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01-18-2008, 04:09 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Provo,
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Cobra Make, Engine: HiTech Legends GT500
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You don't need to rap the body. Aluminum and fiberglass sound very similar when being rapped. What you do is feel the inside of the wheel well lip. If it has a bead it is 99% of the time aluminum. If no bead it is fiberglass. CSX4027 is the only fiberglass car that replicated the wired edge
Last edited by Tom Kirkham; 01-18-2008 at 04:20 PM..
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01-18-2008, 04:20 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Northport,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham, KMP178 / '66 GT350H, 4-speed
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Originally Posted by Tom Kirkham
What you do is feel the inside of the wheel well lip. If it has a bead it is 99% aluminum. If no bead it is fiberglass.
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Guys have glassed in wire or rod to get that "feel" 
If there was a buyer, like was said, he got a helluva deal, regardless. |
01-18-2008, 04:24 PM
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[quote=computerworks]Guys have glassed in wire or rod to get that "feel"
Still hard to make fiberglass as thin as aluminum |
01-18-2008, 04:53 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Scottsdale,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Bought an Exact carbon car in TX. Bought a 427 sideoiler with 630 HP
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[quote=Tom Kirkham]
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Originally Posted by computerworks
Guys have glassed in wire or rod to get that "feel"
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Ya, but carbon fiber can be made as thin or thinner. It doesn't even dent. 
John
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The average fighter pilot, despite the sometimes swaggering exterior, is very much capable of such feelings as love, affection, intimacy and caring. These feelings just don't involve anybody else.
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01-18-2008, 05:11 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
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[quote=double ugly]
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Originally Posted by Tom Kirkham
Ya, but carbon fiber can be made as thin or thinner. It doesn't even dent. John |
Uh oh, here comes the ole carbon fiber versus aluminum body argument.  |
01-18-2008, 05:45 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Manchester,
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Cobra Make, Engine: AK1085 (302 Street), HTM111 (427 Comp), CSX2375R (289 Comp) and COB5999 (427 S/C)
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Any of the 3000 series cars cross the block yet?
What did they go for?
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01-18-2008, 08:18 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Bought an Exact carbon car in TX. Bought a 427 sideoiler with 630 HP
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Any of the 3000 series cars cross the block yet?
What did they go for?
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Saturday is the day...
John
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The average fighter pilot, despite the sometimes swaggering exterior, is very much capable of such feelings as love, affection, intimacy and caring. These feelings just don't involve anybody else.
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01-18-2008, 07:19 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Palm Coast,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby American CSX 4241 - authentically built
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom Kirkham
CSX4027 is the only fiberglass car that replicated the wired edge
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Not the only one, Tom  .
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CSX 4241, KMP 357 - sold and missed, CSX 4819 - cancelled, FFR 5132 - sold
See my car at CSXinfo.net here >> CSX 4241
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