Researching any info re: Paul Cunningham, Competition Cobra privateer

[1985 CCX]

John

Are you really saying that "A Biden" had something to do with this? (possibly Joe himself?)
Now we are getting deep!
Hunter may now even own a peice of this as he seems to get around.......

Ok, kidding. True enough and I bet this is not only limited to 2049.

[1ntCobra]

Originally Posted by 1985 CCX

John

Are you really saying that "A Biden" had something to do with this? (possibly Joe himself?)
Now we are getting deep!
Hunter may now even own a peice of this as he seems to get around.......

Ok, kidding. True enough and I bet this is not only limited to 2049.

Jeff,

I have heard rumors that there is a gold fiberglass body car replicating a competition Cobra out there somewhere in New England. I don't think it has any ties to parts from the original car or any claims to the original title.

[1985 CCX]

Originally Posted by 1ntCobra

Jeff,

I have heard rumors that there is a gold fiberglass body car replicating a competition Cobra out there somewhere in New England. I don't think it has any ties to parts from the original car or any claims to the original title.

Yes indeed.....
It’s a replica of 2375 but in gold vs Red, fell in love with color when Wayne and I took 3021 to Amelia. There are original period parts but it’s a tribute (replica) of the real thing.
It’s fun
It stinks
It’s bad on gas
It’s got the feel if the 60’s car without the cost.
I know what it is.
So does everyone else
I am happy with it and it gets driven often.

[CompClassics]

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[1ntCobra]

Originally Posted by CompClassics

The situation you don’t want to find yourself in…..

https://reason.com/2021/10/18/althou...vKjbqEasH1jO2k

So the interesting bit seems to be:

KCTV, a Kansas City CBS station, reports that the dashboard VIN plate on Martinez's Corvette was removed years ago during the car's restoration and replaced with new rivets. "Many states are flexible on how the VIN is reattached after restoration," says KCTV, noting that the car already had been licensed and registered in another state. "But Kansas is not so flexible." The station adds that "the VIN number on the engine was no help," because "the original engine in the 62-year-old car had been replaced." Using a mirror, police located a third, inconsistent VIN plate in a "secret" location under the car.

A while ago another forum member was working on his father's original Cobra. He was putting in a more accurate motor, a 289, to replace a boss 302 motor that was swapped in years ago. He was also putting in a new passenger side foot box since the boss 302 motor swap involved making some modifications to the original passenger side foot box, so why not put in a new footbox when making the car more period correct looking. Well as you know there is a serial number tag on original 289 Cobra's passenger foot box attached with rivets (well after a certain serial number anyway, early Cobras do not have that tag). So I wonder if reattaching a serial number tag to a replacement passenger side foot box on an original Cobra could cause problems in Kansas?

Although in the case of the Corvette in Kansas, they found another "secret" vin under the car. I wonder what "secret" VIN means? Could it be that someone attached a VIN plate somewhere under the car for some reason? Or do all Corvettes have a standard "secret" VIN plate attached at the factory when they are built? Well I suppose the problem is that there are 2 VIN plates on the Corvette and they don't match.

Hmm, I wonder if there are some original Cobras that might have inconsistent VINs on them. Like maybe the Mister Formal Wear Cobra that had the CSX3005 body swapped onto the CSX3102 chassis? Well that was a rather special body until someone "restored" it recently.