New to Club Cobra....???'s about origional fuel filters/pumps

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

HA HA HA, ye haw, that's a knee slapper right there elmariachi.

That is really funny.

[Excaliber]

Well we'll just have to work with we got! Certainly on the right track with an FE series motor. That alone will make it a very special FFR, as few of them have it.

RESEARCH and HISTORY are in fact one the best things about owning a Cobra. It's a fascinating subject. I love to study the details of what the originals came with, how they were modified over the years, who did what to which car. It's all good!

[Excaliber]

Layout of the gauges, different for street car vs competition car. Not really a big issue, it's nice to have them in the ball park. Look at some pics of the originals or some nicely done replica's to get an idea.

For instance, the Comp cars put the tach where the speedo was on the street cars. So the driver could more easily focus on the rpm's rather than the speedo.

My ERA has a street car dash and gauge placement. However, I swapped the speedo and tach positions, more like what the Comp cars did. I really like it, not how it looks so much as how it's WAY easier to see the tach now. Racing was always about what WORKS well #1 with little or no regard to how it "looks". In this case, it looks pretty cool though.


Dash layout from the FFR web site.
http://www.ffcobra.com/FAQ/dash.html

[KevinW]

OK thanks - got it.
My dash will come pre-drilled for 427S/C layout, so i can stop worrying now!

[patrickt]

Deleted -- (responded to the wrong post, ehhrrrggg).

[mickmate]

I had a FFR body here for a while. These guys have hit on some of the salient points to be addressed for originality. The biggest visual to me is the roll bar size and angle (I can supply you a more suitable bar). The perky butt is a big visual cue on these which has been moved up and can be easily moved down during the build. It is only held up by the aluminum panels either side of the trunk. Leave them right out and set the rear of the body to height and make some new ones to fit the space. There's some characters here but a lot of good info too. Welcome aboard and enjoy the build.

[dlotz]

Mick

Actually my mk3.1 has a trunk hoop that will also need to be cut out and lowered. Not just the aluminum pannels holding it up anymore. But that is all planned out in the "drop-butt" mod!

I was going to make my own roll bar. I didn't like the origional looking 1 1/2" dia as I thought it was a little too skinny, but the 2" is way too FAT! I was looking at 1 3/4" bent on 12" rad. I haven't priced it yet so I am interested in a price if you can provide one easily!

I will also need the smaller receiver mounts to weld onto the chassis that fit inside the 1 3/4" roll bar as well.

PM me and let me know.

Thanks

[computerworks]

You may have responded to the wrong guy, if I read it right

KevinW is in the UK building a Crendon
Dlotz is the guy with the FFR idea.

[patrickt]

dlotz -- Your enthusiasm is refreshing; it should be fun following along on your build. While the FFR is not blessed with "classic beauty," properly finished it can be very attractive in its own right. Kind of like Mary Ann was on Gilligan's Island.

[elmariachi]

Originally Posted by patrickt

dlotz -- Your enthusiasm is refreshing; it should be fun following along on your build. While the FFR is not blessed with "classic beauty," properly finished it can be very attractive in its own right. Kind of like Mary Ann was on Gilligan's Island.

Nice analogy Pat.

The other thing you have going for you is that there is a HUGE suport group on the FF forum, and they have been hard at it for many years and have tried everything you'll want to do. Twice. That counts for a lot when you are building one of these.