building a cobra from basically scratch

thefordguy · #1 (**permalink**) 12-21-2010, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by mickmate

Curl the dash forward and under at the ends. Great progress in a short time!

I was thinking about this. The dash is curved quite a bit I think it would be very difficult to curl it and make it look good. I was thinking of putting windlace or something on the bottom lip, so it would not just be a jagged edge.

Buzz · #2 (**permalink**) 12-22-2010, 05:34 AM

What Mickmate is saying is that the outer ends of the dash need to be curled inwards under the cowl instead of outwards as they are now. Also, I'm not sure if you already have, but make sure you bend a 90 degree lip into the bottom edge of the dash panel as it is essential to providing a bit of structural rigidity.

Very interesting thread - keep the pics and updates coming!

thefordguy · #3 (**permalink**) 12-22-2010, 10:34 PM

I got the underside painted today, still did not get the body mounted today. I took some pics of my pluming since it was the last time I will have the body off. I do not know how I am supposed to mount the windshield, it seems kinda flimsy to me, it only has a few screw holes in the sides for mounting.

thefordguy · #4 (**permalink**) 12-24-2010, 07:03 AM

I got the steering mocked up. I had to clearance the upper control arm a bit so I welded in a plate to strengthen it up before I started grinding on it. I thought the angle between shafts was a little steep but I can turn it from lock to lock and there's no binding.

Tom Wells · #5 (**permalink**) 12-24-2010, 10:16 AM

thefordguy,

Hate to say this but the angle of the steering shaft looks positively scary!

Is the rack (steering box?) mounted correctly? Could it be rotated a bit to reduce the angle?

It may rotate OK without any load, but when you put wide tires on, put the weight of the car on the tires and try to corner spiritedly, that could change. And it wouldn't be the right time to find out there's a problem

Just my 2 cents....

Tom