Aussie B grade movie from the 80's

[schipps]

Originally Posted by boxhead

I dont know if this is a real one or not?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csdy22AXVxE

David,

If you read the info on the movie it claims to be a real one Cob 6043.

regards

Mick

[Legless]

Hey Boxhead,
Unbelievable find, featured many of the cars of my youth; except none of my mates owned a cobra or jag and my sister in law even had Jon Blakes kid lol. We've never heard of the movie, Jon's tale is very very sad actually, he suffered terrible brain damage and has been bed ridden and dependent on full time care since he crashed on the way home from filming 'The Light Horseman'.

Seems like there's going to be an unexplainable increase in demand down at video ezy for 'Running From The Gunns'

cheers

[SunDude]

Originally Posted by schipps

...If you read the info on the movie it claims to be a real one Cob 6043...

I read that too, but the description of COB6043 in the current Shelby World Registry doesn't bear that out. Doesn't even come close, really. I had a quick scan of all the other leaf-sprung COB/COX entries and none looks close to the car in the movie clip. Maybe the registration number (license plate) would give a clue, but I couldn't see it in the clip.

[David Hodgson]

Sorry Dave, kept it for a lot of years, it was on a tape I labeled 'Yellow Cobra Movie'. Given I'd missed the first scene, I must have wiped or ditched it in an effort to apease the bride by de-cluttering. There only scenes of the cobra were those shown on the link you posted.

Sacrelige!!!!

[SunDude]

Originally Posted by SunDude

I read that too, but the description of COB6043 in the current Shelby World Registry doesn't bear that out. Doesn't even come close, really. I had a quick scan of all the other leaf-sprung COB/COX entries and none looks close to the car in the movie clip. Maybe the registration number (license plate) would give a clue, but I couldn't see it in the clip.

After consulting with SAAC and the 2008 Cobra registry, there's a pretty good chance that the car in this movie was COB6035 (not COB6043).

COB6035 was a right-hand drive model which spent much of its life in Australia, from approx. 1970 to 2002, where it had five different owners. For a while the car was painted pale yellow and equipped with a low full-width roll bar also painted pale yellow. While down under, it was registered "AC 494" (the plate on the movie car just says, "COBRA").

According to IMDB "Running from the Guns" was released in 1987, but does anyone know when it was actually filmed? Obviously it was before that as one of the stars, Jon Blake, suffered a life-altering car accident in Dec 1986. Apparently COB6035 was restored and repainted green (from yellow) some time before Sep 1985, so if this is the car in the movie then it must've been filmed before then.