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Old 05-22-2012, 04:52 PM
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Thumbs up **Barn Find**shelby cobra rare rear end

Hey guys i have something here i could use your help with.Below is pictures of what i believe to be a shelby cobra, although all the ones ive ever seen have a different rear end and different trunk shape. The body is what i believe to be either alimunim or really light steel. The frame itself is steel and looks like it was custom made. So i was wondering if its not a shelby cobra what could it be??







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Leave it in the barn.
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Old 05-22-2012, 05:08 PM
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MGA with '82 Ford passenger car steering column & wheel. Pass.........
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Old 05-22-2012, 05:15 PM
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MGA with '82 Ford passenger steering column & wheel. Pass.......
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a real gem there.......i think if you go look behind the barn you'll find the rust spot and crater it was sitting in before it was dragged in there
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I agree with Rick, this looks like a 1958 +~- MGA with a modified dash,here is a picture of one like it.
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Definitely a Ford key though.
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Old 05-22-2012, 06:13 PM
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"Danger, Will Robinson!" Agree, leave it, unless you like pain and misery and have an up to date tetanus booster.
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And def NOT Aluminum
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Leave it where you found it.

Not worth the cost of dragging out of the barn.
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Everyone is so negative, what's a little rust? Let's help the guy out. Here's your first part, a new steering wheel.

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Damn, burn down that barn........ Looks like one of those Healey 3000 kits using 302... Sorry, not a fan .
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I like the galvanized dashboard...

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you could build a nice cobra for less than it would take to restore that mga
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That's the first engine compartment that I've seen that I thought looked worse than mine.

Seriously, it's an interesting piece, but it would take years of work and then, what exactly would you have?
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Old 05-22-2012, 09:29 PM
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Old 05-22-2012, 09:43 PM
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MGA for sure...
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called a pile of sheet.
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Agree. MGA. I've seen that sort of grille opening added to an 'A before (why would you do that?) And definitely steel body.
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Looks like a car I saw in Central Florida 20-years ago... still in the same barn!
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