[Historybuff]

Sorry I meant CSX3002. I don't know how to change the headline now that I typed it.
I was just looking at Friedman's softbound book RACING COBRAS published by Petersen some years ago (and in hardbound by a Newport Beach firm some years before) and noticed he has a front 3/4 view of the brushed aluminum finished (unpainted ) Cobra that was captioned "the first and only factory sponsored big block Cobra" The picture is printed on lousy porous paper so I can't see what the decal is on the side. It looks sort of like a Thunderbird decal, with two wings going straight out. The decal compared to the side vent looks about 6" long and 2" high. I can't see what's in the center. Could this be a H & M insignia? If makes me wonder if the engine was installed by H & M as they had lots of racing 427 engines at the time from NASCAR. I also find it odd that, since I recall a picture of this car from the rear 3/4 that it had a glove compartment when I thought racing 427 Cobras had no glove compartment, but maybe they sorted that out once they began racing it, being surprised the first time the door flopped open at speed.

I am also confused where the two pictures were shot. I think one in England (the test track shot from the rear 3/4 with Remington visible) while the other shot I've seen shows cars with black and yellow Calif. plates.