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01-24-2014, 12:00 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Bay Area (Peninsula),
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427, 427/487 side-oiler
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Nicer heater shut-off valve options
ERA supplied an NPT to 5/8" barb shut-off valve so I can stop coolant flow during warmer weather. I want a valve, but this one looks like it's from Home Depot. Has anyone found a nicer alternative? I could get an aluminum in-line valve from Fragola or Peterson, but they are meant for fuel and not cooling systems. Then again, most of the engine is aluminum so I don't see why they wouldn't be compatible.
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01-24-2014, 01:13 PM
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I put my shut off valve next to the core between the fire wall and dash - out of sight.
A nice vintage push pull rounds the whole picture up (right above the blower speed selector).
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01-24-2014, 01:44 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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I just dressed it up a little with a little ivory cream colored paint.
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01-24-2014, 02:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by G-Pete
I put my shut off valve next to the core between the fire wall and dash - out of sight.
A nice vintage push pull rounds the whole picture up (right above the blower speed selector).
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Nice, very clean! Especially like the rally clocks!
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01-24-2014, 03:08 PM
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I was going to say the same thing on the stopwatches. Really nice. Where did you get those, and the mount?
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01-24-2014, 03:47 PM
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Quote:
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Nice, very clean! Especially like the rally clocks!
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01-24-2014, 03:50 PM
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I was going to say the same thing on the stopwatches. Really nice. Where did you get those, and the mount?
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There's a set on eBay. Better be sitting down before you click the link!
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Heuer Triple Rally Dash Timer Clocks Dashboard Abercrombie Fitch Monte Carlo | eBay
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01-24-2014, 03:53 PM
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01-24-2014, 07:55 PM
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01-25-2014, 04:42 AM
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Although a little utilitarian in appearance, isn't the shut off valve used by ERA (as seen in Patrick's picture above) pretty much what Shelby installed? Well, maybe without the paint. It appears pretty much identical in appearance to what I see on original cars.
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01-25-2014, 07:52 AM
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What Patrick has in the photo is very close to original. There are chrome ones sold by a lot of the restoration houses like Drake and so on.
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01-25-2014, 08:35 AM
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What Patrick has in the photo is very close to original. There are chrome ones sold by a lot of the restoration houses like Drake and so on.
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And that valve only gets turned twice a year.  I close it off as spring approaches summer and I open it up as summer approaches fall. So it's not like you're driving down the road and someone says "Honey, turn up the heat a little, will you?" and you pull off to the side of the road, get out, lift the hood, and adjust the valve.  It's more like the landlord that you had back in college that would say "the heat is on from Columbus Day to Easter -- don't ask us to change it because we won't." |
01-25-2014, 03:49 PM
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The heater control valve in the ERA is the same one I had in my bug eyed Sprite in the 60's. Turns the heat on and off. Goes along with the no power anything on the car );-)
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01-25-2014, 04:46 PM
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And that valve only gets turned twice a year. I close it off as spring approaches summer and I open it up as summer approaches fall. So it's not like you're driving down the road and someone says "Honey, turn up the heat a little, will you?" and you pull off to the side of the road, get out, lift the hood, and adjust the valve. It's more like the landlord that you had back in college that would say "the heat is on from Columbus Day to Easter -- don't ask us to change it because we won't." |
That's the only time you get to hear "Honey, turn up the heat a little"?!!!
Wow, sorry!
Larry
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01-26-2014, 08:43 PM
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Thought that meant go FASTER!!!
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01-27-2014, 10:18 AM
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Quote:
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I was going to say the same thing on the stopwatches. Really nice. Where did you get those, and the mount?
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Here you get all the info on them...
Anyone has Stop Watches installed... - FFCars.com : Factory Five Racing Discussion Forum
I have to keep it short because it is not the original topic and the post police comes in and nag nag nag nagnag....hahaha
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