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Old 06-18-2014, 02:15 PM
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What does the "3" mean?
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Educated guess = the size of the stamped out part blank.
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Old 06-18-2014, 03:23 PM
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Brookes and Adams still seem to make a size 5...
Wingnuts | Banjos & Plugs | Brookes & Adams
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Looks pretty good Roger!
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Back in 1970, we found the radio very handy to use while washing my brother's 289 Cobra, CSX 2306. And this was with an accessory speaker mounted on the transmission tunnel between the seat backs. Otherwise, it was worthless, as Dan has said. The Shelby supplied radio had a "COBRA" labeled tuner glass window to distinguish it.
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The 3 means it's an original unobtanium part ;-)
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Just a couple of pics to show how we're doing:

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Looks like you have a very accurate build well underway, please keep those pictures coming!

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Back in 1970, we found the radio very handy to use while washing my brother's 289 Cobra, CSX 2306. And this was with an accessory speaker mounted on the transmission tunnel between the seat backs. Otherwise, it was worthless, as Dan has said. The Shelby supplied radio had a "COBRA" labeled tuner glass window to distinguish it.

To Jim's point … Here are a few photos the original COBRA radio in the unrestored CSX2289 from Laguna Seca in 2010 … Enjoy!









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But if you don't have the "COBRA" radio with the two "CONELRAD" stations, how will you know to "duck and cover" when the Russkies drop the big one?
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Looks pretty good Roger!
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There are a surprising number of little engineering companies hidden away in Birmingham (heart of British industry in the 19th and early 20th centuries) who have been there for decades, still doing what they always did. Those nuts are probably made by the grandson of the guy who first made them. How they survive in the present economy, I have no idea... don't think Nissan use many 1/4BSW brass wingnuts...

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To Jim's point … Here are a few photos the original COBRA radio in the unrestored CSX2289 from Laguna Seca in 2010 … Enjoy!
Tim.....CSX2289? Are there ANY CSX2xxx cars you haven't photographed? Thanks for sharing the pics.

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Hi chaps,

Have spoken to Brookes and Adams this morning who will come back to me with a price. They can also chrome plate for me, but this will take a little longer.
If you want to leave this with me I'll let you know when I hear from them, and hopefully I'll be able to post some pics before long. I've enquired about 1/4 and 3/16, which I think is the battery clamp size.
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Have spoken to Brookes and Adams this morning who will come back to me with a price. They can also chrome plate for me, but this will take a little longer.
If you want to leave this with me I'll let you know when I hear from them, and hopefully I'll be able to post some pics before long. I've enquired about 1/4 and 3/16, which I think is the battery clamp size.
I realize that not every Cobra was finished the same or stayed the same very long but normal for CSX2201 and up cars (and maybe earlier) were Ford j-bolts and wing nuts for securing the batteries.

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Always a great resource.
This is what is great with these cars, variety and different aspects keep us all talking as if there was a single direction/part we would have nothing to talk about.
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Roger, count me in on the wing nuts from Brooks and Adams.

Dan, I've looked but haven't been able to find any wing nuts like that for the battery.
Do you know of a source?
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Roger, count me in on the wing nuts from Brooks and Adams.

Dan, I've looked but haven't been able to find any wing nuts like that for the battery.
Do you know of a source?
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I'll keep you posted. Let's wait and see how they look. Must remember to call them to ensure they don't polish the '3' off when they get them plated!

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Dan, I've looked but haven't been able to find any wing nuts like that for the battery.
Do you know of a source?
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Most industrial supply or hardware supply companies should have something made to the same standard made of zinc. Lots of Cobra parts hunts start with a study of what McMaster-Carr Supply offers for example. Being of the same standard doesn’t mean every tiny detail will be the same. I bought sample quantities from several companies and the match to a Cobra part was anywhere from looks generally the same to close enough only somebody knowledgeable will see anything amiss.

The only new old stock one exactly the same in every detail as I have found on Cobras came with a collection of new old stock 1950s Fords parts. Somebody was selling off a collection of 1950s Ford battery trays, holders, and hardware. I bought all the j-bolts and small hardware. In that collection was one perfect wing nut.
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Spoke with Brookes and Adams again today. It turns out the current Managing Director's grandfather did have a contract with AC Cars - in the 1920s! Looks like these wingnuts had sat on the shelf for a while when they were used for the Cobra... makes sense, they would have ordered a lot of them initially and used on cars right through the line, Acecas, Aces, Greyhounds and the earlier models.
I'll keep you posted!
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Very cool!
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They are chroming a batch for me now.
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Just a brief boot update: I think it's finished now, until anyone tells me otherwise...

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