Hoods and Tonneau covers

[Cameron Parsons]

Baz,

For what it's worth. I had a similar set up in a different car, and it sucked in all the exhaust fumes and dust. With the hood off, it was clean cobra motoring, but the top on and it was a vacuum cleaner.

I'd be trying to test something like that.

Cameron

[Baz]

Originally Posted by Cameron Parsons

Baz,

For what it's worth. I had a similar set up in a different car, and it sucked in all the exhaust fumes and dust. With the hood off, it was clean cobra motoring, but the top on and it was a vacuum cleaner.

I'd be trying to test something like that.

Cameron

Thanks for the info Cameron. I hadn't thought about the consequences as far as sucking everything back into the cab is concerned.

I'll be running side pipes, therefore I shouldn't be eating my exhaust fumes as would be the situation with the pipes at the rear. Did your other car have side pipes or did they exit at the rear as in your present Cobra?

Now that you have mentioned it, the dust and dirt being sucked back into the car really disturbs me. That is one major aspect that I hadn't thought of. I have spend a small fortune on Connolly Leather for my interior trim and I don't want it stuffed up by having dirt and dust sucked into the cockpit caused by this new idea (Removable Rear Window) when the conventional fixed window would do the trick and cost a lot less to manufacture.

Yes. You've changed my mind. Fixed rear window with triangular side quarter windows it will be.

I am wrapped in the shape of Tony Crams soft top and will be using the same shape in my car. If Merv wants that effect and wishes to get away from the original Cobra look, where the soft top is lower at the back than in the middle, it is only a matter of extending the height of the rear upright bar by about 1 to 2 inches on the standard Bow Kit, which I obtained from Snakebite. This will give that squarer appearance in the top rear of the soft top.

Baz

[Cameron Parsons]

Baz,

my old car, with a much younger me at the wheel



Big 'ol live sidepipes.

I'm not saying don't do it, clearly it works for some cars, and the shape of the hood would have lot to do with the aero effects.

The good news is the leather you have in the car kept a few cows dry during the winter months, so it should hold up great to anything you throw at it. I have really good leather seats in the current car, they have been rained on and roundly abused. A good clean and leather conditioner and they look showroom...

Cameron