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12-01-2008, 06:03 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Lakeland,
GA
Cobra Make, Engine: I do not know! 351C
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Mystery cobra
After searching this site I still can not figure out who made my car frame and body...The guy I bought it from said he had it for a whyle and was unsure who made it. My best guess is it is a shell valley kit being that most of the boxes of parts are from shellvalley , I sent pictures to shell valley and they are not even sure if it is theirs! Compared to other cobras mine has a wierd rear suspension. Or one that I have yet to find... Please help!
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12-01-2008, 06:20 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Creedmoor,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: FFR3542K, 347 C. I., EFI, T-5, Miata Front Sway Bar, 3 Link, Red with White Stripes
Posts: 1,157
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Could it be a Midstates, which was bought out by Shell Valley? Are the inner panels fiberglass instead of aluminum? Midstates was.
Steve
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12-02-2008, 03:15 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Lakeland,
GA
Cobra Make, Engine: I do not know! 351C
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Yes if you are asking about the body the whole thing is fiberglass.
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12-02-2008, 09:14 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Meriden,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427 SC s/n 718, 428 FE
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Post some pics of the chassis (and body). Someone will be able to figure out who manufactured it.
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12-02-2008, 11:26 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Queen Creek,
AZ
Cobra Make, Engine: Midstates, Vette suspension, Baer 6P brakes, 540 cid Chevy, Haltech Fuel Injection
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Not a Midstates. The body is wrong at the rear fenders for a Midstates and they also have a molded-in hood scoop. Midstates also does not have the triangular "gussets" at the rear corners of the hood opening. The frame is also not right for a Midstates. Looks like home-made to me.
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Last edited by ItBites; 12-03-2008 at 03:37 PM..
Reason: added new info
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12-02-2008, 12:12 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Lakeland,
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Cobra Make, Engine: I do not know! 351C
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Pictures in my gallery. The frame could be home made, the person I purchaced the parts from builds ford roadsters for a living. However the welds seem too perfect unless someone had serious skills! With the exception of the rear end, I found a old shell valley that was almost the same.
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12-02-2008, 04:53 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Rushville,
IN
Cobra Make, Engine: red Shell Valley, white stripes
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If that is a Shell Valley, it must be quite old. I got mine around 1992 and the frame in your pictures seems to pre-date that or come from a completely different source. The rear suspension on mine is a triangulated 4-bar with billet aluminum trailing arms that reach back to the axle at an angle. Thus, there is no panhard bar to locate the axle laterally. Your picture clearly shows a transverse bar. The rear coilovers on mine are situated at an angle, rather than straight vertical such as in the picture. The hood cutout in the pictured body has the triangular gussets at each of the back corners-unlike my early 90's SV car. My hood scoop is integral to the hood, not attached to it. I would be surprised if this is a Shell Valley.
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12-02-2008, 05:09 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Meriden,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427 SC s/n 718, 428 FE
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Kinda looks like it's homemade.
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12-05-2008, 01:54 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Lakeland,
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Cobra Make, Engine: I do not know! 351C
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Im not sold on the homemade yet!
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12-07-2008, 06:27 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: American Fork, Utah,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Excaliber body, Modified Custom frame
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With the 4 link set up and J-bar, no matter who built it, it should work real well. Saw alot of setups like that when I raced dirt cars. Have fun with it.
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12-08-2008, 06:52 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Lakeland,
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Cobra Make, Engine: I do not know! 351C
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Thanks, now I just have to figure out the front end!
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12-08-2008, 09:00 PM
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Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: dallas,texas,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Lots fo different cars that change all of the time
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do me a favor
post a picture of the firewall motor side and the latch mountings for the hood.
Jay
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12-09-2008, 05:48 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Lakeland,
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Cobra Make, Engine: I do not know! 351C
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I posted the hinge photos, Hopefully this is a giveaway to who made the body? Man those are ugly hinges!
Thanks
Last edited by 229guy; 12-09-2008 at 06:00 PM..
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12-09-2008, 08:08 PM
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Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: dallas,texas,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Lots fo different cars that change all of the time
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I'm out
and you are right...them is ugly. I have no idea
Jay
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12-11-2008, 02:33 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Greenville,
SC
Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-FIA, 66 mustang convertible, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
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My bet is the guy in Kansas who was building his own frames and had a "6th party body mold dating back to 1982". He sells these things on Ebay (usually frame and body for less than $3,500) suckering people left and right with "build your cobra for cheap by starting out with my frame and body"....... Don't see one of his "deals" listed right now, but next time I do I'll pot it up.
Bill S.
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12-14-2008, 06:45 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: West Monroe,
LA
Cobra Make, Engine: Joey Manufacturing Inc.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mrmustang
My bet is the guy in Kansas who was building his own frames and had a "6th party body mold dating back to 1982". He sells these things on Ebay (usually frame and body for less than $3,500) suckering people left and right with "build your cobra for cheap by starting out with my frame and body"....... Don't see one of his "deals" listed right now, but next time I do I'll pot it up.
Bill S.
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I think you're talking about that guy where Patrick got his body from. Those bodies don't the raised dimples for the front turning signals.
to me it looks like a U S Body...body especially going by the hood.
http://www.usbody.com/Pages_Cars/66-Cobra.htm
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