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05-29-2023, 06:41 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Little Rock area,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Street Roadster #782 with 459 cu in FE KC engine, toploader, 3.31
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cobra_ZA
Hi guys, opening this thread again.
I just read a "concourse" guide on Cobras and they indicated that the engine block was black and the water pump blue... Has anyone come across this at all? If this could be a possibility, would the timing chain cover be black too? I guess...
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Hard to imagine that unless the engines were shipped to Shelby minus the water pump but I don’t know why they would have done that. Factory engine painting back then was basically assemble everything to a long block state, even manifolds and then just spray the whole mess. Then install fuel lines, ignition, carbs, starters, etc. I know Chevy used a cheap mask to cover aluminum intakes during painting but they were crude and a lot of engine paint got on the ends of the runners. Ford probably did something similar. It was not a high tech or precision process. |
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05-29-2023, 03:00 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Leicestershire,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham #523, 427 S/O
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cobra_ZA
Hi guys, opening this thread again.
I just read a "concourse" guide on Cobras and they indicated that the engine block was black and the water pump blue... Has anyone come across this at all? If this could be a possibility, would the timing chain cover be black too? I guess...
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I think it was only the 427 Side-Oilers that were black as that’s the colour they were painted from Ford I believe. I suspect those fitted with 428’s were painted the more usual blue.
But I couldn’t swear to any of that. 😁👍🏻
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05-30-2023, 01:04 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Louisville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: I'm Cobra-less!
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That is correct.
428's were basically PI engines, taken from Ford, and jammed into Cobras.
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06-01-2023, 01:14 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2023
Location: CENTURION,
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Cobra Make, Engine: KCC Venom (BDR)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blykins
That is correct.
428's were basically PI engines, taken from Ford, and jammed into Cobras.
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And water pumps were also painted black? And sump color? |
06-01-2023, 01:35 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Louisville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: I'm Cobra-less!
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All blue.
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06-01-2023, 01:42 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2023
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Cobra Make, Engine: KCC Venom (BDR)
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Originally Posted by blykins
All blue.
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Thanks Brent. Were the 427's all black where the 428's were all blue? |
06-01-2023, 01:48 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
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Yes, there was a color change at Ford between 1965 and 1966.
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06-07-2023, 04:25 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Gilroy,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2291, Whipple Blown & Injected 4V ModMotor
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I think if your engine is black and blue something got bruised pretty badly ...
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06-07-2023, 05:28 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Edmond,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadsters
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Whisper on a scream
Don’t mean much
Won’t bring you back
Blue on Black
Another hit stolen from us “The Fabulous Yellobellys”
Lars of Arcadia, Sledge, Johnny Tazer and me, HiWatt
I have a pair of late 64 cast C4AE6090C heads originally blue.
Party On
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