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08-05-2008, 08:41 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Leechburgastain,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Myself/Body from CSX-2575 & hand built Birdcage
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Freak Accident Sends '64 Cobra Down Embankment
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73 2.3 turbo pinto
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08-05-2008, 09:42 AM
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Location: Dacula, (Atlanta),
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427 SC, Southern Automotive 427W Stroker
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I've always given kudos to owners of the vintage Cobras who drive them. Now I think it's probably better to keep them in a museum and own replicas for driving. They're just worth too much. Bummer.
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After a good hard ride.....oil pressure is over 50, temp is below 190, she idles and no new dents. LIFE IS GOOD!
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08-05-2008, 09:47 AM
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Location: San Marcos california,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 1989 KCC from South Africa Right Hand Drive
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08-05-2008, 09:54 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR: 302 w/aluminum heads, Edlebrock injection. Street car trim, no scoop, side pipes or rollbar.
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So much for those $150 'Cobra' floor mats......
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08-05-2008, 10:04 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Who say's it's an original car! |
Agreed. In an unfortunate accident we lost one of our Capital Area Cobra Club members and the media reports were all "1965 Cobra." |
08-05-2008, 09:53 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: BDR
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I all ready had this happen to me... pedal stuck on carpet, fortunately I had the presence of mind to turn the key off and coast to side of road to fix the issue.
Marc
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08-05-2008, 11:14 AM
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This seems to be typical with these cars, then what can be done to mitigate this problem?
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08-05-2008, 10:25 PM
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This seems to be typical with these cars, then what can be done to mitigate this problem?
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Huh? You're not serious.. are you? Typical? First I've heard of such an incident.(or at least anyone that has the stupidity to admit it) You can "mitigate" this by using your phuquing noggin.
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08-06-2008, 07:42 AM
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Quote:
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Huh? You're not serious.. are you? Typical? First I've heard of such an incident.(or at least anyone that has the stupidity to admit it) You can "mitigate" this by using your phuquing noggin.
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TButtrick, you are acting like a T(ASS)ttrick.
I never said this is typical. I was only quoting what was said previously. (Read above, it has happened to more than one person.)
I want to believe that it happen to more than one person and it's been blown out of proportion. At the end of every drive with my car, and I'm back in my garage, I vacuum and make sure evrything is back in place the way it suppose to be. My carpet never will accumulate so that it will never cause that kind of problem.
You don't have to act like an A$$ the way you are currently doing...
Dex.....
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08-07-2008, 04:54 PM
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I never said this is typical. I was only quoting what was said previously.
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Sorry. I thought this was you that posted below. No need to resort to name calling. I hadn't heard anyone do that with my name since elementary school. Very cool. I think my response back then was.."I know you are, but what am I". Do your parents know you're on this forum?
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This seems to be typical with these cars, then what can be done to mitigate this problem?
Dex....
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08-07-2008, 06:10 PM
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Sorry. I thought this was you that posted below. No need to resort to name calling. I hadn't heard anyone do that with my name since elementary school. Very cool. I think my response back then was.."I know you are, but what am I". Do your parents know you're on this forum?
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Ok Tbuttrick, let go beyond this...
Sorry.....Later guy.....
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08-05-2008, 11:42 AM
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Mitigate the problem? First, take out the dang floor mats! Second, don't drive with 'flip flops' (personal experience talking here). Those dang flip flops can tie themselves into knots around the brake, clutch and gas pedal in short order. 
As far as year of car goes, there is nothing you can do about that. If the news article referred to it as as a '2001 FFR' (or what ever) the public wouldn't have a clue what their talking about. That is why some States CORRECTLY identify the MODEL of a replica as a "1965" Cobra, or what ever year is applicable to the car in question. News articles carefully avoid the 'is it real' question and wisely so.  |
08-05-2008, 11:51 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Rev Limiters Save Lives
... and you should have a rev limiter. If your floor mats jump up on the pedal, or you bust your throttle springs, or if the linkage just sticks at WOT, you can throw your clutch in and the the engine will be bouncing off the rev limiter until you regain your senses and turn the key off.  |
08-05-2008, 12:42 PM
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As Ernie said, Flip Flops are as bad as non fitting floor mats. Also from personal experience and a broken toe. My floor mats I took and measured and then cut them so they lay flat and the throttle can't get to them. The carpet I had molded so it was out of the way of all the pedals.
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08-05-2008, 01:17 PM
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Location: Dacula, (Atlanta),
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427 SC, Southern Automotive 427W Stroker
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Regarding originality, I should know better by now. When I see '64 Cobra, I assume original. Truth is, few folks outside this forum even know the difference. Well at least that's one body that won't have to go back to the Mig factory.
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After a good hard ride.....oil pressure is over 50, temp is below 190, she idles and no new dents. LIFE IS GOOD!
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08-06-2008, 06:09 AM
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Regarding originality, I should know better by now. When I see '64 Cobra, I assume original. Truth is, few folks outside this forum even know the difference. Well at least that's one body that won't have to go back to the Mig factory.
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There's quite a few original Cobras around here and it's not a rare occurrence to see one, 2 weeks ago a friend was on his was home and saw a red Cobra off the side of the road stranded, it happen to be CSX-2292! My friend was driving CSX-2575....
Fran always has 2 or 3 Cobras..
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08-05-2008, 01:30 PM
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There are more FIA style, street style 289's and slab sides around currently than there have been in the past, but your point is well taken. There was a report of a 1964 Cobra for sale (here and on SAAC.com) that was CLEARLY a 427 body style and COULD NOT be confused with any 1964 edition of a Cobra. And yet, the seller was adamant about it being a 1964, go figure... For all we know about the car in question in this thread it actually was a 427 body style that someone called a 1964, incorrectly.
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08-05-2008, 05:42 PM
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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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Fran has a 289 in that area? I hope it was not him.....
Either way hope injuries were light, the car can be rebuilt....
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08-05-2008, 07:58 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR, 347, 462 hp, 4 barrel
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This is exactly the reason I removed the floor mat and replaced it with a polished diamond plate. It looks great and is very functional.
Lee
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08-05-2008, 09:07 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2613 Titanium w/Black, Roush 402SR
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I've got floor mats in my SuperFormance, and there's no way the mat could get so bunched up on the pedals that it would interfere with the brake or gas. If you want mats just pin them down.
Flip flops in any car = stupid. The biggest problem I've had is that I forgot I had my New Balance (size 13) shoes on an took my car for drive and couldn't figure why the pedal action didn't feel right...need to stick with with the narrow Puma's or Nike's.
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