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11-15-2021, 03:10 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Redding,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR chassis and suspension, Mr. Bruce 289 FIA body
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Going to make a set of rear fender spats from satin black vinyl. Made a template. Will refine some more before transferring to the vinyl.
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11-15-2021, 09:05 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Redding,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR chassis and suspension, Mr. Bruce 289 FIA body
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Vinyl wrap was also a failure
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11-15-2021, 09:40 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: SEQUIM,
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Cobra Make, Engine:
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Bill, Just another option. It would be permanent though. Scuff with Scotchbrite pads. Truck bedliner in aerosol can. Topcoat with satin black. Bedliner will turn gray after awhile unless you topcoat it
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11-15-2021, 09:40 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Adelaide,
SA
Cobra Make, Engine: AP 289FIA 'English' spec.
Posts: 13,150
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 1795
Bill,
It's our failures that build character. Successes only serve to build ego, you have grown as a person through this endeavor. Time to enjoy it.
Take care,
Jim
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Jim,
If that's the case, I'm loaded with character!
Bill,
Yes, time to enjoy it 
Cheers!
Glen |
11-16-2021, 11:10 AM
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Join Date: May 2015
Location: Lake Geneva,
WI
Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadsters 427, 5.0
Posts: 365
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Well, I went and visited the Factory Five Racing Co. yesterday. Left a bit disappointed.
The frames are very well engineered IMHO, but I think the bodies and interior finishes are a bit on the lesser quality side. I did like the lines of the 289 FIA car. But the seats seemed cheap, the dash material less than original looking and the motor is positioned so far back in the fame that it seems oddly placed.
Bill, I think the amount of work to change what I did not like on the kit would be as much work as you did using Mr Bruce's body.
My intent going there to see the FFR 289 was with the thought of stripping out the mechanicals of my CR1 and selling it off. Then using the mechanicals for the 289 kit.
So though my CR1 is far from anything remotely original, I will stay with it for the time being.
Thom
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11-27-2021, 01:10 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Redding,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR chassis and suspension, Mr. Bruce 289 FIA body
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Second attempt using the PlastiDip for rear fender spats was a success
Bill D |
11-27-2021, 02:31 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill D
Second attempt using the PlastiDip for rear fender spats was a success
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Wow. That is a spectacular success. I would never have dreamed it either. |
11-28-2021, 03:09 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Redding,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR chassis and suspension, Mr. Bruce 289 FIA body
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Took the car out this morning for more sorting,out. Drove two miles out and two miles in. Let the car sit and then tried a restart. Hard cranking. Charged the battery for an hr. A little better. Drove another two miles out and two miles back. Let sit. Hard cranking and no start And the clutch slips under hard acceleration.
Tomorrow will adjust the clutch, check starter connections, and check timing.
Baby steps.
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12-24-2021, 12:57 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Redding,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR chassis and suspension, Mr. Bruce 289 FIA body
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Installed the race numbers today. Not easy. Gives it more of the race car appearance. Will do the sides once I can move the car around
Bill
Last edited by Bill D; 12-24-2021 at 02:01 PM..
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12-24-2021, 04:21 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Adelaide,
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Cobra Make, Engine: AP 289FIA 'English' spec.
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Nice one, Bill. Any more to do on the car? ....and merry Christmas!
Cheers!!
Glen
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12-24-2021, 04:33 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Canandaigua,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF MKII Riverside Racer FIA
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Bill,
Nice job. Yes, it is a pain in the a@@ putting those numbers on and getting them even. Using some masking tape to set the top and bottom borders helps, but it is still a PITA.
Jim
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12-24-2021, 06:06 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Redding,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR chassis and suspension, Mr. Bruce 289 FIA body
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Quote:
Originally Posted by xb-60
Nice one, Bill. Any more to do on the car? ....and merry Christmas!
Cheers!!
Glen
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Thanks Glen. Only working a few gremlins out left to do. But it’s been raining so I can’t really dive it and test drive it
And merry Christmas |
12-27-2021, 08:08 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Dallas,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR track car, SL-C track car
Posts: 1,262
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Congrats Bill. Looks amazing. Really, really nice.
Long, difficult journey but looks like the end result is worth it. Glad you stuck with it.
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12-31-2021, 12:07 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Woodland Hills,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Aurora GRX
Posts: 104
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Paint & Seats
Looks amazing! Who did your paint and the seats?
thx
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12-31-2021, 02:02 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: SoCal,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: BDR build #983, FRM 392
Posts: 380
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Bill D, have you started with the SB100 registration process yet?
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01-01-2022, 12:09 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Redding,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR chassis and suspension, Mr. Bruce 289 FIA body
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No. Soon
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01-01-2022, 12:10 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Redding,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR chassis and suspension, Mr. Bruce 289 FIA body
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Quote:
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Looks amazing! Who did your paint and the seats?
thx
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Ken’s Customs in Yuba City, CA. Seats are Factory Five vinyl. |
01-01-2022, 12:12 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Redding,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR chassis and suspension, Mr. Bruce 289 FIA body
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Got the driver’s side race numbers installed. Brutal because of the cold temps. Had to move the “XP” reference below to make work. The original Cobra had the number lights above the numbers and further forward and the car didn’t have the side louvers. I improvised. I think it still looks great.
Bill |
01-01-2022, 01:02 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Cobra Make, Engine: Unique Motorcars 289 USRRC, 1964 289 stroked to 331, toploader
Posts: 1,088
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Looks good, Bill!
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Unique Motorcars 289 USRRC
1964 289 5-bolt block
Toploader and 3.31 rear
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01-01-2022, 01:37 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Redding,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR chassis and suspension, Mr. Bruce 289 FIA body
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Passenger side complete . It’s amazing how much improvement the race numbers make in the car’s appearance
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