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I agree with your analysis of why Cobras didn't sell well. Very primitive for the time and money needed to buy one.
However, a "Cobra" AM radio WAS an option on the 289's and was actually quite popular. It was a Motorola non-push button radio with a built-in speaker and was wonderful to use while you had the engine turned off, say, while you were washing the car!
On the road, its hard to hear the thing, unless you had the top up.
Yep! The cars all came with soft tops (289's and 427's) In fact the tops are the same and fit either car. I've used mine interchangeably. You build a nice little frame out of two pieces of bent rods, and then stretch the vinyl top over it and snap it in place.
Plexiglas side curtains also came with all the cars.
Hardtops were an option for big and small block cars, and not as popular, although there were atleast three different manufacturers. Fiberglass usually, with different side curtains than the soft tops. Atleast two variations on the size of the rear window, and several variations on how the top was fastened to the cars.
Hawk Cars in England tells me they have the original top molds.
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