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01-26-2009, 08:24 AM
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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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01-26-2009, 08:37 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
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01-26-2009, 08:48 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Sort of like Putin...
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I think you should wait until about 3:00am and then call Computerworks & Jamo on their cellphones to clear up the matter.  Start by screaming at them uncontrollably -- that will get their attention and they'll move faster to restore your posts.  |
01-26-2009, 09:07 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
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01-26-2009, 09:29 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: Midstates/Shell Valley Street Cobra
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I happen to see the 64 Targa...
As was mentioned, all the cars (Transporters and Ranch Wagons) were painted Princess Alice Blue ..... I have heard the Shelby didn't think that name appropriate so he changed the name to Viking Blue. I thought it was curious that the race cars had California Plates on ?? I don't have anything against Red (in fact CSX2323 after it was rebuilt and sold to Tombstone Shaw was painted red) but why didn't you go for the Blue ??  |
01-27-2009, 06:31 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: # 757 ERA 427 SC , 482 Al. big block
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Bartfuff1 ... you mentioned Tombstone Shaw in your post . Back in the mid/late 60`s when I raced Porsches at VIR , there was a driver who raced a Cobra at VIR . If my memory is correct , his complete name was Graham ( Tombstone ) Shaw and the Cobra was orange ( ? ) . It may have been Rangoon Red as that color has an orange tone to it , so maybe I thought it was orange . I just remember holding on to the wheel hard as he blew by me on the back straight . Is this the same guy ? Just curious , if so , what happened to him ?
Bob
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01-27-2009, 06:53 AM
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That must have been him...and CSX2323
With a name like that, there must be a story but I don't know what happened to him....I have a Portofino Blue Superformance with a red nose bar that I intended to look lilke the Gurney/Grant car #146 and when I was doing my "research" I would come across "Tombstone" quite often, but I haven't got around to digging up the story (Google?). CSX 2323 in it's original livery is at Bruce Canepa's Museum in Scott's Valley Ca. It was a riot to see those cars in the 60's. The Italians had never heard a big (289) American V8 and they would just go nuts when the mechanics would start them up. I might see Bondurant this winter and if so I will ask him.
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01-27-2009, 07:54 AM
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Bobcat...that was him
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Originally Posted by Bobcat
Bartfuff1 ... you mentioned Tombstone Shaw in your post . Back in the mid/late 60`s when I raced Porsches at VIR , there was a driver who raced a Cobra at VIR . If my memory is correct , his complete name was Graham ( Tombstone ) Shaw and the Cobra was orange ( ? ) . It may have been Rangoon Red as that color has an orange tone to it , so maybe I thought it was orange . I just remember holding on to the wheel hard as he blew by me on the back straight . Is this the same guy ? Just curious , if so , what happened to him ? Bob
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You had a unique and trademark experience with Tombstone....just Google Graham Tombstone Shaw and you will find him. He was a realestate developer in the south and raced in the 50's and 60's almost killing himself and retiring . You can find him on the drivers list at VIR.... |
01-27-2009, 06:47 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
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Originally Posted by Bartruff1
As was mentioned, all the cars (Transporters and Ranch Wagons) were painted Princess Alice Blue ..... I have heard the Shelby didn't think that name appropriate so he changed the name to Viking Blue. I thought it was curious that the race cars had California Plates on ?? I don't have anything against Red (in fact CSX2323 after it was rebuilt and sold to Tombstone Shaw was painted red) but why didn't you go for the Blue ?? |
I like the blue, too, but I like red better. Of the 16 FIA-body/cutback-door cars built, at least one was red, this customer ordered car pictured in Friedman's Shelby Cobra: The Shelby American Original Archives 1962-1965:
Also, some of the early factory cars were red, like CSX 2129, one of the three Sebring cars:
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