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New owner - been looking for a while!
Hi all,
Have posted a few times over the past 6 months and thanks to all who have assisted with some of my questions. I just purchased my first Cobra, looked at a lot of cars over the past few months but finally managed to track down one that met my criteria. Car is an RMC Anaconda, 351 Cleveland with a few upgrades, Toploader 4 speed, jag front and rear etc. with some nice suspension upgrades. Rides, stops, handles and goes great! Cheers, Slide |
Welcome to the madness. How about some pictures?
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is there a minimum number of posts prior to be able to post a photo?
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Congratulations and Welcome
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In the meantime, congratulations on your purchase. RMC is a well-recognised and respected brand of earlier Australian Cobra and as such has a certain ( I was going to say cachet but that sounds a bit affected) has a certain charm and appeal to those of us who probably lean more towards the old school type of Cobras. Yours with all the classic bits -- Clevo Toploader Jag susp-- ticks all the boxes, and if it's running 15" Billboards I'd definitely be going weak at the knees! Nice pick up and I'm really looking forward to hearing and seeing more of this very pleasing addition to our ranks. |
Nice Slide. Welcome and congrats.
Just post hello here a few times and you should be good to go with pics. It's no more than 10 posts. |
thanks all - here's a photo - will try and get some more over the weekend and post up!
Don - unfortunately it has 17's not 15's but it does have pin drives - 15" tyres are getting a bit hard to come by aren't they? http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...enger_Side.JPG |
Beautiful paint!
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very nice car :-)
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looks to be a quality build, love the colour......
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Welcome Slide
I'm in Canberra or close by anyway. Don't know if you are into the club orientated stuff but the contact is Mark Gore who is our co ordinator for the Canberra Cobra chapter and we also tie in with some of the Sydney runs as well. Give us a ring and will fill you in more if you like. Cheers Brett 0412 731 803 |
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Very nice! Don't worry about changing a thing...just drive it for a while before you do anything.
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If your car goes as well as it looks you're on a winner. The 17" pindrives really suit it as does that lovely scarlet paint. Just as an aside, that photo wasn't taken on the Monaro Highway near Calwell right before the Queanbeyan turnoff was it? |
Slide....welcome and congratulations! Lovely Cobra you have yourself.
15” tyres are very much available. You have the Mickey Thompson S/T and the pricey but very sticky, old school look Avon CR6ZZ and are regarded as the best 15” tyre available...the latter of which I have fitted to my soon-to-be-completed Pace Cobra. There's also the 15" Goodyear Billboards however as good as these look, unfortunately they are not cheap, are not road legal, don't last long and flatspot when sitting. But damn do they look the business! That said，the Avons have a very similar look to the Goodyears and they too can be stenciled (or glued-on Treadwear logo lettered) with either the Avon or Goodyear Eagle branding. You get 90-95% of the Billboard look without any drawbacks. And the bonus is that a large number of people can't even tell the difference between the two when they're both stenciled with the Goodyear logo. |
Nice car and welcome.
Were you looking for long to find the right one, as it looks well finished. |
Welcome. That's a really nice looking ride. Congratulations !
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Nice - Looks like you've done very well!
Congrats! Just a quick one - Where did you find it listed? |
Nice car Slide. Paint looks great.
Looking forward to more pictures.....oh, and welcome to the forum! Cheers, Glen |
Thanks all,
Brett - will give you a call tomorrow, I am interesting in getting involved in the local club. Appreciate all the comments - car is not perfect (are they ever?) however I believe it is a solid build and good base to tinker with. Leroy - I was looking for about 6 months, got some good advise from Rob Hamilton regarding what to look for and how to go about it - essentially, travel a lot and look at as many as you can. One of the big challenges I had was the fact I'm a tall guy. I spent a day at the Cobra Nats '15 and saw a lot of cars in a short period of time as well as having the opportunity to speak with a lot you, which helped a lot with honing in on what I was after. Dug up another photo! [IMG]http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...nt_drivers.JPG |
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