10-25-2006, 10:49 AM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Fresno,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby CSX 4766 (Vegas Built) with 482 Aluminum Pond motor
Posts: 814
|
|
Not Ranked
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by computerworks
Actually, I would think that the roll bar would be the toughest "option" for a typical dealer to install.
Re: the hood scoop...that would be easy.
No reforming the hood; all MK III's had the same hood...no sealing, since Street's were 2x4, so no turkey pan,,,, just whack a hole and pop-rivet a painted scoop.
Even so, I doubt many were done that way.
I would think most of the accessories installed at the dealer were radios and mirrors/trim.
|
Lewis Downs a long time member of the Norcal Shelby Club who passed away Monterey Historics weekend was a original Shelby 289 Cobra owner. He went to the factory to pick up his 289 Cobra and through his ownership had many of the so called options installed by the dealer, sort of.  One of them was the hood scoop. He tells they used a jig saw to cut a very rough hole in the hood and then pop-rivet on the scoop. He had tons of stories and pictures, I kept telling him to write a book on living with a Cobra. During the 60's the Cobra was his daily driver in the San Fran area where he worked.
__________________
Morgan LeBlanc
Fresno CA
|
Threaded Mode
