaaa! Ain't that the truth!
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2000 Ford Lightning
12.71 @ 107.79
Cobra Dreams...
Can I now say "Build in progress" since I have a garage full of donor parts???????????
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09-15-2003, 06:13 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Dayton,
OH
Cobra Make, Engine: RCR SLC, Graziano 6-spd, LS3
Posts: 914
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Last edited by PSB; 09-15-2003 at 06:22 AM..
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09-15-2003, 06:13 AM
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Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Pace, Florida, U.S.A.,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Hunter 427, 5.0 (302)
Posts: 966
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I hear that chicken farmers got a discount.  |
09-15-2003, 06:30 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Northport,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham, KMP178 / '66 GT350H, 4-speed
Posts: 10,362
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Quote:
Originally posted by Turk
I bet Ron can pin point which missing CSX car that is with the information you provided. -WHITE 427- .
I bet that is all he will need to figure out which car that may be. How many 427 cars are NOT accounted for?
TURK
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...maybe, with one more data point, we could zero-in! 
Seriously, it's hard to tell exactly how many are unaccounted for, since the last printing of the Registry was 6 years ago.. a lot has been documented since then. Only Ned (the SAAC Registrar) would know the true, up-to-date count.
There are cars listed as described above... still with a second or third owner. Many have not seen light of day for decades.
ohekk...you have a chance to set a record...
..since the start of ClubCobra.... NO ONE has ever provided a picture or a serial number of a barn-find after claiming to have seen one... the MGA's and Austin Healey's don't count.
We'll allow this to count for the record if you provide photos, even though, technically it's only considered a "barn-find" if the owner doesn't know what he really has (  ), or so the legend goes.
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09-15-2003, 06:53 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: ALBUQUERQUE,
NM
Cobra Make, Engine: West Coast Cobra weber fuel injected 557 C.I.. 800H.P 760LBS. TQ. Magnum T56
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PHOTOS OR GO HOME!!!!!!!!!
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09-15-2003, 07:35 AM
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pamela and carmen were with me last night.....and i have photos, but i got to get them developed you know..*G*
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09-15-2003, 07:49 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Dayton,
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Cobra Make, Engine: RCR SLC, Graziano 6-spd, LS3
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UPDATE!
Last edited by PSB; 09-15-2003 at 09:28 AM..
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09-15-2003, 07:54 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: ALBUQUERQUE,
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Cobra Make, Engine: West Coast Cobra weber fuel injected 557 C.I.. 800H.P 760LBS. TQ. Magnum T56
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WOW THATS A RARE ONE!
CANT SAY IVE VER SEEN ANYTHING SO BUTT UGLY!THIS IS DEFINATELY A RARE FIND!
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09-15-2003, 08:45 AM
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Ed Digges
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Falls Church,
VA
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham #328 w/ 390FE
Posts: 408
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Maybe if it had some Gums hang down the radiator opening that would make that found Cobra one sexy car!
Catch ya later
Ed
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09-15-2003, 09:26 AM
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Subsistance du serpent
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Join Date: May 1999
Location: DFW, Texas,
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Looks like a puffer fish on wheels
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A few ERAs, SPFs, Shelbys, Kirkhams...
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