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01-04-2016, 06:54 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Canberra,
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Cobra Make, Engine: RMC, Ford, Tremec, Dana
Posts: 31
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New owner - been looking for a while!
Hi all,
Have posted a few times over the past 6 months and thanks to all who have assisted with some of my questions.
I just purchased my first Cobra, looked at a lot of cars over the past few months but finally managed to track down one that met my criteria.
Car is an RMC Anaconda, 351 Cleveland with a few upgrades, Toploader 4 speed, jag front and rear etc. with some nice suspension upgrades.
Rides, stops, handles and goes great!
Cheers,
Slide
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01-04-2016, 08:11 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Creedmoor,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR3542K, 347 C. I., EFI, T-5, Miata Front Sway Bar, 3 Link, Red with White Stripes
Posts: 1,163
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Welcome to the madness. How about some pictures?
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Texas Cobra Club-Austin
July 2009 FFCars Picture of the Month
FFR3542K, 347, Holley Sniper EFI, T-5, 4 Wheel Discs, 3-Link, Miata Front Sway Bar, Red with White Stripes
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01-04-2016, 08:50 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Canberra,
ACT
Cobra Make, Engine: RMC, Ford, Tremec, Dana
Posts: 31
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is there a minimum number of posts prior to be able to post a photo?
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01-04-2016, 09:02 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Cobra Make, Engine: DeType - 302 EFI ITB
Posts: 48
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Congratulations and Welcome
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01-05-2016, 12:40 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Brisbane Australia. Cobra:Arntz Chev 454,
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slideorama
is there a minimum number of posts prior to be able to post a photo?
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Slide I think there is a minimum, could be ten or so.
In the meantime, congratulations on your purchase. RMC is a well-recognised and respected brand of earlier Australian Cobra and as such has a certain ( I was going to say cachet but that sounds a bit affected) has a certain charm and appeal to those of us who probably lean more towards the old school type of Cobras. Yours with all the classic bits -- Clevo Toploader Jag susp-- ticks all the boxes, and if it's running 15" Billboards I'd definitely be going weak at the knees!
Nice pick up and I'm really looking forward to hearing and seeing more of this very pleasing addition to our ranks.
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01-05-2016, 03:00 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Melbourne, Australia,
VIC
Cobra Make, Engine: AP Pace427 (AP4033) GM L77 6.0L TR6060
Posts: 838
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Nice Slide. Welcome and congrats.
Just post hello here a few times and you should be good to go with pics. It's no more than 10 posts.
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Cobra Progress guye-cobra.blogspot.com
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01-05-2016, 05:07 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Canberra,
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Cobra Make, Engine: RMC, Ford, Tremec, Dana
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thanks all - here's a photo - will try and get some more over the weekend and post up!
Don - unfortunately it has 17's not 15's but it does have pin drives - 15" tyres are getting a bit hard to come by aren't they?
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01-05-2016, 05:26 AM
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Brisbane, Australia,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary CCX3117 427FE
Posts: 4,381
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Beautiful paint!
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01-05-2016, 06:41 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: munno para west,
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Cobra Make, Engine: absolute pace chassis #50 L98 & 6 speed auto
Posts: 1,141
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very nice car :-)
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i dont care what the question is .. The answer is more power!!!
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01-05-2016, 08:03 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Perth,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Pace Alumina 427 #69
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looks to be a quality build, love the colour......
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01-05-2016, 01:02 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Queanbeyan,
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Cobra Make, Engine: AP 289 USRRC #98 The Ken Miles Tribute Car
Posts: 1,134
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Welcome Slide
I'm in Canberra or close by anyway. Don't know if you are into the club orientated stuff but the contact is Mark Gore who is our co ordinator for the Canberra Cobra chapter and we also tie in with some of the Sydney runs as well. Give us a ring and will fill you in more if you like.
Cheers
Brett 0412 731 803
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01-05-2016, 02:03 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: SoCal,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: CSX #4xxx with CSX 482; David Kee Toploader
Posts: 3,574
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slideorama
Don - unfortunately it has 17's not 15's but it does have pin drives - 15" tyres are getting a bit hard to come by aren't they?
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Beauty car and welcome! We here can certainly help you spend your money on some very good 15" wheels and tyres!  
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01-05-2016, 02:25 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft #91 with 345 HP 302
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Very nice! Don't worry about changing a thing...just drive it for a while before you do anything.
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01-05-2016, 02:40 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Brisbane Australia. Cobra:Arntz Chev 454,
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slideorama
15" tyres are getting a bit hard to come by aren't they?
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Not if you go to Bob Jane Tmart at Southport!! 255/60X15 fronts located and fitted in two days. My twelve year old BFGs are now to be consigned to a "blaze of glory" ending as a dyno tyre on another car...
If your car goes as well as it looks you're on a winner. The 17" pindrives really suit it as does that lovely scarlet paint.
Just as an aside, that photo wasn't taken on the Monaro Highway near Calwell right before the Queanbeyan turnoff was it?
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01-05-2016, 02:44 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Melbourne,
Vic
Cobra Make, Engine: Pace 427SC. LSA Supercharged with 6sp TR-6060 trans.
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Slide....welcome and congratulations! Lovely Cobra you have yourself.
15” tyres are very much available.
You have the Mickey Thompson S/T and the pricey but very sticky, old school look Avon CR6ZZ and are regarded as the best 15” tyre available...the latter of which I have fitted to my soon-to-be-completed Pace Cobra.
There's also the 15" Goodyear Billboards however as good as these look, unfortunately they are not cheap, are not road legal, don't last long and flatspot when sitting. But damn do they look the business!
That said，the Avons have a very similar look to the Goodyears and they too can be stenciled (or glued-on Treadwear logo lettered) with either the Avon or Goodyear Eagle branding. You get 90-95% of the Billboard look without any drawbacks. And the bonus is that a large number of people can't even tell the difference between the two when they're both stenciled with the Goodyear logo.
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01-05-2016, 05:14 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Gold Coast,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Arntz, TKO600, 460
Posts: 818
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Nice car and welcome.
Were you looking for long to find the right one, as it looks well finished.
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01-05-2016, 05:30 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Copacabana, Central Coast,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary Classic CCX3021 Keith Craft 428fe
Posts: 171
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Welcome. That's a really nice looking ride. Congratulations !
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01-05-2016, 06:01 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Melbourne,
Vic
Cobra Make, Engine: Some polish thing... With some old engine
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Nice - Looks like you've done very well!
Congrats!
Just a quick one - Where did you find it listed?
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01-06-2016, 12:14 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Adelaide,
SA
Cobra Make, Engine: AP 289FIA 'English' spec.
Posts: 13,152
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Nice car Slide. Paint looks great.
Looking forward to more pictures.....oh, and welcome to the forum!
Cheers,
Glen
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01-06-2016, 05:34 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Canberra,
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Cobra Make, Engine: RMC, Ford, Tremec, Dana
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Thanks all,
Brett - will give you a call tomorrow, I am interesting in getting involved in the local club.
Appreciate all the comments - car is not perfect (are they ever?) however I believe it is a solid build and good base to tinker with.
Leroy - I was looking for about 6 months, got some good advise from Rob Hamilton regarding what to look for and how to go about it - essentially, travel a lot and look at as many as you can. One of the big challenges I had was the fact I'm a tall guy.
I spent a day at the Cobra Nats '15 and saw a lot of cars in a short period of time as well as having the opportunity to speak with a lot you, which helped a lot with honing in on what I was after.
Dug up another photo!
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