My late father owned 2 cobras CSX2119 and raced CSX2459

[Jbargelt]

I wish we had them!!!!
My dad sold the street car in 1967 and crashed the race car in 1968 choosing to place an Ad stating he was parting out competition cobra in Competition Press in 1969. I learned that from the 1997 Cobra registry.

[Jbargelt]

Well I hope they posted anyway-enjoy! CSX2459 was sold originally to lew as a Usrrc car Lew made it street legal wheen he sold it 1966 (after racing it in 1965z) to a young man in Montana. He painted it solid yellow at that point. My father learned the car was sold after the fact and went to the guy in Butte and bought it within as matter of weeks.

I have no idea what Lew Florence did to the car during this street legal conversion. It certainly is possible he may or may not have changed the dash set up? I have no way of knowing.

I know my dad raced it with Webers.

[PDUB]

Originally Posted by Jbargelt

My dad ... crashed the race car in 1968 choosing to place an Ad stating he was parting out competition cobra in Competition Press in 1969. I learned that from the 1997 Cobra registry.

At Deer's Leap, Westwood B.C. on September 21, 1968...

I have a shot of Lew going airborne on the leap three years earlier, in 1965. Looks like it was a wild ride...