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Old 09-16-2024, 07:24 PM
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Hello, I'm a brand new owner of a passed down incomplete Cobra project with very little documentation. I need help identifying what manufacturer the car came from. I know it has a round tube chassis but that's it really. Car is 80% finished, still needs wiring completed, interior finished, and then painted. I'm sure there's more than that to really finish it but that's the major stuff. So, what pictures can I post to help identify the manufacturer of this kit? Thanks
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All sides. Engine compartment. Rear-end and front-end suspension. Most mfgrs put some kind of tag on or near the drivers side footbox.
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Or stamp the information into the frame, somewhere. The somewhere part can be the challenge.
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Photographs as noted above, YES. The next thing, I would do is measure the wheel base, 90 inches or is it greater than 90. You will be able to eliminate a number of car companies by this measurement. The fact that you said, it had a round chassis also eliminates a lot of manufacturers. EM used a round tube chassis but used numerous suspensions systems, but the round tube chassis limits the number of manufacturers.

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Round frame sort of narrows it down quite a bit.
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I'll wait for the well lit, detailed pictures to be posted, can then offer my opinion.


Items I'd like to see:
Front and rear suspension
Full engine compartment and firewall
Full dash, door hinges and transmission tunnel
Trunk (nice wide shot showing it all)
Body front, rear, side


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Steve has posted pictures . if you click on his name then albums they show. they don't show for me if I click on photos. I think he is too new to post to the forums. looks like round tube chassis with an independent 9 inch.
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Its a old Hi Tech with their ford 9 inch center section IRS
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My High tech has numbers on the right front top shock mount .
On the towers also little nibs cut into the edges of the tower.
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@Steve350f, reach out to the AZ. Club Cobra group, right there in Pheonix.
Lots of great guys, that know Cobras, I bought my last one there with Just Karl or I call him Karlos (Bebout) and Scotty's PPI, they were kind enough to give it a true going over for me, it was everything they said it was.
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