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08-06-2010, 11:02 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Pottstown (East Coventry),
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Cobra Make, Engine: Don't think I'll be getting a Cobra for a long time... Do have '94 RX-7 R2.
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I think one of the old SAAC magazines has a short story on the stunt double at a different museum quite a while ago.
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08-06-2010, 06:24 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Ottawa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 2002 Superformance w/392 stroker
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Here are some screen caps of the mysterious kit car which substitutes for Elvis's 427 comp Cobra when he's run off the road by Shelley Fabares in the opening scene of the movie.
I'm grateful they didn't subject an original Cobra to this treatment, but does anyone have any idea what this monstrosity really is?
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08-06-2010, 06:59 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Vero Beach,
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Cobra Make, Engine: COX 6111 - '66 "AC 289 Sports."
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I think the stunt-double car was a P.O.S. 1200. Kinda rare today, mainly because no one wanted one when they were new. And yes,there was an article in the Shelby American club magazine many years ago about this particular car (I wrote it) when it was on display at a museum in Orlando, Florida, billed as a 427 comp Cobra as driven by Elvis in Spinout. Yeah, right. 
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08-06-2010, 07:09 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nedsel
I think the stunt-double car was a P.O.S. 1200. Kinda rare today, mainly because no one wanted one when they were new. And yes,there was an article in the Shelby American club magazine many years ago about this particular car (I wrote it) when it was on display at a museum in Orlando, Florida, billed as a 427 comp Cobra as driven by Elvis in Spinout. Yeah, right. |
At the "Jimmy Velvet Museum" as I recall.............
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08-06-2010, 07:08 PM
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[quote=SunDude;1069734]
but does anyone have any idea what this monstrosity really is?
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Aw, common.
Shelley might not be Ann Margaret, but she's no monster!
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05-23-2012, 12:36 PM
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It's a Microplas Mistral
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Originally Posted by SunDude
Here are some screen caps of the mysterious kit car which substitutes for Elvis's 427 comp Cobra when he's run off the road by Shelley Fabares in the opening scene of the movie.
I'm grateful they didn't subject an original Cobra to this treatment, but does anyone have any idea what this monstrosity really is?
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I just came across this article on Hemmings Blog which identifies "the monstrosity in the river" as a Microplas Mistral.
According to Hemmings, the Mistral was a fibreglass rebody over an Austin Healey chassis and was distributed under license in the U.S. by Bud Goodwin, of (later) Fiberfab fame.
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05-23-2012, 08:42 PM
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Now that is a handsome car. I wonder why you don't see more of them?
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