Engine stand woes

[HI Cobra]

cobrajeff,

Great set up , but I have to ask, how did you get that engine up and in there? Or, more important, how are you going to get it out when the Cobra is ready for it?

[cobrajeff]

....like the 'ol Johnny Cash song...."one piece at a time...."

The block and heads are aluminum - not too heavy one by one. There is no crank, rods, or pistons - the vibration dampner is made out of plastic tubing and fiberglass. Since those pictures were taken, I have had to remove the Webers and put them back on the car. I bought some chrome-plated plastic replica Webers, but have not found time yet to detail and install them on the display engine (busy restoring a '57 'Bird out in the garage).

My car is running fine with a heavy-duty XE Aussie block Cleveland. After spinning the car off-course at MIS a few years back, I've given up on my visions of doing any serious open-track or autocross stuff with the car. Too much time and money invested - would rather keep it in one piece.

Jeff