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08-25-2009, 03:19 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
Posts: 443
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Last edited by jeffy; 08-25-2009 at 03:22 PM..
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08-25-2009, 03:26 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Nampa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA EXP002, 1968 PI 428 FE
Posts: 691
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Beautiful color, but as you know I am partial to red. Your car looks great and I can hardly wait to see it finished. Love that color.
Dick
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08-25-2009, 03:26 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 jeffy
Some pictures of the paint job (my camera skills aren't very good, sadly). The color is an original AC Cars color, Rosso Chiaro, reformulated as a two-stage. It is similar to the 1956 Corvette red and has a little orange in it. Looks REALLY hot! Even my wife liked it!
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I like it quite a bit. Are you back on keeping it now?
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08-25-2009, 03:28 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA-722, Pure Street in BRG
Posts: 192
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Wow...
Simply stunning!
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08-25-2009, 03:33 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
Posts: 443
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Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickt
Are you back on keeping it now?
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Yeah, baby!
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08-25-2009, 03:34 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 jeffy
Yeah, baby!
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I knew you would eventually come to your senses. You were just having a couple of bad days....
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08-25-2009, 03:58 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
Posts: 443
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A couple more; exposure was a little off...
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08-25-2009, 04:47 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: pottstown,
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Cobra Make, Engine: era 289 FIA #2112
Posts: 326
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Looking good. Congratulations! That is a nice color choice!
m-a
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live for the moment or it may pass you by
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08-25-2009, 06:40 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Austin,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA, 351W
Posts: 765
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Really - has anyone ever seen a "bad" color choice? I challenge anyone to show me a really nasty color; one that would cause some one to say: "what were they thinking?"
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08-25-2009, 07:15 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Powder Springs,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA 2008/351W/TOP-LOADER
Posts: 526
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Wow that looks great! It reminds me of another one sans the strip. Mine was painted "Rossa" red also. There is a lot of different colors to choose from for sure! Keep us posted!
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08-26-2009, 03:32 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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I was up at Tony's last week just after he had painted the car. Looks great and I'm sure worth the wait. I was in NB this past evening and saw it again.
Jim
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08-26-2009, 05:27 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Central,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #775
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Jeffy it looks really good and Tony did wonderful work.
Starting to feel "real" now, isn't it? I know for me, talking about the Cobra before seeing the body painted was was like talking about something that really didn't exist.
I hope to get up there within the next week or two to check on my build.
-Ray
Ray
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08-26-2009, 06:38 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by RAO-3
I hope to get up there within the next week or two to check on my build.
-Ray
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Ray-
Saw your car when I was at ERA and love the color. In fact, there are three 427s in progress in different shades of blue and all look great.
I'll look forward to monitoring your progress!
Jeff
Last edited by jeffy; 08-26-2009 at 06:40 AM..
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08-26-2009, 06:45 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by lamaluv
Beautiful color, but as you know I am partial to red. Your car looks great and I can hardly wait to see it finished. Love that color.
Dick
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Dick-
Always hard to tell from pictures, but seems to me that it looks a lot like your color, which was one of my "inspirations" in my initial post starting this thread!
Take care,
Jeff
Last edited by jeffy; 08-26-2009 at 07:04 AM..
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08-26-2009, 06:51 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Holden
I was up at Tony's last week just after he had painted the car. Looks great and I'm sure worth the wait.
Jim
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Jim-
You've posted here that Tony is an artist, and you are right. It looks like he put on some extra clear coat and did a really great job wet sanding. Since I changed my mind at the last minute, I'm very glad that I had the wait!
Jeff
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08-26-2009, 07:05 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
Posts: 443
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FIA-ERA
Wow that looks great! It reminds me of another one sans the strip. Mine was painted "Rossa" red also. There is a lot of different colors to choose from for sure! Keep us posted! Attachment 15566
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Looking good, yourself! What is your expected timetable?
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08-26-2009, 10:39 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Central,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #775
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jeffy
Ray-
Saw your car when I was at ERA and love the color. In fact, there are three 427s in progress in different shades of blue and all look great.
I'll look forward to monitoring your progress!
Jeff
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Jeff, thanks for the report on the "sighting"! Yes, mine's the 'blue' one! I'll be watching your progress as well. Glad that you changed your mind, I'm sure you now feel it was worth the wait.
-Ray
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08-27-2009, 08:39 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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This is the look I'm going for with the black wheels and polished spinners (from PatBuckley's gallery):
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08-28-2009, 11:32 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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An indoor shot, courtesy of Peter P. and John:
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08-28-2009, 11:34 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
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I love that look! I was even thinking of doing that on my car.
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