[Dan Case]

Most original linkage small parts for the opposed carburetor systems were pretty crude looking, most never got so much as an oiling to protect them from corrosion. I have a mint original system 99% exactly like CSX2323 and CSX2345 got (retail systems missed a few details team cars systems got) that got installed on a Cobra for a very short time, perhaps days as the installer never got the car to run correctly and removed them. The system was new old stock then and perfect except of one thing. The installer didn't notice that a pair of "extra" AN washers were under one of the base gaskets so there was an enormous vacuum leak. The system was removed intact and put in a display case in his parts business for decades until I bought it. Except for the dust accumulated in the display case the system never got dirty. The original hand fabricated parts in bare steel never got into a situation where they would rust beyond fine blush. This system has been photographed down to the tiniest details by a person with an ex-works racer so he could put his ex-works induction system back to as close to a day one appearance as he could. The pretty plating you see on all the works racers now is for the most part owner/restored added appearance ‘improvements’. If you get a chance to go through period books and magazines or the books with collections of factory images you will quickly learn how crude looking the Cobra team cars systems were. Those people back then were racing not making pretty engine compartments.