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01-28-2004, 10:22 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Northport,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham, KMP178 / '66 GT350H, 4-speed
Posts: 10,362
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Sorry, should have by-lined that pic from Steve.
Jamie.. the leather tends to "cross-wrinkle", like this unmolested street car...
(picture courtesy Turk)
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01-28-2004, 10:29 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Los Angeles,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: E.R.A. FIA #2088 1964 289 w/Webers
Posts: 2,151
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Great info! I'm thinking of adding door pockets to my FIA & was wonder what would look most authentic.
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Hyde D. Baker
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01-28-2004, 10:46 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Northport,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham, KMP178 / '66 GT350H, 4-speed
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From SpecialK's site, a picture of how an FIA door should look...
Door pockets weren't part of the equation on this race car.
I do have an older pic of door pockets added to an FIA door if you want to see it. |
01-28-2004, 11:01 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Los Angeles,
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Cobra Make, Engine: E.R.A. FIA #2088 1964 289 w/Webers
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Yes, Please 
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Hyde D. Baker
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01-28-2004, 11:05 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Northport,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham, KMP178 / '66 GT350H, 4-speed
Posts: 10,362
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vintage pic...
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01-28-2004, 11:08 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Los Angeles,
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Cobra Make, Engine: E.R.A. FIA #2088 1964 289 w/Webers
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Awsome! Thank you!
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Hyde D. Baker
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01-28-2004, 11:13 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Ridgewood,
NJ
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham or the Evil Empire. Do kids NEED college?
Posts: 322
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"keeper of the truth" has spoken
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01-28-2004, 11:22 AM
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Renegade Nuns on Wheels
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: columbus,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427 roadster with 351C-4B
Posts: 5,129
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Gee and I always thought the seats where covered in sheep skin
Rick
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01-28-2004, 12:16 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Vero Beach,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: COX 6111 - '66 "AC 289 Sports."
Posts: 1,572
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On a "for what it's worth" basis:
All of the documentation & pictures I have researched, as well as the original cars I have looked at, show that the original 427 comp and S/C cars (i.e. every one of the 30xx cars) came from England with vinyl-covered seats and a grained, black vinyl-like material glued to the doors and rear bulkhead. They were also carpeted on the transmission tunnel and floors in a wool blend that I doubt was Wilton but looks similar. They did not have the aluminum trim piece around the lower door opening to hold the carpeting in place like the street cars. As for the photo of the seat from 3014, the grain does not look original to me, but the seat may either be worn or heavily treated with some kind of vinyl product.
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Ned Scudder
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01-28-2004, 12:24 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Northport,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham, KMP178 / '66 GT350H, 4-speed
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As always, Ned, thanks for adding to the info on this topic.
(fyi - Ned manages the SAAC Registry for CSX2000/3000 cars)
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01-28-2004, 04:29 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Atlanta,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CAV GT40 with 331 KC
Posts: 2,187
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Ron,
Do you happen to have any picturs or descriptions of the comp seat mounts?
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01-28-2004, 04:36 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: The Heart of the Citrus District,
NJ
Cobra Make, Engine: Sold 3047 & 3002 in 2012
Posts: 2,763
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Pat
I have a mechanical drawing from Bill Kemper. If you give me a fax, I will dig it out and fax it.
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08-03-2010, 08:57 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Kalamazoo,
mi
Cobra Make, Engine:
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origional carpet (for S/C
Was the carpet loop or cut pyle?
If loop, anyone know the count?
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08-03-2010, 11:23 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Tucson,
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Cobra Make, Engine:
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Original carpet was Wilton wool in the standard Cobra. Not sure of cut vs loop and was that in the S/C... I think so.
Larry
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08-03-2010, 11:55 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Cobra Make, Engine: Unique Motorcars 289 USRRC, 1964 289 stroked to 331, toploader
Posts: 1,086
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nedsel
On a "for what it's worth" basis:
All of the documentation & pictures I have researched, as well as the original cars I have looked at, show that the original 427 comp and S/C cars (i.e. every one of the 30xx cars) came from England with vinyl-covered seats and a grained, black vinyl-like material glued to the doors and rear bulkhead. They were also carpeted on the transmission tunnel and floors in a wool blend that I doubt was Wilton but looks similar. They did not have the aluminum trim piece around the lower door opening to hold the carpeting in place like the street cars. As for the photo of the seat from 3014, the grain does not look original to me, but the seat may either be worn or heavily treated with some kind of vinyl product.
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Ned,
Do you have this info for the USRRC cars... more specifically for Lew Florence's CSX2459?
Also, anyone know the actual color of Lew's car... sunlight yellow from '64?
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