[Historybuff]

I was at Valley Circle too, saw the car. My question would be: Were the wheelwell arches
added after the Cobra FIA cars already had their flared arches or shaped to cover the wheel and tires they were using? I ask this only because on the Ken Miles 390 at Sebring in '64 the rear arches were more flared lips than bulging rear fenders.
I saw the picture of the hardtop the owner had on display which looked from the side like a 250LM roof. I wonder if it had an inset (tunnelback) rear window like the 250LM too? Was the hardtop aluminum? Under the hood it looked like a car of that era but was the linkage for the carburetors the same as in the good old days?

Regarding that owner, yes, he drives his cars on the street. I have seen him drive his Ferrari Testa Rossa on the street and that's easily a $5 million car. So him drive the Cobra around is normal for him--he is director of a club of supporters for the Petersen Museum.

There's a big story on the car in Vintage Motorsport current issue. The article hints that it could actualy be CSX2000 but we all know CSX2000 has inboard rear brakes. Not much is made of it but I wonder what the reasoning would be? I wonder if a comparison has been made with pictures of CSX2000 being built?