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03-21-2018, 02:27 PM
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Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: arroyo grande, ca,
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Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 427
Posts: 1,774
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Iconic Cobra publicity photo.
This to me is one of the most iconic of the Cobra publicity photos.
As a snowbird teenager, this California photo was forever burned into my memory and after many cars in my past, I finally built the car of that dream some 10 years ago.
So this summer I'm going to drive my Cobra to the same spot as that publicity photo and duplicate that photo with my car in it.
Here are a couple of Google images of the location.
Cheers
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03-21-2018, 04:11 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Carlsbad,
Ca
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2932 with 438 Lykins Motorsports engine. Previous owner of FFR 5452.
Posts: 2,616
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That girl in the photo is going to be pretty old by now. I bet the car weathered the years better than she did.
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Jim
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03-21-2018, 05:19 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Farmingdale,
NY
Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary Classic Motor Car; 427 S/O
Posts: 263
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Iconic photo
Go for it, you only go by one time......Note the missing center cap on the rear driver side wheel....
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03-21-2018, 07:00 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
Posts: 22,011
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Uhhhh, just Photoshop it and then tell everybody you went there.  |
03-22-2018, 06:53 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Nov 2017
Cobra Make, Engine: CSX4000 427 center oiler
Posts: 94
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If you like, let us know when, and those of us in the area can join you.
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03-22-2018, 07:13 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Maryville,
TN
Cobra Make, Engine: '65 Shelby Cobra, '66 Shelby GT350's
Posts: 279
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Could be fun, just don't be too surprised to find the area has changed.
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03-22-2018, 08:25 AM
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Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: arroyo grande, ca,
ca
Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 427
Posts: 1,774
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The girl in the photo? May have to use photoshop.
The missing rear center cap? I think it was common for the 427 street roadsters to have center caps only on the front. Don't know why. I don't run any because I think it looks better/tougher/racier.
I drive that stretch of road quite often and the view looks pretty much the same except for all the new catch fencing CalTrans has put up on the hill side to mitigate falling rock and hillside slumps/mini slides.
I'll keep you all posted as to a date for those who might want to make a lunch run up past Malibu.
Cheers
Greg
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03-22-2018, 08:30 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: arroyo grande, ca,
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Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 427
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Might have to be a morning run to the location. The shadowing in the original publicity photo looks like mid to late morning. Certainly before noon.
Anal or what?
Cheers
Greg
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03-22-2018, 10:59 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Cobra Make, Engine: FFR fat block tko 600 9"
Posts: 191
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Already touched on, but photo will feature granddaughter or great granddaughter??? (Not a bad thing btw)
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03-22-2018, 11:03 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: arroyo grande, ca,
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Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 427
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Yup. We're that old already!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers
Greg
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03-22-2018, 12:45 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Mesa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #2119 289FIA
Posts: 5,380
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The PCH suffered some pretty severe rock/mud slides last year and I don't know if you'll be able to access the area. I've driven it a few times, starting in '69 when there were big signs stating "the next 56 miles are not patrolled dusk to dawn", or something like that. Much of the road has been greatly widened, shored up, and even relocated in attempts to keep it from falling into the sea. Still breath taking, amazing, and "as seen on TV". Good luck. Looking forward to your results.
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Karlos
"In the Land of the Pigs, The Butcher is King"
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03-22-2018, 01:24 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Austin, TX,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham 599 Polished Bronze
Posts: 551
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I'm looking forward to seeing the final picture.
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03-22-2018, 02:41 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: White City,
SK
Cobra Make, Engine: West Coast, 460 CID
Posts: 2,908
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Is this anywhere near where Tony Maxey drove CSX 3303 over a cliff and into the Pacific Ocean?
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Brian
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03-22-2018, 04:59 PM
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Center cap
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Originally Posted by streetrod1927
Go for it, you only go by one time......Note the missing center cap on the rear driver side wheel....
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Original cars came with center cap/grease cap on front wheels only |
03-22-2018, 05:05 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Nothing like a sandy beach and a Cobra with no rear wheel caps to give you the opportunity to experience pulling your rear hubs out of the carrier.  |
03-22-2018, 05:16 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: arroyo grande, ca,
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Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 427
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Over a cliff. Don't think it was here. Only about a 10 or 12 ft drop to the beach.
And I certainly won't drive on the beach without sand paddle tires.
Cheers
Greg
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03-22-2018, 05:28 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: arroyo grande, ca,
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I'm surprised that no one has commented on the snakeskin overlay I put on the sat pics.
Cheers
Greg
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03-22-2018, 05:50 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Toledo,
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Of course 3170 is correct. Cars only had center caps/grease caps on the front, to protect the bearings, there aren't any bearings on the rear.
So every guy who had caps on the rear, is incorrect, if trying to be original looking.
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03-22-2018, 05:55 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Charlottesville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Coombe, Shelby Block 496
Posts: 1,187
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CSX3183
Of course 3170 is correct. Cars only had center caps/grease caps on the front, to protect the bearings, there aren't any bearings on the rear.
So every guy who had caps on the rear, is incorrect, if trying to be original looking.
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There are indeed bearings in the rear uprights/ hubs, the hole in question is a blind hole. |
03-22-2018, 06:09 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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But who of us has original style axles and hubs? Most of us with Jag based IRS rear suspensions have a big castle nut in the hub on the end of the stub axle on the outside of the wheel. |
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