Big Block vs Small Block, a Cobra quandary

[A-Snake]

Originally Posted by REAL 1

SB belong is 289 bodies. Anything else is just wrong.

Perhaps you haven't heard of the 25 original Cobras known as the AC 289 Sports. They used the coil spring chassis with the 289 engine.

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by A-Snake

Perhaps you haven't heard of the 25 original Cobras known as the AC 289 Sports. They used the coil spring chassis with the 289 engine.

Clearly he has not, his judgement is clouded by his own personal bias towards smaller engines in these cars . Rumor has it he was scared by a small block Cobra as a child and has steered clear of them ever since


Bill S.

[REAL 1]

Cute and somewhat funny.

Yes, I have heard of the AC small block cars in coil sprung chasis. They are not really representative of what a BB car or SB car is classically accepted and understood to be. They are an anomaly.

I will concede SB cars can be very fast. No issue with that.

[A-Snake]

Originally Posted by REAL 1

Cute and somewhat funny.

Yes, I have heard of the AC small block cars in coil sprung chasis. They are not really representative of what a BB car or SB car is classically accepted and understood to be. They are an anomaly.

They represent 2.5% of all the original Cobras built, or about 1/2 the number of BB comp. and SC Cobras produced. Based on that I guess you would say that the six 289 Daytona Coupes are also an anomaly and are not "classically accepted" as SB cars.

[RodKnock]

Bill, buy the ERA before Evan gets this thread closed.

What about the COX and COB cars...uh, here we go again...

[REAL 1]

No, the Daytonas were were SB's in a SB chasis with a Coupe body. And yes the Daytona's were also anomolys. They were not the norm and very special cars. Were they not???

Apples and oranges. Daytona was a SB Cobra with a special coupe body. The AC coil cars were SBs cars in BB bodies.

[A-Snake]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

What about the COX and COB cars.

Rod...

The COX & COB prefix exists in both leaf spring and coil spring cars. It denotes whether the car is LHD or RHD. The second digit of the chassis number,(COX & COB cars), 60xx or 61xx, denotes if it is leaf or coil spring chassis.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by A-Snake

Rod...

The COX & COB prefix exists in both leaf spring and coil spring cars. It denotes whether the car is LHD or RHD. The second digit of the chassis number,(COX & COB cars), 60xx or 61xx, denotes if it is leaf or coil spring chassis.

Thank you.

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

Bill, buy the ERA before Evan gets this thread closed.

Not to worry, both will be "in house" by the end of the month. Then I get to shake down each one and decide which I can keep and which one will have to go.


Bill S.