New member needs help

[Baz]

I am a brand new member and this is my first effort at 'Posting a Thread' on 'All Cobra Talk' forum.

I need your help.

I was 18 in 1962. That was when I saw a picture of my first Cobra and I fell madly in love with it. I have always wanted one. The closest thing I could get to it were pictures around my house and toy replica's on the bar.

I am now 63 and am finally in a position to fulfil my dream. I ordered the body/chassis unit yesterday from R.M.C. in Western Australia and the engine/gearbox from Holden in Victoria. My motor is a brand new 6 litre 307kw LS2 Gen 4 V8 thumper through a 6 speed Triptronic Auto Box. I have ordered 17 x 8 & 17 x 11 Vintage brand knockoff mags from the States. I shouldhave a rolling chassis by December. I have black and gold tags
COB-600 ready to go on when the car is registered.

I have waited 45 years for this and I'm like a kid in a lolly shop.

My biggest problem is correctly identifying my selecvted body colour. It is a particular shade of red with gold stripes, but I'm having problems identifying the red colour/paint batch number etc. I have a photo which I have attempted to attach, but can onlt reduce it to 41.3kb. The maximum allowable on the 'Forum' is 39.1kb.

If anyone out there thinks they can possibly help this poor old Aussie, they can email me on barryandmartha@iprimus.com.au and I will reply with a photo of an identical coloured Cobra which I want identified for the colour red.

As we in Aussie Land now talk in Kilowats and Nm's etc, can someone also tell me how many cubic inches a 307 kw GMH Gen 4 V8 is and what would be the horsepower. I still think in 'Horsepower" and 'Cubic Inches,' even though we changed over to metric a long time ago.

Australia is importing G.T.O.'s to the States for G.M. with the same motor, but these have been detuned slightly to around 296 kw.

Looking forward to your reply,


Baz