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09-13-2019, 07:40 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Las Vegas,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 65 mustang 289
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Can anyone help me identify this body?
An elderly man had a nice “65 Cobra” replica for sale. Standard 289 Mustang gear. He couldn’t remember the maker of the body. Here are some pics if anyone wants to take a shot. Car located on west coast and is about six years old.
2 round tailights, chrome rear bumper
Long rollbar with no braces, gas cap on drivers side behind driver
White parking lights, hood length seems short 46”
Wheelbase 91”
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09-13-2019, 10:58 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: San Antonio,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: Former owner: JCF 289 slabside, ERA #329 and 424, GTD "Essex Wire" GT40; currently enjoying Hi-Tech 427 #147
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Looks like a West Coast Cobra to me. Probably fitting since it’s, you know, a west coast Cobra ��
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09-14-2019, 06:09 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: New Britain,
CT
Cobra Make, Engine: Size 10 Feet
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West Coast's cars had an extended (96") wheelbase.
OP: Please give us more photos of the chassis, suspension, engine compartment and trunk area.
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09-14-2019, 08:17 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: San Antonio,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Former owner: JCF 289 slabside, ERA #329 and 424, GTD "Essex Wire" GT40; currently enjoying Hi-Tech 427 #147
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Yeah, I missed the wheelbase reference. That’s what I get for posting at midnight. The low, wide roll bar and the slightly longer nose are characteristic of a WCC/Stallion, but not the 91” WB.
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09-14-2019, 01:05 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Las Vegas,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 65 mustang 289
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Identify body
Thanks guys. Here are some not so great pix.
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09-14-2019, 01:24 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: White City,
SK
Cobra Make, Engine: West Coast, 460 CID
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Quote:
Originally Posted by snakeeyes
Looks like a West Coast Cobra to me. Probably fitting since it’s, you know, a west coast Cobra ��
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There are some similarities to WCC, but WCC / Kellison Stallion cars have much wider rear fenders and a frame structure under front fenders that I don't see in this car.
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09-14-2019, 02:33 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: San Antonio,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Former owner: JCF 289 slabside, ERA #329 and 424, GTD "Essex Wire" GT40; currently enjoying Hi-Tech 427 #147
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Jaitee, are you sure about the wheelbase? I noticed that the car has hood pins, mounted on those triangular bases in the rear corners of the hood opening. Lone Star Classics kits have those triangulations, but like the West Coast cars they have/had an extended wheelbase 5” longer than an original car. LSC cars also had live axles (at least a couple that I saw on the web did).
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09-14-2019, 02:41 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Greenville,
SC
Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-289 FIA, 65 Sunbeam Tiger, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
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I'm betting on a West Coast Cobra 
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09-14-2019, 03:21 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: San Antonio,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Former owner: JCF 289 slabside, ERA #329 and 424, GTD "Essex Wire" GT40; currently enjoying Hi-Tech 427 #147
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Originally Posted by mrmustang
I'm betting on a West Coast Cobra |
The West Coast cars also have those triangulations in the rear of the hood opening. Many, but not all, had exposed trunk hinges. I agree with cycleguy55 that the rear fenders of the WCC cars are very wide, but it’s kind of hard to judge from the pics. If the car could be rolled out of the garage it might be easier to narrow down. |
09-14-2019, 04:35 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2019
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Cobra Make, Engine: 65 mustang 289
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Identify
I’ll see if I can get a better wheelbase measurement and some better pics.
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09-16-2019, 08:11 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: St. Lucia, West Indies,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427SC 383 stroker
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Definitely not a West Coast Cobra. Better pics would help, but the deep lip around the inside of the rear cowl in the cockpit may suggest a Street Beasts / Classic Motor Carriages variant.
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09-16-2019, 10:31 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: San Antonio,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Former owner: JCF 289 slabside, ERA #329 and 424, GTD "Essex Wire" GT40; currently enjoying Hi-Tech 427 #147
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzz
Definitely not a West Coast Cobra. Better pics would help, but the deep lip around the inside of the rear cowl in the cockpit may suggest a Street Beasts / Classic Motor Carriages variant.
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CMC is a good possibility. Most of the solid-axle Street Beasts cars I've seen have a very pronounced rake to them, which can't really be judged in this particular car unless/until we see a good side shot of it. |
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