Visit by Cobra Car Club of N.S.W. and a factory visit.

[Wazza]

Yes Ash...FIA 289 special project.

You musn't have paid for the FULL tour !?!

Happy to show what we're doing there...once I get the "all clear" from the new owner.

It's always up to the customer with this sort of thing.

Gave "Birth" to another new Black Pace427 yesterday..looked fantastic freshly spat out,and would like to drop some pics on the forum, but waiting for the customer to let me know if it's o.k. to do so.

The body looked AWESOME...and this morning I thought we had the best feedback ever!!

I sent the pics off last night, and the client wrote back this morning with ....

Spectacular! And to quote my wife when I opened the first of the body (out of the mould) shots, Wow! And the welding is immaculate!

I went straight out to the blokes in the composite shop this morning, to let them know how good their "welding" was on the body shell....classic !!

Cheers,
Warren.

[xb-60]

Originally Posted by Wazza

Yes Ash...FIA 289 special project.

.....Happy to show what we're doing there...once I get the "all clear" from the new owner.

It's always up to the customer with this sort of thing.....

Hi Warren,
You have my full "all clear".
From what I've seen in pictures of the bodywork so far, you guys are doing a great job on the body. I don't think I'm going too far saying that the AP 289FIA will be one of the most accurate - if not the most accurate - FIA replicas produced anywhere.
Cheers,
Glen

[boxhead]

Originally Posted by xb-60

Hi Warren,
You have my full "all clear".
From what I've seen in pictures of the bodywork so far, you guys are doing a great job on the body. I don't think I'm going too far saying that the AP 289FIA will be one of the most accurate - if not the most accurate - FIA replicas produced anywhere.
Cheers,
Glen

Sorry, but a Pace can be called many things, but "accurate replica" is not one of them. An Accurate replica is not just the body shape.

[deano59]

Originally Posted by boxhead

Sorry, but a Pace can be called many things, but "accurate replica" is not one of them. An Accurate replica is not just the body shape.

i agree with you boxhead infact i would go as far as to say none of the kits are a accurate replica . as far as i know the ac cobra didn't come out with jag diffs or front ends or au falcon diffs skyline diffs commodore and torana front ends take your pic. in fact the only thing in common is body shape and that's somewhat a poetic license on some of them .

so basically if its a pace. drb. harrison. evens. paul woolly kit g force and others ive forgotten take ya pic . enjoy your kit of choice for what it is . a stunning car to look at and drive i bet the car your parked next too at a red light dosent care whats under the skin there just in awe of what they can see.
:-) what we have is a hotrod under the cobra banner.

cheers dean

[xb-60]

Originally Posted by boxhead

Sorry, but a Pace can be called many things, but "accurate replica" is not one of them. An Accurate replica is not just the body shape.

Seems I should have been more specific...
That's correct....an accurate replica is more than just the body shape, but an accurate body is the essential starting point. What the 'tyre-kicker' can see on a walk-around is important.
AP's FIA body is impressively accurate according to their measurements and compared with their FIA reference data. Even then, it is being modified in a number of areas.
The interior - and most of this information is in the build thread - will be configured for RHD and will have a drop-centre dash. This is consistent with the interior layout of COB6008, a Cobra that was supplied ex-factory with FIA rear hips.
The chassis is a lightly modified AP427 chassis. The wheelbase is accurate Nothing else in the chassis bears any resemblance to the original CSX2xxx cars

Cheers,
Glen

[deano59]

Originally Posted by xb-60

Nothing else in the chassis bears any resemblance to the original CSX2xxx cars

Cheers,
Glen

no the pace is just so much better :-)