Let's face it, you Cobra was a truly beautiful FPSB ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by G.R.
Bill S.
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Let's face it, you Cobra was a truly beautiful FPSB ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by G.R.
Bill S.
I am just wondering what the Deuce folks think about the Speedway '32 "Kit"? One psychological trap is to think the "One Piece at a Time" approach will be cheaper than putting out a larger price for a more complete kit. Several threads on this forum started out to build cars for $3000 or less and found it cost more! The parts available for Deuce roadsters are plentiful but allow for more personal variation while the psychological sucker-bait with the Cobra is that it looks easier to build a more complete kit but actually the details are about the same. IMHO the Speedway '32 kit comes the closest to a Cobra kit but there is still a lot of finishing to do. Then there are those closed Ferrari-like kits, but I have not seen any on this Forum.
Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder
G.R., that was one beautiful car! I'd have been proud to be parked near you!Quote:
Originally Posted by G.R.
What's FPSB ???
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Originally Posted by 34_40
It's a joke between G.R. and myself :3dSMILE:
Bill S.
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Originally Posted by mrmustang
Oh, I see.
Thanks, Bill
FPSP--also known as a FPOS
I totally agree with you G.R.
I go to car shows all the time here in Seffner, Florida and see that same thing from time to time.
I see guys bitch if a new guy comes in with a new car.
I see guys bitch if a new guy comes in with old car with after market parts on it.
Because it’s not original.
Isn’t a old car with original parts just like a car bought off the show room floor just a little older.
I mean the old car is really nice to see, But 20 years from now so will the new car be.
I like to see the cars that guys build with their own hands too.
What I don’t like is when you ask a guy that’s standing next to a custom built car a question
About it and he doesn’t have a clue.
I like to see guys that work on their own stuff, and you can trade ideas with them.
Or get new ideas from them on how to do something better or different .
I love to see old cars up dated with new tech in them, myself.
I think I’ve drivin Dave Severson nuts always asking him questions, sorry Dave.
Kurt
Now you're just teasin' me / us . !:)Quote:
Originally Posted by G.R.
I was sitting here just puttin' words together :D :D :D
GR,
That is a beautiful Cobra that you have. Great pictures too.
Ron :)
There is a guy locally that has a SS bodied cobra that he polished the stainless to almost look like chrome. In my opinion it is one of the sharpest cars I have ever seen. It has a 351 in it.
I guess it is just a kit. (I say that 100% tongue in cheek.)
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Originally Posted by Rickomatic
probably not SS but a polished Kirkham(builder from Utah)aluminum bodied car....and they are definitely purty when polished out :)
That is an understatementQuote:
Originally Posted by G.R.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77...ramotor012.jpg
Ron,
thanks for that info, I had no idea about that. I would say on an original of course not change the badges. I have had arguments with people about some of the other points on cobras, others insisting that "all cobras had the wide fenders" and "there's no such thing as a side oiler". gosh some people can be so frickin' stubborn, and when arguing from a point of ignorance.
If I had the money I wouldn't be opposed to buying a car that was done if it was what I wanted. there's a 48 chevy listed local that looks great i.m.h.o. there was a prostreet el camino for sale on ebay a couple of weeks ago I tried to talk my wife into letting me go in on with my uncle, was all done except engine assembly and transmission install. I'd have been happy to own it even if somebody else did all the hard work.
Red
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Originally Posted by mrmustang
That is a close example. Probably was aluminum. It almost hurt your eyes to look at in the sun.
Weren't the originals (England) Aluminum? I'd rather polish aluminium than fight stamping SS. How would you foum SS fenders with out the mold scratches / stretch marks?
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Originally Posted by heatwave
Weren't the DeLorean's stainless?
Yep! They had simple panels made to be replace in case of an accident. Keen concept!:D
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Originally Posted by heatwave
Yep the original Cobras were aluminum---Kirkham built a one-off out of copper a year or so ago.
I read an article a while back saying some electrolysis occurs between the aluminum body and the steel frames on the old shelby cobras. I guess this could be a problem. I wonder if you could put a zinc cathode on as a sacraficial piece of metal, kind of like on a boat engine.
You can get the same thing in an aluminum radiator in a steel frame.
Stovens, That is an interesting idea but it won't work using Zinc. Aluminum is already a more active metal than Zinc. The only way it might work is to use Magnesium which is more active than Aluminum. I have seen the same problem where folks use a Zinc anode on a boat with an aluminum hull when they should use an old mag wheel or a VW-4 engine block on the anchor chain. By the way a VW engine from a junk yard where it has had a chance to get water into the block should be inspected internally for "milk of magnesia" white slurry which is the result of magnesium reacting with water to form Magnesium hydroxide; iron rust is red but magnesium "rust" is white.
Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder
Don I was taking a guess at zinc, couldn't remember what they used on the out boards! Interesting on the VW's!:eek: