Commissioning a Turn Key ERA 427 Cobra

[TButtrick]

Originally Posted by Flygirl

^^^ Haven't yet...
:-)



I will, but only if you'll agree to a prenup: Whoever instigates the divorce has to give the other person their cobra.

deal, and throw in a hydraulic lift and tools

[jeffy]

Flygirl-

Thought of you and your plans for a white 427 this weekend. The Elvis movie "Spinout" was on TCM early Sunday and I caught it on my DVR. I just watched the racing sequences and fast-forwarded through the rest, which looked pretty dreadful, even by Elvis standards.

One of the stars is a white 427 Cobra competition car with white sidepipes and red roundels with black numbers: looked pretty sweet, particularly with the racing wind screen, FIA wheels and lone RayDot mirror. Another forum member posted some screen caps from the film a while ago (the dark Cobra with the white stripes is a 1964 289 comp car):





One thing that was kind of cute was that Elvis drives the Cobra into a creek, but no one was dumb enough to get the "real" car wet:



I had no idea what kind of car they used as the "stand-in", but the story is told here:

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Bonus trivia: the girl in the red and white cap drives a red Ferrari convertible that, surprise!, winds up in the same spot in the creek later in the movie. Its stunt double was easy to recognize: a red Triumph TR4.

Jeff

[xb-60]

Nice one Jeff. Good story. The Raydyot on the 427? It's not there on the close-up. Is it maybe something the photographer's carrying? A press ID, or the flash on his camera maybe?
Cheers,
Glen

[jeffy]

Originally Posted by xb-60

Nice one Jeff. Good story. The Raydyot on the 427? It's not there on the close-up. Is it maybe something the photographer's carrying? A press ID, or the flash on his camera maybe?
Cheers,
Glen

Glen-

Wow! You have an eagle eye! I didn't notice that. Wonder how that happened?

Here it is in a still taken from the movie (note the realistic background, and nary a hair out of place!):



And you can see it on the "stunt double":



As well as in this publicity still. So, why isn't it on the car in the close-up at the starting line? You can see it in the "long" shot from across the track. Very strange.



So many unanswered questions...

Jeff