Cobra: CSX 3127

[ERA Chas]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

I wonder if those are mag wheels on 3127 and if the seller would be willing to sell them separately.

Down boy,
Enlarging the photo it appears as though the stem is in the web at the 5 o'clock position of the front wheel...

[Trueoo7]

Originally Posted by computerworks

I get a little sad when I see street changed to S/C...it's amazing how many had that conversion done over the years.

When you say changed, does that mean they installed a whole new rear clip or did they modify the existing body to make it wider?

[Nedsel]

Originally Posted by Trueoo7

When you say changed, does that mean they installed a whole new rear clip or did they modify the existing body to make it wider?

I think you'll have to ask Mike McCluskey that one.

[Historybuff]

I remember seeing what was represented to me to be first street car (smooth hood, no side pipes) at Shelby American's factory in '65. That car was red. Later in Detroit, I was given a ride by a lady driver accompanying the Cobra Caravan, that car was red with white side pipes, but I don't remember if it had a hood scoop (I was too busy trying to fasten the seat belt at 140 mph!).

I can see how a used car dealer would be tempted to pump up the Cobra image with a hood scoop and side pipes but I predict eventually most real CSX2000 and CSX3000 Cobras will be retrofitted color and trim-wise as to how they came out of the factory originally (that means a lot of side pipes and or hood scoops will be tossed out!) or maybe how they were raced in a particular race. Anyway, I wonder how many of the S/C mechanical changes were made on the car in question that you can't see in the pictures or was it just scoop and side pipes?

Also I saw the movie COBRA and try as I might I didn't see a single Cobra in it (I think Stallone was driving some chopped top Merc with a supercharger and maybe nitrous). But I did see a similar black big block Cobra parked in front of a beach house in Malibu so maybe that was Sly's. What a dummy he was for selling it when he didn't need the money...(well, maybe that divorce from Brigette Nielson--who was in the movie COBRA with him-- cost him heavy bread and it had to go...)

[fordracing65]

Solid black is my favorite cobra.