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11-14-2003, 05:50 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 623, 427 S/C Cobra. Ford FE 428 Cobra Jet, Ford Nascar TL 4speed - with a touch of raw; "less is more" theme
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I too have read a few times in different places that (Allied Industries) was actually the first Cobra replica manufaturer. They supposedly also produced the first replica GT40 replica in 1967.
Quote from a TotalKit car article:
"Allied Industries who also had the distinction of being the first Cobra replica manufacturers too although it was very basic and very crude and could only be deemed a replica if you closed one eye and squinted"
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11-14-2003, 06:58 PM
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In the link provided by jopper, I looked eagerly for the lineage of my kit car and didn't find it. It is a Cardiac Cobra 427SC kit and was built in Vancouver (I think), Canada over 10 years ago. The car only had a few thousand miles when I bought it earlier this year and I would really like to know if anyone else has one of these. Does anybody have any information about Cardiac Cobras, Ltd?
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11-14-2003, 07:08 PM
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SantaFe66,
A friend of mine who posts as Bob W has a Cardiac Cobra. If I remember correctly he went up to Canada to get it. Do a search for him and drop him an e-mail as I think he can help you with some information.
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05-24-2018, 08:39 PM
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My LAE was built in 1995.
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05-25-2018, 02:31 AM
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As far as I know Shamrock were the first manufacturers in South Africa in 1984 - I bought my Kit in 85
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05-25-2018, 11:02 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary 482 all aluminum Tunnelport Self built and owned since 1980 frame#0000017 and owner of frame CCX 33961 looking for an FIA body to go with it
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Nice we resurrected a 15 year old thread.
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02-19-2023, 10:27 AM
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I know this is an old thread, but I just came across it. I have been redoing my friends kit car that I think might be an Arntz body, I don't know about the whole kit. I have not been able to find any info about it. The reason I think it is an Arntz body , is from searching the internet I only found one picthure of a car that has the same dash layout as this car, and the it said it was an Arntz kit.
This car has a tag in the door pillar that reads.
1979
Cobra
Guldstrand
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Custom Built
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Van Parkman
The car has a lot of coustom fabed parts.
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02-19-2023, 02:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by firebird69racer
I know this is an old thread, but I just came across it. I have been redoing my friends kit car that I think might be an Arntz body, I don't know about the whole kit. I have not been able to find any info about it. The reason I think it is an Arntz body , is from searching the internet I only found one picthure of a car that has the same dash layout as this car, and the it said it was an Arntz kit.
This car has a tag in the door pillar that reads.
1979
Cobra
Guldstrand
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Custom Built
For
Van Parkman
The car has a lot of coustom fabed parts.
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That does not look like an Arntz. Steering column, glove box, gauges, dash, trans tunnel are all wrong. |
02-20-2023, 08:58 AM
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That does not look like an Arntz. Steering column, glove box, gauges, dash, trans tunnel are all wrong.
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The steering column is from a MGB, so is the front cross member and some of the front suspension, and the rack and pinion.
I have no clue as to who made thw body or kit. I am hoping to maybe get some clues form everyones help here.
thanks
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02-20-2023, 09:10 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-289 FIA, ERA 289 roadster hybrid, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
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Quote:
Originally Posted by firebird69racer
The steering column is from a MGB, so is the front cross member and some of the front suspension, and the rack and pinion.
I have no clue as to who made thw body or kit. I am hoping to maybe get some clues form everyones help here.
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Post pictures of the engine compartment, door jambs, trunk and trunk opening, and if possible, the frame and suspension.
Bill S.
PS: Even though the thread is from the sights stone age, Acme (yes, really), a division of the original Allied Industries, created the first known Fiberglass cobra body and potential kit, first known body splash for them has been dated to mid summer, 1970, unknown what car they took the body splash from.
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02-19-2023, 03:55 PM
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Guldstrand Engineering in California built Corvettes and other race cars in the 70s. Lots of them. Dick Guldstrand is “Mr Corvette”.
Is the car Chevy powered with a special suspension? They were suspension specialists. Doesn’t seem possible being a Cobra but worth checking out. They did Lola’s too.
The gauges would look super cool in modern digital. Add a clock in bottom center to make a triangle. Go remote start. Center switches. Ya tell my friends I came up with it…
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Looks like the Arntz in a thread started 01-29-2015 by GVS.
Arntz type 2 78-80.
Guldstrand MGB front suspension.
Aluminum lower a arms, tubular uppers.
Bob Bennett was engineer at Arntz maybe send a photo to Bennett Coachworks.
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this is how I changed the dash to make it easier to install all the gauges
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02-20-2023, 11:58 AM
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motor compartment
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02-20-2023, 11:58 AM
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Definitely an early Arntz replica.
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02-20-2023, 12:02 PM
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Quote:
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Definitely an early Arntz replica.
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02-20-2023, 12:54 PM
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Definitely an early Arntz replica.
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Would it be an Arntz whole kit or just the body and somebody made their own frame and suspension, I only ask , because there is a lot of custom fabed suspension parts on this one?
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02-20-2023, 07:52 PM
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Would it be an Arntz whole kit or just the body and somebody made their own frame and suspension, I only ask , because there is a lot of custom fabed suspension parts on this one?
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I think by looking at the pics it was probably at least a body/chassis kit from Arntz. Both the body and frame look like Arntz production pieces.
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02-20-2023, 12:11 PM
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GVS has the same dash in his Arntz.
Search photos in his thread Needing help identifying blue with white stripe kit.
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02-20-2023, 12:29 PM
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this is how the car looks now. I still have some more stuff to do to make it complete
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