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[cg514]

hello everyone new member here
i am based in rural vic australia have looked here many times
i own an ac cobra body was made by autostyling in wa
it took me 13 years to build and i regoed it in 2003 does not
get driven much probably done 3,000 ks but enjoyed building it
Robert

[David Hodgson]

Hi and welcome Robert. Congratulations on persisting and completing an Autostyling kit. I use the term kit loosely as they didn't come with much. You maybe interested to know it was an Autostyling that took out top gong in the Show n shine at the very first Nationals at Mildura.
Tell us a bit about it; engine transact etc, colour, wheels, trials and tribulations of the build and rego process. Or even a pic or two
Cheers

[cg514]

thanks david yep it was a long haul i built it as i had the money
and all i got was a body that i bought of some one else but also had
some spare parts the screen and frame i was told that robnell used as
there template color is black with stripes engine 460bb stroker to 514
bullnose toploader with a sequntial shifter to a jag rearend lsd runs
on straight gasresearch throttles to an ida manifold
3 engineers first i think his name was gary george 2/werner ilse ithink was
his name3/ bisiteknics
chris

[750hp]

Welcome! That's a pretty cool drivetrain combo with the big block and sequential shifted toploader!

[cg514]

they would not pass the car unless it was on lpg

[Towmaster]

Hi Chris,
Good to see you on the forum and thanks again for volunteering to look at that V8 Supercar for me.
You should make the trip over to the Nationals this year mate!
Ash.

[cg514]

thanks Ash that bloke with the v8 supercar is back in buisness
was all a scam last of cobra photos

[Gav]

Hi Chris,
Did you run your 7' replica at the Geelong speed trials a couple of years ago?

[David Hodgson]

I'm a bit confused here - is it Chris or Robert? maybe just cg514.

Anyway, did you have a chassis fabricated or pick one up from a cobra kit supplier? What front end bits? It would have been a long haul just starting with a body. An Auto Styling I've seen was just a body shell, no cockpit. doors, boot and bonnet were still two piece needed to have the inners bonded.

I looked into them in about '85 and left them alone as the guy told me to use an MGB windscreen. We're spoilt with what's available today

[Treeve]

Did no-one else notice the GT40 back there?

[David Hodgson]

Originally Posted by Treeve

Did no-one else notice the GT40 back there?

Yep sure did Treeve ........ was going to get to that, gotta spread the conversation

[cg514]

hello Gav yes i did competed last year as well was next to you in the pits
have changed injection on motor since then and better tyres for rear
David made my own chassis no inner cockpit it is all double skin steel
steel floor firewall tunell so car is a bit fat but motor has plenty of torque
have trouble getting on site my laptop throws up a fault most times i try
Chris

[David Hodgson]

I think there may have been an issue with the site. I have had trouble opening it all this week from home and work.

[Modena]

There are always issues with this site.

[Gav]

Good to see you on here Chris, your 7 is a weapon.
It does great donuts too!

[Rob. Smith]

Nice gas set up..where are your evaporators located ?

[cg514]

yes Gav it can swap ends before you know it it ran much better at the
last geelong sprints put an LSD rear in it hope to go better this year
Rob the cobra runs a single convertor mounted on top of the passenger
foot well in the engine bay vapor lines run behind engine in those s/steel
tubes
chris

[albanycobra]

Hi Chris
great to see you here.....very nice Cobra..as usual....

[750hp]

That plenum is just screaming out for twin turbos!

[cg514]

hello craig i had to make the plenum that way to miss the dizzy
there is a lot of room at front of engine for turbos but not much
room around exhaust area probably leave that upgrade to next
owner
chris