
05-23-2012, 11:36 AM
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Location: Ottawa,
ON
Cobra Make, Engine: 2002 Superformance w/392 stroker
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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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