Where did they all come from?

[BMK]

400T

Craig,



I didn't know that Dennis made the buck for the XJ13 Jaguar. I seriously thought that he had purchased the body from one of the US. kitcar companies. Well done.

I have spent a little time looking over one in the States, and even spoke with Chris in the Adelaide Cobra club who reworks Jaguars and restores Jaguars about the XJ13's.



Just love the look of the rear engine and all.

Bernie

[400TT]

Originally Posted by Bernie Knight

I didn't know that Dennis made the buck for the XJ13 Jaguar. I seriously thought that he had purchased the body from one of the US. kitcar companies. Well done.

He sold the design, jigs, moulds, rights etc to http://www.sportscarfactory.com/

[David Hodgson]

An engineer here in Canberra built an XJ 13 replica from scratch in the early 90's. Fantastic bit of work, all riveted alloy panels etc.

On the Cobra's, I'm not professing to be an expert, but having been a blinding passion of mine since the early 80's, I have 9 or 10 books and have read and researched plenty on Cobra's.
I feel the closest looking body in side pofile to the original is Bryan's Homebush body, also Python and RC. These do not droop in the rear, like the DAX, G-Force, RMC, Classic Glass, and Wooley/Evans bodies. Of these the Dax and G-force are dead ringers except the rear drops too much, the rest have modified the rear guards or flared the front gaurds. Classic Revival we all agree has been massaged a fair bit, and I don't know the origins of the Harrison but it does not appear as "pumped" as some. Robnell too droops in the rear as well as the nose, and the latest DRB is a lot better looking than the early ones. Even the Auto Styling body was closer than DRB. There was another one available in the 80's, the name of which escapes me for now, but it looked a bit squashed like the D-Type from QLD.

The ERA and Unique pics in that link are dead ringers for my G-Force. If you compare the slope and depth of the rear quarter on the ERA and the CSX4000 above it (in the pics in the link) you will see what i mean about the droop. Aussie D-Type looks a lot like that Excaliber.

Craig, I also have a couple of shots of the red Briggs 427SC, which i believe has left the country, along with Cameron's RMC from the '94? run to the eagle at the end of the Classic Adelaide rally. I wqasn't able to get side shots but I'm sure I've got front and rear. Also plenty of shots in the books I have.

Would you also believe there has been at least 17 Aust supliers of Cobra kits, I'll find out the name of the one I can't remember and then list them. In the mean time you guys might like to have a crack at the list yourselves.

[Cameron Parsons]

Ummm Cameron's RMC?

If that's me you are talking about, as I did compete in the Dutton GP Rally in 94, and did climb to the Eagle, with and against Briggs 427, mine was a DAX.

I also have a bunch of pictures somewhere, of my car and Peter's car side by side. If I recall correctly, they were damn close.

I even went for a spin in Peter's 427 in Melbourne a few years later when Glen Coad was doing some work on it.

Cameron

[David Hodgson]

Sorry Cameron, I do now recall it was a Dax, with a rather tall bonnet scoop.

What was under that scoop?

Was your Dax from the supplier in the Blue Mountains, or did you import it yourself?

There was a guy supplying Dax from Leura or Lawson? in the late 80's. Some long serving NSW addicts ended upwith a couple, Kevin Walker and joe Peckham.

[Cameron Parsons]

There was a B&M 144 Blower on a 302 under the hood. To make it all fit, we fabricated a hood out of Aluminium, using Peters 427 as a model for the frame and fitting.

It was one of my many motoring mistakes to sell that car, I believe the guy who owned Lombards paper in Melbourne ended up owning it and had a big off at Morwell Hillclimb.

I loved that car..

Oh, and I love this one too

And I guarantee I'm going to LOVE the next one

Cameron