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Old 01-01-2009, 06:36 PM
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Here are a few rough pics after painting. Not on the real camera and also before washing! And it rained just as I pushed it out.

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Old 01-01-2009, 06:51 PM
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Old 01-01-2009, 07:11 PM
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Damn! I knew that something was wrong!

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Old 01-01-2009, 08:59 PM
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Merv,

That looks really great. Bet your happy with the result.

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Old 01-01-2009, 09:29 PM
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Thanks Phil. Yes it will look when polished and in proper light. I wanted a somewhat 'subdued' look (if that is ever possible with a Cobra?) with the dark green seats and black leather dash and carpets. No side pipes and as little bling as possible.

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Love the badgeing No mention of shelby. He'll probably get upset over that.
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Old 01-01-2009, 10:59 PM
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Sweet ride! Just make sure you keep the Funnel Webs and King Browns out of the passenger seat!

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Old 01-01-2009, 11:08 PM
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Looking good Merv. Nice work.

Only a couple more months now before mine is ready.

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Old 01-02-2009, 12:08 AM
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Thanks Geoff, David and Mike. Yours is looking good Geoff - but you have also seen it now. David - no funnel-web spiders up here but we have the browns and a really nasty and more aggressive one - the taipan. Hey, that could be a good Aussie Cobra name!

And Mike, the the "SC" Cobra badging will have to be on the clothes somewhere to keep the brand happy.

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Bluddy hell Merv, you will have to lift your act mate.

The boot latch is not straight in the closed position. If your gonna present such a nice car you gotta make sure It's presented perfectly.

Apart from that it looks excellent.
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Beautiful job Merv. I don't think I have seen that color used before but I like it a lot!

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Old 01-02-2009, 04:14 AM
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Thanks Clois. It is a VW (and Mazda) colour Platinum Grey. Has lots of different effects depending on the light. Looks much lighter in full sun.

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Oh Yeah!, that's a good looking color.
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Nice job Merv. I knew you would love that color. I get a lot of compliments on mine. It has just the right amount of metallic with a little pearl in it.

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David - no funnel-web spiders up here but we have the browns and a really nasty and more aggressive one - the taipan.

Merv
One day I want to go down under and see all those for myself.

On my list:

Salt Water Crocodile
Koala
Kangaroo
Taipan
King Brown
Funnel Web
Great White
Sea Snake
Merv's Cobra

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Nice paint! oh so nice.
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Old 01-02-2009, 01:44 PM
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Thanks again guys. I seem to have put up the same pic twice. A couple of others here - one in artificial light. I agree Jim, it was a good choice (and thank you) and when finally clean and polished and in some sun it looks good.

Geez David I am flattered! Crocs, snakes, Great Whites (there is a big one off our west coast now that is trying to tip boats over for more victims), .. and the Cobra?

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Old 01-02-2009, 01:47 PM
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I love the Reg No. too!
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Love the colour Merv and the understated look. Something tells me you'll still be turning heads though!

Any plans to add rear stays to those hoops?
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Old 01-02-2009, 05:02 PM
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No Sambo. I decided to have them black to reduce the amount of chrome and even considered leaving them off entirely.

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