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07-23-2009, 10:56 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: DeLand, FL,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA #2117; 331 stroker; TKO600
Posts: 588
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Jeff - definitely advertise it on the Cobra Country site. Take good quality photos of the car, interion aluminum panels, the motor. What about the rear end? Did you opt for the custom rear end? If so has it been built? Cobra Country moves cobra replicas - I sold my previous cobra there and it was a very good all around experience. The site moderator (Curtt Scott) is a great help on photos as well - tips. Good luck, sorry you're not going through with the project.
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07-23-2009, 01:48 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: DeLand, FL,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA #2117; 331 stroker; TKO600
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Patrick's suggestion is a good one. If someone is looking for an FIA car, what is better than one ready for paint!! If Peter can pass someone on to you, you should be able to stay "whole" on the car, the motor would be the issue - as not everyone wants Webers (cool yes, but not everyone feels they can deal with the carb tuning). Good Luck!!
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07-29-2009, 09:59 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: New York,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 289FIA 2131, 331 stroker by Dan Dalena with 48 IDAs by Jim Inglese, AC Cars AC8 "Rosso Chiaro" (PPG Nexa code FG39) by Connecticut Custom
Posts: 443
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Just an update: I have decided to go ahead and complete the build! Tony is ready to start spraying any day. I'm back in the red camp again, having selected an original AC color we found called Rosso Chiaro, which means "light red" in Italian. It is a very bright red and should be eye-catching. No gumballs or nose stripe, but a thick white "hash" stripe on each front fender, running from the hood's edge to the wheel arch, to break things up. Going with satin-finish black painted FIA wheels (including the rims) for a "broody look" (as Peter P. described it), with polished hubs and spinners. Getting excited about seeing this beast in the flesh!
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07-29-2009, 10:02 AM
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Half-Ass Member
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
Posts: 22,025
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Originally Posted by jeffy
Just an update: I have decided to go ahead and complete the build! Tony is ready to start spraying any day. I'm back in the red camp again, having selected an original AC color we found called Rosso Chiaro, which means "light red" in Italian. It is a very bright red and should be eye-catching. No gumballs or nose stripe, but a thick white "hash" stripe on each front fender, running from the hood's edge to the wheel arch, to break things up. Going with satin-finish black painted FIA wheels (including the rims) for a "broody look" (as Peter P. described it), with polished hubs and spinners. Getting excited about seeing this beast in the flesh!
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Very good. I think you're doing the right thing.  |
07-29-2009, 10:08 AM
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: White Plains,,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA140, ERA 267, ERA GT2038, ERA FIA 2045, ERAGT2077 ERA2893000EXP
Posts: 1,117
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Jeffy:
Glad you've decided to go forward with your build. Your concept sounds very interesting and I'm sure will be a great addition to some wonderful ERA cars already out there.
Take it from one who has been doing this for over twenty five years; there are always unanticipated curves in the road, but it makes for a far more interesting ride. A straight road is boring as hell.
I look forward to seeing the car!
Jim
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07-29-2009, 10:14 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: DeLand, FL,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA #2117; 331 stroker; TKO600
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Jeff - congratulations my man!!! You will look back at this build for a long time as something that you really wanted to do AND DID. Can't wait to see your finished car, should look fantastic, especially with the annointed one's "purist" advice.
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07-29-2009, 10:21 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Central,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #775
Posts: 324
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Glad to see you've decided to complete the build. You have certainly invested a great deal of time and thought into your build and would have been disappointing (to me) to see someone else finish it.
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07-29-2009, 10:24 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: pottstown,
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Cobra Make, Engine: era 289 FIA #2112
Posts: 326
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Sounds like its going to be a nice looking car. Glad things worked out for you
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07-29-2009, 03:16 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: New York,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 289FIA 2131, 331 stroker by Dan Dalena with 48 IDAs by Jim Inglese, AC Cars AC8 "Rosso Chiaro" (PPG Nexa code FG39) by Connecticut Custom
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Thanks all: your encouragement is very much appreciated. I will keep you posted!
Jeff
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08-25-2009, 02:19 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: New York,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 289FIA 2131, 331 stroker by Dan Dalena with 48 IDAs by Jim Inglese, AC Cars AC8 "Rosso Chiaro" (PPG Nexa code FG39) by Connecticut Custom
Posts: 443
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Last edited by jeffy; 08-25-2009 at 02:22 PM..
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08-25-2009, 02:26 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Nampa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA EXP002, 1968 PI 428 FE
Posts: 691
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Beautiful color, but as you know I am partial to red. Your car looks great and I can hardly wait to see it finished.  Love that color.
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08-26-2009, 05:45 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: New York,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 289FIA 2131, 331 stroker by Dan Dalena with 48 IDAs by Jim Inglese, AC Cars AC8 "Rosso Chiaro" (PPG Nexa code FG39) by Connecticut Custom
Posts: 443
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Originally Posted by lamaluv
Beautiful color, but as you know I am partial to red. Your car looks great and I can hardly wait to see it finished. Love that color.
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Dick-
Always hard to tell from pictures, but seems to me that it looks a lot like your color, which was one of my "inspirations" in my initial post starting this thread!
Take care,
Jeff
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08-25-2009, 02:26 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by jeffy
Some pictures of the paint job (my camera skills aren't very good, sadly). The color is an original AC Cars color, Rosso Chiaro, reformulated as a two-stage. It is similar to the 1956 Corvette red and has a little orange in it. Looks REALLY hot! Even my wife liked it!
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I like it quite a bit. Are you back on keeping it now? |
08-25-2009, 02:28 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA-722, Pure Street in BRG
Posts: 192
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Wow...
Simply stunning!
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08-25-2009, 02:33 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: New York,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 289FIA 2131, 331 stroker by Dan Dalena with 48 IDAs by Jim Inglese, AC Cars AC8 "Rosso Chiaro" (PPG Nexa code FG39) by Connecticut Custom
Posts: 443
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Originally Posted by patrickt
Are you back on keeping it now?
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08-25-2009, 02:34 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Quote:
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Yeah, baby!
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I knew you would eventually come to your senses. You were just having a couple of bad days.... |
08-25-2009, 02:58 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: New York,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 289FIA 2131, 331 stroker by Dan Dalena with 48 IDAs by Jim Inglese, AC Cars AC8 "Rosso Chiaro" (PPG Nexa code FG39) by Connecticut Custom
Posts: 443
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A couple more; exposure was a little off...
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08-25-2009, 03:47 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: pottstown,
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Cobra Make, Engine: era 289 FIA #2112
Posts: 326
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Looking good. Congratulations! That is a nice color choice!
m-a
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08-25-2009, 05:40 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Austin,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA, 351W
Posts: 765
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Really - has anyone ever seen a "bad" color choice? I challenge anyone to show me a really nasty color; one that would cause some one to say: "what were they thinking?"
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08-25-2009, 06:15 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Powder Springs,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA 2008/351W/TOP-LOADER
Posts: 526
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Wow that looks great! It reminds me of another one sans the strip. Mine was painted "Rossa" red also. There is a lot of different colors to choose from for sure! Keep us posted! 
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