Cobra Vibration Problem

[Cobra #3170]

Originally Posted by Richard Hudgins

I bought a B18 from Joe G. and then traded him for the 712. Here is photo of one if you are not familiar with them The one in the photo may be Siffert's old chassis.





He had another buyer for the B18 who was willing to pay enough that I got the March straight across with no extra money. (Very unusual for any deal with Joe G.)

The 722 came with a Hart motor as well.

And if you remember the BDD kits were 5.5 K. Way rich for my budget back in the day.

Boy, you have me beat, I never got a deal on anything from Joey. I bought my 712 from Fred Opert through Doug Shearson so they also gave me a lesson on how not to buy a used race car. The Vegantune was junk and I got a worn out clutch to boot. I learned everything the hard way making mistake after mistake because everybody I knew was into big production cars and didn't know about Formula car set up, especially aero. When I finally got to know a little bit I was too old and slow to be competitive in a formula car. They are truly amazing though, after driving an Atlantic car everything else feels like a pig on wheels, it spoils you for life. I tried to trade Joey my Cobra for a March 74B in 1974 and he would not do it, wasn't that a lucky break. In those days all I cared about was racing so it didn't matter that I was going to lose my Cobra, I just wanted to go fast.
Was the B18 a Chevron? They made a very nice car in terms of workmanship and design. Dan Carmichael had one as did Chip Mead both were pretty fast.