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07-29-2016, 07:54 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Redding,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR chassis and suspension, Mr. Bruce 289 FIA body
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Pumpkin installed
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07-29-2016, 08:00 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Adelaide,
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Cobra Make, Engine: AP 289FIA 'English' spec.
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You must have a target date looming Bill. You sure are making significant progress there. Well done mate, keep it up.
Cheers,
Glen
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07-29-2016, 10:30 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Cobra Make, Engine: Scratch Built with 482 FE
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Originally Posted by Bill D
Pumpkin installed
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That looks slick! How did you get it in? |
07-30-2016, 03:56 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Mooresville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Factory Five chassis/Mr. Bruce slabside
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Way to go Bill. Patience! 
John O
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07-30-2016, 05:06 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR chassis and suspension, Mr. Bruce 289 FIA body
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ScratchBuilder
That looks slick! How did you get it in?
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Blood, lots of sweat, and lots of cursing. I placed it on a floorjack nose up turned 90 deg (axles parallel to the 4" tubes). My wife manned the floor Jack while I maneuvered it in place. As she raised the unit, I slowly turned the unit until it pointed towards the front, still turned. Then when it cleared the cage, I turned it to the correct position. After that I just put the hardware and rear mount (which required surgery to clear the ribs on the aluminum case) on. Took two hours and the garage was 96F
Thanks to John O for the link to installing the pumpkin.
Last edited by Bill D; 07-30-2016 at 05:11 AM..
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08-31-2016, 07:16 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Redding,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR chassis and suspension, Mr. Bruce 289 FIA body
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09-01-2016, 03:47 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Adelaide,
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Cobra Make, Engine: AP 289FIA 'English' spec.
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Nice, Bill. Very nice.
Cheers,
Glen
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09-01-2016, 02:56 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Apopka,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Building 289 Lemans / FFR mkIV chassis w/ Bruce Chervenak
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Bill, what length are those wheels studs?
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09-01-2016, 03:44 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Redding,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR chassis and suspension, Mr. Bruce 289 FIA body
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jmimac351
Bill, what length are those wheels studs?
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Standard but cut down for pin drive |
09-01-2016, 03:59 PM
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Location: Apopka,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Building 289 Lemans / FFR mkIV chassis w/ Bruce Chervenak
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Originally Posted by Bill D
Standard but cut down for pin drive
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Yeah, I was hoping you found some magic studs for purchase. |
09-18-2016, 05:37 PM
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Location: Redding,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR chassis and suspension, Mr. Bruce 289 FIA body
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On to the e brake system. Earlier I removed all the FFR e brake chassis mounts. I then fabricated custom mounts for the cables at the brake calipers, for the end of the cables under the car, and for the Lokar e brake handle. The mounts for the cable ends under the car and the handle were welded to the frame prior to powdercoating.
The brackets for the cables at the calipers bolt to the mustang cobra big brake option
After the floors were permanently installed this week. I tightened everything up and installed the boot and trim ring
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09-18-2016, 07:09 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Kingston,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary 302 Ford stroked to 347
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Hi Bill,
It is looking great. Looking forward to seeing the finished Cobra.
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09-19-2016, 01:04 AM
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Quote:
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Rear suspension and brakes all installed
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what number is that on the vin-plate? do i read csx2929?... |
09-19-2016, 05:21 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Manchester,
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Cobra Make, Engine: AK1085 (302), HTM111 (427 Comp), CSX2375R (289 Comp) and Scratch 427 S/C
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Vintage Wheels?
Build is awesome................
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09-19-2016, 06:02 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Redding,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR chassis and suspension, Mr. Bruce 289 FIA body
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Quote:
Originally Posted by peterpjb
what number is that on the vin-plate? Do i read csx2929?...
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csx 2323 |
09-19-2016, 11:08 AM
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csx 2323
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of course, what else 😉 |
11-01-2016, 04:42 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Redding,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR chassis and suspension, Mr. Bruce 289 FIA body
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Finally got back to working on the car. Made a new dash after ruining the original from FFR. The new dash is made from .060 6061 aluminum. It's padded in marine leatherette with 1/8" padding underneath. It was done by Conejo Upholstery in Thousand Oaks, CA
After cutting the piece to the correct dimensions and using the bottom lip from the FFR dash (my brake isn't wide enough to bend ), I fabricated angle brackets that are riveted and epoxied on the back of the panel. 1/4-20 bolts go thru the hoop and mount the dash to the hoop so the fasteners are hidden.
I had to make a patch panel for the steering column because the dash moved while drilling the hole, damaging it.
I took the panel to a local car upholstery shop since my first go at putting the padding on was a disaster.
I spent the day installing all the gauges, switches, and switch panel
Closeup of the switch panel I had made
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11-01-2016, 04:59 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Manchester,
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Cobra Make, Engine: AK1085 (302), HTM111 (427 Comp), CSX2375R (289 Comp) and Scratch 427 S/C
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Sweet work.......
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11-01-2016, 05:32 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: No city...only 118 residents in Manter,
KS
Cobra Make, Engine: Cobra Auto Works body, Ron Godell Racecars chassis, 1989 Mustang GT 5.0 HO (converted to carb), W/C T-5, 3.73's in a Ford 9" Traction-Loc.
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As usual, Bill, splendid work!
Cheers!
Dugly 
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11-01-2016, 05:45 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Hi-Tech
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Looks Great!!! Glad to see that I am not the only one who uses my dining room table as a workbench |
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