How is it this car is titled as a 65 when it was sold in 66? The registry states that the last known plate on the car read "66 Cobra".
Larry
The year on the MSO defines the model year, not when it is sold or registered. I have seen three year old "new" units sold and registered as the MSO indicated model yer, not the calender year.
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Steve Sunshine had this car in his garage for a while. Saw the car up close and in person. A lot of details for CSX 4206 follow this car including dual quads.
Yup...ran into Sunshine a couple of years ago at Monterey when he was first starting to go through it. Remember some pics showing the gold paintjob. I can think of no more meticulous (anal retentive) person to entrust with it.
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You guys are off topic. I'd like to suggest a nostalgia thread with a couple of headliners being the subtitled Nazi vid and a link to that breaking, entering and violating of 4027.
Now you're talking some really funny schtuff, especially if you know the players.
That would be a fun thread. All the groups that came together here, the early London gatherings...why don't you start it? You've been around longer than...hell, I think you must've been online waiting for Brent to open this place.
I'd be interested in getting opinions on this: if a car has been repainted, hasn't it been (at least partially) restored? To me, an unrestored car is just that: it's got everything on it as it left the factory, including the factory paint. 3047 was repainted, and years later various blades were used to remove the repaint and reveal the scuffed but original gold, except for those places where the blue repaint would not come off and where there was some body filler, such as around the oil scoop. What are your thoughts - is this an "unrestored" car?
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I wonder whether this is the gold SC that Carter Gette had at his Ford dealership in Milbrook, NY in the early 70s. I met Carter through the strange couple who actually owned that car and had advertised it for sale in Autoweek in 1971. But that's a whole 'nother story.
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I'd be interested in getting opinions on this: if a car has been repainted, hasn't it been (at least partially) restored? To me, an unrestored car is just that: it's got everything on it as it left the factory, including the factory paint. 3047 was repainted, and years later various blades were used to remove the repaint and reveal the scuffed but original gold, except for those places where the blue repaint would not come off and where there was some body filler, such as around the oil scoop. What are your thoughts - is this an "unrestored" car?
IMHO, it is unrestored and simply has more patina.
I parked my Cobra right next to Anthony's #5 red SC at Fabulous Fords a few years ago. Trust me, he leaves everything as original as possible and drives them everywhere! A great guy and true to the legacy.
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I'd be interested in getting opinions on this: if a car has been repainted, hasn't it been (at least partially) restored? To me, an unrestored car is just that: it's got everything on it as it left the factory, including the factory paint. 3047 was repainted, and years later various blades were used to remove the repaint and reveal the scuffed but original gold, except for those places where the blue repaint would not come off and where there was some body filler, such as around the oil scoop. What are your thoughts - is this an "unrestored" car?
Methinks it's a "derestored" car.
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The original valve covers are sand cast chosen at dealer.
I have the original ones via Jack L.
So 47 has repop covers of the correct ones.
Also the bumper in the Carter picture is hanging in the garage.
Remember these cars are all a bit different especially when it came to owners taste. This car also had black shag carpet at one point and FIA wheels.
The white stripes were added by Jack and Paula in the day via a shaker can.
Can't make this stuff up. Lol. Jack also hated the FIA wheel so off they came and halibrands added.
Believe it or not this car had the cast covers, they were later drilled for the larger breathers. Yuck, but so.
Jack was not a fan so off they came.
BTW when this car was in MD it was driven heavily. Don did not let it sit in the garage for all those years. Was parked when it threw a rod.
Right, replacement block......
My vote would be to gracefully sand back the blue and hit it with light coat of gold. I get the patina but after Steve plucked off the blue it split the paint anyway. Technically it has been repainted once already.
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