 
Main Menu
|
|
Nevada Classics
|
|
Advertise at CC
|
| S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
| 9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
| 16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
| 23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
| 30 |
31 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CC Advertisers
|
|
01-12-2011, 01:18 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Near Chichester, Sussex by the sea......,
UK
Cobra Make, Engine: Crendon 427 S/C 428 FE+toploader
Posts: 668
|
|
Not Ranked
good enough for CSX3002, good enough for me.
Hopefully the pms and voices in my head shouting 'Black' will stop soon.
I see the man plugging bathrooms (King DE?) has had his post deleted.
good work 
Last edited by KevinW; 01-12-2011 at 01:22 PM..
|
01-12-2011, 02:40 PM
|
|
Senile Club Cobra Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY USA,
NY
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
Posts: 4,548
|
|
Not Ranked
Any 428 would be blue as they started in 1966 when the color went to corporate blue. I would question 3002 being originally blue with a 427.
__________________
"I'm high all right, but on the real thing....powerful gasoline and a clean windshield..."
rick@autoventureusa.net
|
01-12-2011, 03:02 PM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Tucson,
AZ
Cobra Make, Engine:
Posts: 5,391
|
|
Not Ranked
I can't say for sure that 3002's block was blue in 65 because I was only 1 y/o and wasn't into Cobras at that time. I suppose it may have been repainted at some point but I wouldn't think anyone would change the block color on a particularly significant Cobra, as 3002 is.
Larry
__________________
Alba gu brąth
|
01-12-2011, 03:09 PM
|
 |
Senior Club Cobra Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Northport,
NY
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham, KMP178 / '66 GT350H, 4-speed
Posts: 10,362
|
|
Not Ranked
Quote:
Originally Posted by LMH
Not to through a wrench into the works but the block on CSX3002 is blue. And you can't get much earlier in production than that.
Larry
|
The operative words there are " is blue"
One cannot draw inference with the way a Comp car looks today, 45 years later. 
Photos of the original engine in 3002 shows a black block, which fits the timeline.
Quote:
Originally Posted by LMH
I suppose it may have been repainted at some point but I wouldn't think anyone would change the block color on a particularly significant Cobra, as 3002 is.
|
Comp cars were regularly torn down and repainted each season. 3002 had quite a few re-do's in it's early years...none of which bothered much with preserving "originality"
Last edited by computerworks; 01-12-2011 at 03:12 PM..
|
01-12-2011, 03:10 PM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Cinnaminson,
NJ
Cobra Make, Engine: Cobra Fibercraft Bodies 427 S/C, 351W disguised as a 427.
Posts: 391
|
|
Not Ranked
You know, maybe someone with an "in" should ask Carrol himself while we still can. He would most likely recall things like engine color.
__________________
Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."
|
01-12-2011, 03:19 PM
|
|
Senior Club Cobra Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Northport,
NY
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham, KMP178 / '66 GT350H, 4-speed
Posts: 10,362
|
|
Not Ranked
Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperHart
You know, maybe someone with an "in" should ask Carrol himself while we still can. He would most likely recall things like engine color.
|
I have spoken to him (and other original employees) several times about the 427 program...you'd be surprised how little of the details we tend to relish are remembered or even thought about.
In this case, though, the answer is clear. |
01-12-2011, 04:27 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 4,078
|
|
Not Ranked
Hey Ron, what color did you (or George) use on your block???
__________________
Chas.
|
01-12-2011, 05:20 PM
|
|
Senior Club Cobra Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Northport,
NY
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham, KMP178 / '66 GT350H, 4-speed
Posts: 10,362
|
|
Not Ranked
Black.....
|
01-12-2011, 05:27 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Near Chichester, Sussex by the sea......,
UK
Cobra Make, Engine: Crendon 427 S/C 428 FE+toploader
Posts: 668
|
|
Not Ranked
I consulted the Bible according to Sir Trevor.
page 136, first verse:
'Example of the 427 engine with four twin choke IDA webers....'
Its blue.
But he doesnt say which year.
No matter, Im still going blue.  |
01-12-2011, 08:36 PM
|
|
Senior Club Cobra Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Northport,
NY
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham, KMP178 / '66 GT350H, 4-speed
Posts: 10,362
|
|
Not Ranked
Quote:
Originally Posted by KevinW
|
That's fine. It's just a replica. |
01-12-2011, 09:35 PM
|
 |
Senior Club Cobra Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Folsom,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 623, 427 S/C Cobra. Ford FE 428 Cobra Jet, Ford Nascar TL 4speed - with a touch of raw; "less is more" theme
Posts: 3,884
|
|
Not Ranked
I was stuck between Black and Blue, and decided on neither.
Hot Tank + Clear Coat for my FE! Just gotta love the raw look.
__________________
Duane
Western States Cobra Group 1998-2016.
|
01-13-2011, 05:21 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Near Chichester, Sussex by the sea......,
UK
Cobra Make, Engine: Crendon 427 S/C 428 FE+toploader
Posts: 668
|
|
Not Ranked
my oh my
30 reply posts on 65 Black vs 66 Blue.
You guys are one hell of a bunch of cord-chewing anoraks.
.................................................. .......... my kinda guys! |
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 01:21 AM.
Links monetized by VigLink
|
Linear Mode
