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08-18-2011, 08:41 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Hideaway, Texas,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft #318, 418 CI, 532 RWHP, Mass Flow Injected, TKO600-Road Race, BMW M3 Suspension, Race Springs (Wouldn't do it again, rough on the street).
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CSX for Sale, Hemmings - Might be old news
This showed up this morning on my Hemmings page - Red CSX (no number published), just short of a million. Might be old news to some.
Hope the link works, looks funny.
Cobra for sale | Hemmings Motor News
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Wayne Rogers in Hideaway, Texas
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08-18-2011, 12:14 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Jasper, GA,
GA
Cobra Make, Engine: Owned CSX 3121 1969-1975. Went to the dark side and bought a 'Vette. May yet repent and be saved.
Posts: 657
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Nice to see a "street" 427 that hasn't been made into a pseudo SC. The price may be a reach in this economy. Damn, I wish I had held on to 3121!
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08-18-2011, 02:37 PM
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Is that a 427 or 428 engined car???
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08-18-2011, 02:50 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Ottawa,
ON
Cobra Make, Engine: 2002 Superformance w/392 stroker
Posts: 1,622
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CSX3282
Originally a 428 car.
One of a handful of original coil-sprung Cobras in Canada.
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"Anyone who drives faster than you is a Maniac,
and anyone who drives slower is an Idiot." - George Carlin
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08-18-2011, 03:01 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: No city...only 118 residents in Manter,
KS
Cobra Make, Engine: Cobra Auto Works body, Ron Godell Racecars chassis, 1989 Mustang GT 5.0 HO (converted to carb), W/C T-5, 3.73's in a Ford 9" Traction-Loc.
Posts: 812
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Original battery?
How good is that going to be?
That's like including the original strings on a vintage Martin D-28!!
Cheers from Dugly 
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YD,E./PNB
No names were changed to protect the innocent! 
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08-18-2011, 03:21 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Manchester,
NH
Cobra Make, Engine: AK1085 (302 Street), HTM111 (427 Comp), CSX2375R (289 Comp) and COB5999 (427 S/C)
Posts: 18,997
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Sweet car non the less...........  |
08-18-2011, 05:12 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Cobra Make, Engine: CSX2321
Posts: 1,368
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Quote:
Originally Posted by YerDugliness
Original battery?
How good is that going to be?
That's like including the original strings on a vintage Martin D-28!!
Cheers from Dugly |
The more original parts that come with an original Cobra the better. That doesn't mean the battery is still being used. 
You wouldn't want to drive on those Blue Dots either, but they're nice to have.
This is a very nice Cobra. |
08-18-2011, 05:21 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: No city...only 118 residents in Manter,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Cobra Auto Works body, Ron Godell Racecars chassis, 1989 Mustang GT 5.0 HO (converted to carb), W/C T-5, 3.73's in a Ford 9" Traction-Loc.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by A-Snake
The more original parts that come with an original Cobra the better. That doesn't mean the battery is still being used.
You wouldn't want to drive on those Blue Dots either, but they're nice to have.
This is a very nice Cobra. |
I see what you mean.....if the car is sitting in a museum, not to be run on a daily basis, then the dead battery is just fine, it makes the car more "period correct" even if it won't fire up the car.
The Blue Dots, if they hold air, would serve the same purpose.
I didn't think of it that way....the analogy to leaving the original guitar strings on an old Martin was flawed....there's NO benefit to doing that!
Cheers from Dugly
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08-18-2011, 05:51 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Cobra Make, Engine: CSX2321
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Quote:
Originally Posted by YerDugliness
I see what you mean.....if the car is sitting in a museum, not to be run on a daily basis, then the dead battery is just fine, it makes the car more "period correct" even if it won't fire up the car.
The Blue Dots, if they hold air, would serve the same purpose.
I didn't think of it that way....the analogy to leaving the original guitar strings on an old Martin was flawed....there's NO benefit to doing that!
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Who said the battery will not 'fire' the car?
By the way, this car does not sit in a museum. It is driven regularly. It joined 29 other original Cobras in Wyoming last year for a 1000 mile tour through Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. |
08-24-2011, 06:37 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Kaslo,
BC
Cobra Make, Engine: CSX3282, a 428 big block car made in a little airport factory in California in 1966
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Hi guys. the battery is actually a 45 year old NOS battery that has never had acid in it. The tires are also 45 years old, very skinny, and very hard. i have modern tires for driving. We did try driving on the old tires once. We had to pull off the road because we were laughing so hard i thought we were going to crash. Earl
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08-24-2011, 07:51 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Holderness, NH, US of A,
NH
Cobra Make, Engine: CSX 4772 old iron FE
Posts: 5,499
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Hey Earl what was so funny the lack of traction? Glad you stopped in over here.
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08-25-2011, 01:04 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Kaslo,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CSX3282, a 428 big block car made in a little airport factory in California in 1966
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traction
Every time i even touched the gas, the tires would spin. It was like driving on a skating rink. The hard rubber would make a horrible squealing sound and my brother would yell "that's a hundred bucks!" He kept yelling that until we were both laughing so hard i couldn't drive anymore. We went home and took the tires off. My father was the ONLY man to ever sell a new 427 Cobra in Canada. A few years back he told me he was driving it one day in 1966 in downtown Calgary and ground looped the car several times in a very busy intersection and only with dumb luck did he not hit anything. He stalled the car and sat there shaking so bad he couldn't drive anymore. He was right in front of the GM dealer (wouldn't you know it) and he knew the sales manager. The guy came running out and helped dad get off the street. Dad eventually drove the car back to Metro Ford and never touched it again. The eventual buyer of that car wrecked it less than 6 months after buying it. Earl
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