Big Block vs Small Block, a Cobra quandary

[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.