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Dan Case 06-18-2014 02:15 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by LMH (Post 1306763)
Thanks Dan!
What does the "3" mean?
Larry
Educated guess = the size of the stamped out part blank.

rsk289 06-18-2014 03:23 PM
Brookes and Adams still seem to make a size 5...
Wingnuts | Banjos & Plugs | Brookes & Adams

LMH 06-18-2014 04:57 PM
http://www.banda.co.uk/wp-content/ga...y/dscn1354.jpg

Looks pretty good Roger!
Larry

Jim Maxwell 06-18-2014 05:27 PM
Back in 1970, we found the radio very handy to use while washing my brother's 289 Cobra, CSX 2306. And this was with an accessory speaker mounted on the transmission tunnel between the seat backs. Otherwise, it was worthless, as Dan has said. The Shelby supplied radio had a "COBRA" labeled tuner glass window to distinguish it.

mickmate 06-18-2014 08:04 PM
The 3 means it's an original unobtanium part ;-)

tkb289 06-19-2014 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by rsk289 (Post 1306341)
Just a couple of pics to show how we're doing:

Roger,

Looks like you have a very accurate build well underway, please keep those pictures coming!

- Tim

tkb289 06-19-2014 12:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Jim Maxwell (Post 1306816)
Back in 1970, we found the radio very handy to use while washing my brother's 289 Cobra, CSX 2306. And this was with an accessory speaker mounted on the transmission tunnel between the seat backs. Otherwise, it was worthless, as Dan has said. The Shelby supplied radio had a "COBRA" labeled tuner glass window to distinguish it.

To Jim's point … Here are a few photos the original COBRA radio in the unrestored CSX2289 from Laguna Seca in 2010 … Enjoy!



http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...psd9683680.jpg


http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps566a6221.jpg


http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps91b4e65e.jpg

Mark IV 06-19-2014 04:16 AM
But if you don't have the "COBRA" radio with the two "CONELRAD" stations, how will you know to "duck and cover" when the Russkies drop the big one?

rsk289 06-19-2014 06:23 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by LMH (Post 1306809)
There are a surprising number of little engineering companies hidden away in Birmingham (heart of British industry in the 19th and early 20th centuries) who have been there for decades, still doing what they always did. Those nuts are probably made by the grandson of the guy who first made them. How they survive in the present economy, I have no idea... don't think Nissan use many 1/4BSW brass wingnuts...

Roger

xb-60 06-19-2014 04:21 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by tkb289 (Post 1306870)
To Jim's point … Here are a few photos the original COBRA radio in the unrestored CSX2289 from Laguna Seca in 2010 … Enjoy!
Tim.....CSX2289? Are there ANY CSX2xxx cars you haven't photographed? :) Thanks for sharing the pics.

Cheers,
Glen

rsk289 06-23-2014 03:50 AM
Hi chaps,

Have spoken to Brookes and Adams this morning who will come back to me with a price. They can also chrome plate for me, but this will take a little longer.
If you want to leave this with me I'll let you know when I hear from them, and hopefully I'll be able to post some pics before long. I've enquired about 1/4 and 3/16, which I think is the battery clamp size.

Dan Case 06-23-2014 04:54 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by rsk289 (Post 1307425)
Hi chaps,

Have spoken to Brookes and Adams this morning who will come back to me with a price. They can also chrome plate for me, but this will take a little longer.
If you want to leave this with me I'll let you know when I hear from them, and hopefully I'll be able to post some pics before long. I've enquired about 1/4 and 3/16, which I think is the battery clamp size.
I realize that not every Cobra was finished the same or stayed the same very long but normal for CSX2201 and up cars (and maybe earlier) were Ford j-bolts and wing nuts for securing the batteries.

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...psf49ea603.jpg

1985 CCX 06-23-2014 06:30 AM
Dan

Always a great resource.
This is what is great with these cars, variety and different aspects keep us all talking as if there was a single direction/part we would have nothing to talk about.

LMH 06-23-2014 08:16 AM
Roger, count me in on the wing nuts from Brooks and Adams.

Dan, I've looked but haven't been able to find any wing nuts like that for the battery.
Do you know of a source?
Larry

rsk289 06-23-2014 08:26 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by LMH (Post 1307490)
Roger, count me in on the wing nuts from Brooks and Adams.

Dan, I've looked but haven't been able to find any wing nuts like that for the battery.
Do you know of a source?
Larry
I'll keep you posted. Let's wait and see how they look. Must remember to call them to ensure they don't polish the '3' off when they get them plated!

Roger

Dan Case 06-23-2014 08:57 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by LMH (Post 1307490)
Dan, I've looked but haven't been able to find any wing nuts like that for the battery.
Do you know of a source?
Larry
Most industrial supply or hardware supply companies should have something made to the same standard made of zinc. Lots of Cobra parts hunts start with a study of what McMaster-Carr Supply offers for example. Being of the same standard doesn’t mean every tiny detail will be the same. I bought sample quantities from several companies and the match to a Cobra part was anywhere from looks generally the same to close enough only somebody knowledgeable will see anything amiss.

The only new old stock one exactly the same in every detail as I have found on Cobras came with a collection of new old stock 1950s Fords parts. Somebody was selling off a collection of 1950s Ford battery trays, holders, and hardware. I bought all the j-bolts and small hardware. In that collection was one perfect wing nut.

rsk289 06-25-2014 07:04 AM
Spoke with Brookes and Adams again today. It turns out the current Managing Director's grandfather did have a contract with AC Cars - in the 1920s! Looks like these wingnuts had sat on the shelf for a while when they were used for the Cobra... makes sense, they would have ordered a lot of them initially and used on cars right through the line, Acecas, Aces, Greyhounds and the earlier models.
I'll keep you posted!

LMH 06-25-2014 08:16 AM
Very cool!
Larry

mickmate 06-25-2014 09:29 PM
They are chroming a batch for me now.

rsk289 09-17-2014 11:28 AM
Just a brief boot update: I think it's finished now, until anyone tells me otherwise...

http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/v...9/IMG_2972.jpg


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