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01-31-2010, 02:02 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Manchester,
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Cobra Make, Engine: AK1085 (302 Street), HTM111 (427 Comp), CSX2375R (289 Comp) and COB5999 (427 S/C)
Posts: 19,008
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CSX3210 on ebay
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01-31-2010, 02:14 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
Posts: 351
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One thing about this listing really caught my eye. It says it was sold in 1970 to Curtis Jackson in 1970. It says Curtis lived in Oxford, Georgia.
I was a student at Oxford College of Emory University - in Oxford Georgia. I remember that the Business Manager of the school's name was AW Jackson. I saw a Cobra on campus and was told that it belonged to AW Jackson's son. I was very envious. I wanted a car just like that. I am guessing that this is the car.
The only discrepancy I see is that I graduated from Oxford College of Emory University in 1969, one year earlier than the description in the ad says Jackson bought it. I left to enter Emory College of Emory University in Atlanta. Maybe they are off a year or two. I don't know.
Jack
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01-31-2010, 02:42 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Greenville,
SC
Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-289 FIA, 65 Sunbeam Tiger, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
Posts: 12,701
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01-31-2010, 03:52 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Santa Cruz,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2613 Titanium w/Black, Roush 402SR
Posts: 4,097
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I haven't been over to Canepa for a couple of months, so I'll have to go check it out. Always something new to drool over when I visit. 
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No stop signs, speed limit - Nobody's gonna slow me down - Like a wheel, gonna spin it
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01-31-2010, 04:51 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Meriden,
CT
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427 SC s/n 718, 428 FE
Posts: 1,731
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Some of the things I did way back then may have been a year or two away from what my memory says. Anyone can make a mistake when it comes to forty years.
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01-31-2010, 04:55 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Meriden,
CT
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427 SC s/n 718, 428 FE
Posts: 1,731
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When I look at that car I thank ERA for my car being so realistic looking.
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01-31-2010, 06:45 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Milford,
CT
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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Car is beautiful BUT....
There is nothing stock on the car...it's a 428 street car which was highly s/c'd...sorry the purest in me....!!!!
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01-31-2010, 06:58 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Yorba Linda,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF w/392CI stroker
Posts: 3,293
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Nice car.
Is it me or is the down-bar from the back of the hoop more vertical than others I have seen?
-Dean
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01-31-2010, 07:40 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: greensboro,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CSX 2401 street 289 Cobra and CSX 3288 Street "427" Cobra
Posts: 712
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I particularly like the indoor-outdoor carpet on the inside of the doors. I can't see much (actually almost nothing) that appears to be original about this particular car. I would take a Kirkham, a new Shelby or an ERA over this car any day.
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01-31-2010, 07:41 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Meriden,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427 SC s/n 718, 428 FE
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 428street
Car is beautiful BUT....
There is nothing stock on the car...it's a 428 street car which was highly s/c'd...sorry the purest in me....!!!!
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Ah, but it's REAL.
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01-31-2010, 07:56 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
Posts: 22,005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ZOERA-SC7XX
Ah, but it's REAL.
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01-31-2010, 08:14 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Portland,
OR
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA, 1964 289->Webers
Posts: 3,689
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Looks Better with Black Wheels 
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ERA FIA 2088
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01-31-2010, 08:59 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
Posts: 5,499
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The rear roll bar brace is way too far forward where it goes through the body, if you look at the (street car) trunk shot you'll also see it's bent. Dump tubes are too circular, exhaust cutoff isn't correct. Looks also to have rear quickjacks on the front and a few other obvious faux pas'. I agree some of the SCising is pretty sacriligiously done but there's nothing there I couldn't/wouldn't fix. I must say I absolutely love that color.
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02-01-2010, 04:51 AM
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CC Member
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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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Again, the car looks awesome if you like that look/style but it is a real shame with the modifications that have been done for me personally. Not passing judgement on the car as I'd love to own a sixties vintage CSX.
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02-01-2010, 01:06 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Jasper, GA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Owned CSX 3121 1969-1975. Went to the dark side and bought a 'Vette. May yet repent and be saved.
Posts: 657
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I met Curtis Jackson in 1970. My wife, who is from Covington, GA adjacent to Oxford, actually went to high school with him. While I recall that he had an Alladin's cave of Cobra bits and pieces at the time, I don't recall seeing a complete 427, or any Cobra for that matter in his "warehouse". He did claim to own a 427 competition car, but that it was "in Europe".
I've seen him a couple of times since then, most recently to look over a pile of 289 Cobra bits that he was trying to sell to a friend of mine for $40k. He is one of the true characters of Cobradom.
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02-01-2010, 03:04 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Tucson,
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Is that the current color offered buy Shelby on his new CSX cars? I was told he has been keeping his dark blue color code under lock & key so as to not have it copied. He will paint any CSX that color though but only at his shop. Just wonder if that's the color.
Larry
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02-02-2010, 06:39 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
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Quote:
Originally Posted by marcocsx3121
I met Curtis Jackson in 1970. My wife, who is from Covington, GA adjacent to Oxford, actually went to high school with him. While I recall that he had an Alladin's cave of Cobra bits and pieces at the time, I don't recall seeing a complete 427, or any Cobra for that matter in his "warehouse". He did claim to own a 427 competition car, but that it was "in Europe".
I've seen him a couple of times since then, most recently to look over a pile of 289 Cobra bits that he was trying to sell to a friend of mine for $40k. He is one of the true characters of Cobradom.
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A little while back some pranksters stole a zebra from a man who owned one in Oxford and led him up the stairs of Seney Hall, the administration building at Oxford College of Emory University. The prank got national publicity. A web search shows the owner of the zebra was Curtis Jackson. Interesting "character"!!
http://www.emorywheel.com/detail.php?n=25561
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02-02-2010, 06:47 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Las Vegas,
NV
Cobra Make, Engine: 427 SC
Posts: 388
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Jim, were the hubs on the 427 cars splined? Was it just street cars? I assume 3188 had spline hubs as well? Thanks. 
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Originally Posted by Jim Maxwell
I particularly like the indoor-outdoor carpet on the inside of the doors. I can't see much (actually almost nothing) that appears to be original about this particular car. I would take a Kirkham, a new Shelby or an ERA over this car any day.
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02-02-2010, 07:17 PM
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Is it me or is the steering wheel a little large? SDR
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02-02-2010, 08:09 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Sacramento,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 707, 446ci FE
Posts: 1,115
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Quote:
Originally Posted by somedayaurora
Is it me or is the steering wheel a little large?
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Looks like a 16-inch to me. Those were the originals, but they're very hard to come by (not to mention expensive) these days. I lust for one but not $450 worth when I have a nearly perfect 15".
I agree, though, looking at the lines and curves on this one makes me bow towards ERA's shop.
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