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Originally Posted by Roscoe

And believe it or not that is gelcoat. Eight years on the road and never been painted yet. Just the way it came from A&C.

Roscoe

I know it's still gel coat (because you're too cheap to get it painted) :p And it does look good.

And with the gelcoat A&Cs, if you put them upside down in the water, they will float. :rolleyes:

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Now now Ed........Let's behave........Hey wait a minute.....if I had a 427 block in there I'd have my own boat anchor.

Roscoe

Here is a pic of a Premier ( a later pic than previously posted ) with the changes that they did to the flares

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d.../MVC-002F2.jpg

Jamo- perfect stance ! Nice & level. :cool:

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Originally Posted by computerworks

Actually..there were three configurations of the rear shape:

The Comp cars and most of the street cars were what is known now as 'wide-hip'... broad rear wings with no flare.

The S/Cs had a 1-inch flare pounded into them before paint for street use, but they were Comp cars with wide hip to begin with

And finally, the 'narrow-hip' was a design change that lasted only for a few dozen street cars in the first production run. After they changed over to street production, they tried to minimize the size of the rear fenders, since the street-sized tires left a lot of "air" in the wheel arch opening. A few dozen were built that way...but it didn't look as good as the old way, so they switched back. The 'narrow-hip' had no flare either.

Actually there was a fourth shape, my car was a "wide hip" car and I ordered it with flared fenders, Shelby moved the outer surface outboard but did not add the SC right angle at the wheel opening. I don't know how many cars were done like this but I have had racing tires with a 13.5 " cross-section on with only slight contact with the square tube at the front of the inner fender.
I used to run the Goodyear transAm slicks that were used on Mustangs in the late 60's and early 70's. The rims were the stock factory 9.5" Hallibrands. I believe the tires were about 26.5 tall with a 12" tread and a 13.5 section width, they would probably rub on an original SC.. I would also caution against setting ride heights to get the right look, chassis rake angle has a major effect on roll couple distribution and can really cause major handling issues if it is wrong.

#3170
Could you add some photos to your gallery? I am sure it would be appreciated by more than myself. Thanks......

CCX rear end: I am running 26.5 x 10.5 Goodyears on the back and it does not rub at all.

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...um/ass_end.jpg

All I did was adjust the ride height down a smidge! Looks very original when standing next to CCX with the standard ride setting.
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...m/IM000322.JPG

how much did you lower your car it looks great.:)

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Originally Posted by FUNFER2

Jamo- perfect stance ! Nice & level. :cool:

Until he sits in it :p :)

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Originally Posted by redd

Jamo - how much did you lower your car it looks great.:)

Chappie...I purposely wasn't touching that line.... :o

I'm not opposed to picking low hanging fruit! ;)

An older Contemporary. Much like Jeff's car.

Chappie, Ron...you can both bite my a$$.

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Originally Posted by 1985 CCX

OK, pictures are posted, thanks for asking. 26.5 is a good diameter I have to run 25" diameter to get the width and compound I want but would prefer 26.5
I run a 25x12.5x16 in the rear and a 23.5x11x16 in front

#3170,
Thanks for posting some pics, it is always great to se another early car.

Chappie,
You are right, I don't add to the looks at all.......LOLOL:LOL:

Jeff

I've only seen a handful of original Cobras, three in person and maybe a dozen on line. It seems they have all sorts of shape fenders and lips on the rear. One I remember even had both sides that looked diffrent from each other.

I'm pretty happy with my Superformance look.

The truth to the Cobra body shape is that they were all "rough beaten" and even each side wasn't identical. Each model was different and each modified version didn't have the same shapes. SO.... your Cobra is unique just like the originals. (as long as you don't add wings or pointy bits ! )

FUNFER2,

If you're on a budget, Hurricane Motorsports will give you the best bang as far as accuracy vs. price.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...7-1058_057.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...-R1-04-18A.jpg

No one bought Hi Tech after Tim Gunning went bankrupt in the 90s. A new company in Texas is the 21st century Hi Tech using a carbon Fiber body with very accurate detailing. Roger Bolick is the owner of the company and isn't giving any information yet re: the name of the company.
John