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Old 03-25-2003, 10:37 PM
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Default One more time -- BLACK slabside

I couldn't resist...

OK -- I'm not absolutely positive that it's black, but I even like the period correct white-wall tires. Oh, by the way, who are those two guys?


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Old 03-25-2003, 11:08 PM
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Just realized that picture shows the car with a trunk mounted luggage rack ala Austin-Healy , Triumph, and MG

Steve was asking Carroll what it would take to remove it
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Asked many times before, but does anyone know exactly which luggage rack that is? I remember Bob of ERA posting which rack they've modified/used in the past. But with SA using parts from many different English cars, the luggage rack must come from a specific car, or G.R. ((a trunk mounted luggage rack ala Austin-Healy , Triumph, and MG)), are you thinking that the same rack was used on all three two-seaters you listed; and the Cobra?
An old beat up leather suitcase riding on a stock rack would sure make for more "trunk space", for certain longer trips.
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My favorite slabside--and one of the neatest Cobras I've seen--was a British Racing Green car I saw at Elkhart two years ago. It had Halibrand "kidney bean" wheels and must have been an early car, as it had the first-generation Cobra emblems and a Rotunda tach. It looked to be unrestored and had huge amounts of patina. I drooled all over that car for quite a while as everyone else seemed occupied with the Can Am cars it was parked near...

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Steve was asking Carroll what it would take to remove it
Carroll's reply:

"Flip the car a couple of times Mr. Big Hollwood Movie Star, that'll get rid of it! You may have been great in Stalag 17 on a Harley, but try it in a Cobra!. I bet someday you'll probably try it with one of my fine SAI products in the Streets of San Francisco"
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Default Luggage rack

Looks a LOT like the MG rack used from '61 on. You can get then from Moss, Victoria British, Euro spares etc.
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Default It's "real"!

The "street" Cobras used an Austin Healey ash tray. Therefore, I have an "original" Cobra ash tray in my Healey? I better go polish it some more,,,,,,,,,,,,


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John:
That was the Great Escape and he was on a Triumph.
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McQueen: "Do you really think this thing can outrun a Dodge Charger? Can you take off those sissy whitewalls and wires, put on a set of Torq-thrusts, and maybe paint it a manly shade of green?"

CS: "Aw hell, Steve, this thang'll run rings around any ol' Dodge. Problem is, it was special-ordered in Princess Blue with wires, whitewalls, and a luggage rack by Rock Hudson. I don't know why. Don't have any more cars comin' over from England for a while, either, since we're switchin' 'em all to fourtwennysevens. You might try a Mustang..."
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Great idea Snakeyes! Lets fill in the text bubbles.

McQueen:

"$6000! You have got to be ****tin' me! Are you sure you won't take $4000. In a couple of years you will be giving these things away"

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Leave it to me and I can screw up a wet dream.

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MCQueen: That sure is a nice lookin' Corvette you got there Mr.!
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{{Looks a LOT like the MG rack used from '61 on. You can get then from Moss, Victoria British, Euro spares etc.}}

I had three different MGs, two had racks, my memory is fading, and my eyes are going, but I'm not sure the racks looked exactly like that.

http://www.mossmotors.com/cgi-bin/db...&ModelID=31000

Wow, no wonder my racks may have not matched the one above.
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Default Nobody rides free.....

Steve: "I'd ask you to sign the dash but I don't want to pay the big money. How 'bout I get you on one of my movies instead"?

Carrol: "Use one of my Cobra's in the movie and I'll think about signing the dash for ya".



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Probably because I am refering to the MGB or Midget rack! I should know by now that you have to be specific in this group

Here are some pics of what is available
http://www.mgocaccessories.co.uk/aca..._Racks_95.html
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Talking Whoa there Ernie!

Lets not make this another 'good' or 'evil' Carroll thread

McQueen:

"Does Carroll Smith rate your wardrobe? You know with the hat... yep I can see it! Now what is this about Rock?"


I didn't know that about the Healey ash tray. I saw one parked not that long ago. I could have got one then! Darn! Missed again.

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Steve..."Carroll, is this thing more REAL than that damn attorney's in New Jersey?"

Carroll..."He!! yes! This one's supposed to be painted black."
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How did you fare on the trip with Turk. Still a quitter?

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Having to start over...consumption measured in cartons.
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