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12-11-2008, 03:26 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Lions Bay,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CAN-AM cobra, 460 SVO
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Newbie here, just found this thread: Patrick....OMG you must sleep about an hour a night! Note to self- quit job before trying this at home.
Seems a shame to cover up all that nice shiny aluminum with..???
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12-11-2008, 06:53 PM
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Location: IGH, MN,
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Cobra Make, Engine: scratch build self design 4.6l DOHC
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Pictures just for Joey
Welcome XLR8TR, to my madness. Joey and others seam to think my shop is always clean and everything just poofs together or gets done with out much effort. Phooey to you and here is proof. I'm finished getting the "hammered" out aluminum pieces ready to coat and I thought I would share what the shop usually looks like after a while. These are unretouched pics of "the shop" so to all those that don't believe here.
Yes life is messy, I can't stand it any more I must clean.
New question- Who is subscribing to this thread, and getting notified any time someone posts on it answer with a me post. Thank you,
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12-11-2008, 07:46 PM
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Location: Alpena,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Scratch building frame,FFR Mkll body ,302w, and T5 trans, 3.0 rear.
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Patrick, I don't subscribe but look at the scratch builders forum whenever it's high-lited and check out whats new. You've got a great build so far,I can only hope mine will be half as good.
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1963 Mercury Monterey 460+ .060 .//Cobra clone, Scratch build frame /302/ T-5 WC / 3.00-9in/FFR mkll body (Broken but repairable) /91 Lincoln Wire Wheels   //  : N.S.M.C Charter/Life Member// Die Hard Blue Oval Nut   
The finish is better than the beginning. Ecc7:8
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12-11-2008, 11:12 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: West Monroe,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Joey Manufacturing Inc.
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Patrick, even your mess is organized....a freakin laundry basket ...
good try, threw a hammer here...a pair of pliers there...
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"Me fodder was King Neptune, me mudder was a mermaid. I was born on the crest of a wave and rocked in the cradle of the deep. Me hair is like hemp, me arms are like spars. When I spits, I spits tar. I'm hard, I am, I is, I are. "
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12-12-2008, 01:19 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Jacksonville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: VSE alum. frame, FFR carbonfiber body (under construction)
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Patrick, how do we know the "messy" photos weren't stagged.....or worse yet.....photo shopped? Come on...your compulsion is safe with us!
Seriously, thank you for sharing your talents with us.
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12-12-2008, 05:34 AM
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Location: Plano,
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Cobra Make, Engine: #42 BDR w/ a 408 KCM stroker
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Great progress, every other week or so I have to pull the cars out and clean my garage, right now it's littered with my cobra and 3 bikes, well 2 1/2.
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12-12-2008, 07:43 AM
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Location: Yorba Linda,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF w/392CI stroker
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12-14-2008, 11:34 AM
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Did a little laundry this weekend
Hey, I coated the aluminum for the car this weekend. What a messy operation. I used a water based truck bed liner, It seems to have worked quite well, we'll see how it holds up. It dried hard not rubbery like some of the others I've used before.
I've a huge mess to clean up so, gotta go.
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12-14-2008, 07:27 PM
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I couldn't help myself
Well picked up after the coating thing. I couldn't wait to get started riveting the panels in place just thought I would share this with you because these are the first permanent things I have assembled to the car.
I will post more pics when they're all on.
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12-14-2008, 07:52 PM
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I'll need your address so I can come up there and test drive this baby...
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"Me fodder was King Neptune, me mudder was a mermaid. I was born on the crest of a wave and rocked in the cradle of the deep. Me hair is like hemp, me arms are like spars. When I spits, I spits tar. I'm hard, I am, I is, I are. "
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12-14-2008, 08:03 PM
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Why wait come up now tomorrow it's going to be a balmy -1 degrees with windchills, well you don't want to know. You'll come away with the knowledge of what freaking cold is. Besides that way someone else can squeeze the rivet tool.
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12-14-2008, 08:08 PM
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And I was complaining about having to turn on the air conditioning today because it was 72 degrees outside...
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"Me fodder was King Neptune, me mudder was a mermaid. I was born on the crest of a wave and rocked in the cradle of the deep. Me hair is like hemp, me arms are like spars. When I spits, I spits tar. I'm hard, I am, I is, I are. "
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12-16-2008, 03:43 AM
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Evryday is a roadstr day
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: North Jakarta, Indonesia,
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Cobra Make, Engine: RHD Hurricane street roadster HM1081 aging nicely in the garage
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Patrick, that's why I moved from Michigan to the balmy tropics.....its always a roadster day here and a cold snap is anytime its below 76.....
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12-21-2008, 07:08 PM
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I don't want to see my rivet gun again
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12-21-2008, 07:38 PM
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Wow,My hands hurt just thinking about pulling on that rivit gun.Nice job
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12-21-2008, 08:52 PM
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Looks like a real down town job as usual. What was the name of the bed liner you used? I haven't heard of a water based one, that would be more environmentally friendly that Herculiner...
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12-21-2008, 08:54 PM
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Just off the top of my head, would there ever be any concern about that many holes in a line on a piece of tubing in relation to its strength being lessened?
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01-25-2009, 06:48 PM
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Got my Rear in Gear
Hey I have the 8.8 center section back together, wow, I haven't a clue why I so worried about doing it myself piece of cake. Just had to make some tools.
One case spreading device, will loan out, must pic-up.
Added a few goodies to the piece as well.
SAE oring fill and drain plugs and also tapped the vent hole for the same.
It helps that I have all that tooling at work.
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01-25-2009, 07:06 PM
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She's almost a Roller
Well, life is dealing me the same cards as always fair to crappy, we all know how much fun the center section was to deal with well I put that all behind me went to put it in the car and bam the damn thing hit the frame seems that interchangeable parts don't always interchange. that meant I had to surgically alter the frame after powder coat yuck! Well a day and more cutting grinding and welding later finally can say she's almost a roller.
Now I suppose I should go around and tighten all the bolts but I'll wait till I can get someone over here to hold the other end of the tape measure so I can square her up.
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01-26-2009, 05:16 AM
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Looks complicated with the suspension on but the engineering still makes my head swim. Are you sure you can find a volunteer there in the frozen north to hold the tape ?
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