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03-01-2011, 04:00 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Adelaide,
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Cobra Make, Engine: AP 289FIA 'English' spec.
Posts: 13,150
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Originally Posted by jeffy
Glen-
Do you plan to make your car right-hand drive (requires custom-made footboxes, according to the ERA site)? If so, there is more room to the right side of the center, dropped portion
The story behind this curious arrangement is that, being British, the AC cars were nearly all built right-hand drive (other than the relatively few that were exported), so the dash was cut to provide more leg room on the driver side. When AC built cars that were left-hand drive, AC did not trouble to flip the dash template, so the dropped portion of the dash wound up encroaching on the driver's right knee! Jim Holden pointed this out to me.
Jeff
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Does anybody have pics of the dash on a RHD dropped-centre dash 289 car, taken looking along the centreline of the car?
Cheers,
Glen |
03-01-2011, 08:25 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: New York,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 289FIA 2131, 331 stroker by Dan Dalena with 48 IDAs by Jim Inglese, AC Cars AC8 "Rosso Chiaro" (PPG Nexa code FG39) by Connecticut Custom
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Originally Posted by xb-60
Jeff, I can't remember, do you have a dropped floor for your seat?
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03-01-2011, 09:07 AM
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: White Plains,,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA140, ERA 267, ERA GT2038, ERA FIA 2045, ERAGT2077 ERA2893000EXP
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A dropped floor in an ERA would require cutting/notching the top of the main chassis member. I've never seen it done. The aluminum floor is then riveted directly to the rectangular tube frame rail. Jack can put less foam in the seat and the seat can be bolted directly to the floor (without adjusters) to gain an inch or two.
Jim
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03-01-2011, 02:14 PM
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Thanks Jim. I thought I had seen somewhere that the floor could be dropped locally. I can't recall where though, I've been soaking up it from everywhere.
There are taller guys than me driving Cobras. It won't be a problem. Must say though, I am fascinated by the dropped-centre dash and that it wasn't mirrored in CSX versions (some would say I should get out more...)
Cheers,
Glen
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03-01-2011, 02:32 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: New York,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 289FIA 2131, 331 stroker by Dan Dalena with 48 IDAs by Jim Inglese, AC Cars AC8 "Rosso Chiaro" (PPG Nexa code FG39) by Connecticut Custom
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Quote:
Originally Posted by xb-60
Does anybody have pics of the dash on a RHD dropped-centre dash 289 car, taken looking along the centreline of the car?
Cheers,
Glen
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This is the best I can find so far, of COB 6008, from the Brooklands Motor Co. site:
Link to more pics at the site:
http://www.brooklandsmotorcompany.co...f7frameset.htm |
03-01-2011, 05:23 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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Thanks Jeff. The resources accessible on this forum never cease to amaze.
Glen
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