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08-08-2013, 04:54 PM
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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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427 street car door hinge covers
Were the original door hinge covers just molded black plastic or were they covered in vinyl or leather?
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08-08-2013, 05:18 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Toledo,
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Covers
Black plastic type material, no covering
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08-08-2013, 06:57 PM
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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 CSX3183
Black plastic type material, no covering
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428Street observed that he thought the dash support tubes down to the trans tunnel were vinyl or leather wrapped on the street roadsters. Can that be confirmed? |
08-08-2013, 08:44 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Holderness, NH, US of A,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CSX 4772 old iron FE
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The door hinge covers are fiberglass with a texture of vinyl.
Tunnel tubes are vinyl wrapped.
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08-08-2013, 09:11 PM
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Correct
Now that I see your answer, my Chemo affected brain cells concur, fiberglass with a vinyl grain molded on them, and yes the supports are covered in vinyl.
Man it's a ***** sometimes, the 'ol brain just short circuits.
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08-09-2013, 06:04 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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I should have originally said vinyl grain texture.
Thanks guys.
Dan
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08-30-2014, 06:44 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Holderness, NH, US of A,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CSX 4772 old iron FE
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Dan street cars had two screws and trim washers into a backing block. That block also held the door strap behind it and the door pocket. SC cars had one screw top center into the J plate of the door hinge if they had one.
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08-30-2014, 09:36 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Mesa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #2119 289FIA
Posts: 5,380
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Where can I purchase some of the door hinge covers? Didn't see them listed at Finishline.
Thanks for any advice given.
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"In the Land of the Pigs, The Butcher is King"
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08-30-2014, 10:38 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Phoenix,
AZ
Cobra Make, Engine: FFR: 302 w/aluminum heads, Edlebrock injection. Street car trim, no scoop, side pipes or rollbar.
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One of the projects I never finished on mine was to bend up some sheet metal covers and cover them with vinyl. I made cardboard patterns but never did the sheet metal versions. Pretty simple really.
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08-30-2014, 11:34 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 427 S/C, Twin Paxton 511 FE
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Karl,
I bought some from Cobra Restorers and later Acton. I'll go on a limb and say Acton's are better. I say 'go on a limb' because they could possibly be sourced from the same place. The ones from CR shrank a little off the mold, so when I put them on, they cracked! Acton's were great. I just put small dabs of silicone caulking in the corners (to mount) and done.
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08-31-2014, 10:08 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Thanks Rodneym, I'll give a look.
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Karlos
"In the Land of the Pigs, The Butcher is King"
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09-03-2014, 08:51 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Austin, TX,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham 599 Polished Bronze
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I've got them on my two cars and I like them. I used a block of wood mounted to the hinge and the two screws to mount the cover. It gives the cars a more finished out look.
They're almost luxury cars now.
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09-03-2014, 06:23 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Milford,
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Cobra Make, Engine: BRG ERA street car w/428 PI, Sunburst wheels, undercar exhaust, original interior, no philips head screws!
Posts: 650
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99% sure everything from Acton is made by hand. I highly recommend working with Nick. He is super knowledgeable and is an absolute craftsmen when it comes to replacement parts for replica's to originals. And no, I have no vested interest in Acton other then I think he is a great guy and a super Cobra enthusiast.
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09-03-2014, 07:53 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Holderness, NH, US of A,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CSX 4772 old iron FE
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Thanks guys. I just sent a set off for another original car today. They are really more for street cars or the road going comps (SC) but if you have driven with exposed hinge plate edges to rest your knee against or worse bumped off them you'll see good sense in having these for practicality as well as a more finished look.
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