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    Thanks, Bill
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    I totally agree with you G.R.
    I go to car shows all the time here in Seffner, Florida and see that same thing from time to time.
    I see guys bitch if a new guy comes in with a new car.
    I see guys bitch if a new guy comes in with old car with after market parts on it.
    Because it’s not original.
    Isn’t a old car with original parts just like a car bought off the show room floor just a little older.
    I mean the old car is really nice to see, But 20 years from now so will the new car be.
    I like to see the cars that guys build with their own hands too.
    What I don’t like is when you ask a guy that’s standing next to a custom built car a question
    About it and he doesn’t have a clue.
    I like to see guys that work on their own stuff, and you can trade ideas with them.
    Or get new ideas from them on how to do something better or different .
    I love to see old cars up dated with new tech in them, myself.
    I think I’ve drivin Dave Severson nuts always asking him questions, sorry Dave.
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    Quote Originally Posted by G.R.
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    That is a beautiful Cobra that you have. Great pictures too.

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    There is a guy locally that has a SS bodied cobra that he polished the stainless to almost look like chrome. In my opinion it is one of the sharpest cars I have ever seen. It has a 351 in it.

    I guess it is just a kit. (I say that 100% tongue in cheek.)


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    Quote Originally Posted by Rickomatic
    There is a guy locally that has a SS bodied cobra that he polished the stainless to almost look like chrome. In my opinion it is one of the sharpest cars I have ever seen. It has a 351 in it.

    I guess it is just a kit. (I say that 100% tongue in cheek.)

    probably not SS but a polished Kirkham(builder from Utah)aluminum bodied car....and they are definitely purty when polished out
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    Quote Originally Posted by G.R.
    probably not SS but a polished Kirkham(builder from Utah)aluminum bodied car....and they are definitely purty when polished out
    That is an understatement


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    Ron,

    thanks for that info, I had no idea about that. I would say on an original of course not change the badges. I have had arguments with people about some of the other points on cobras, others insisting that "all cobras had the wide fenders" and "there's no such thing as a side oiler". gosh some people can be so frickin' stubborn, and when arguing from a point of ignorance.

    If I had the money I wouldn't be opposed to buying a car that was done if it was what I wanted. there's a 48 chevy listed local that looks great i.m.h.o. there was a prostreet el camino for sale on ebay a couple of weeks ago I tried to talk my wife into letting me go in on with my uncle, was all done except engine assembly and transmission install. I'd have been happy to own it even if somebody else did all the hard work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mrmustang
    That is an understatement



    That is a close example. Probably was aluminum. It almost hurt your eyes to look at in the sun.


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    Weren't the originals (England) Aluminum? I'd rather polish aluminium than fight stamping SS. How would you foum SS fenders with out the mold scratches / stretch marks?
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    Quote Originally Posted by heatwave
    Weren't the originals (England) Aluminum? I'd rather polish aluminium than fight stamping SS. How would you foum SS fenders with out the mold scratches / stretch marks?

    Weren't the DeLorean's stainless?

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    Yep! They had simple panels made to be replace in case of an accident. Keen concept!
    Last edited by stovens; 10-22-2008 at 06:54 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by heatwave
    Weren't the originals (England) Aluminum? I'd rather polish aluminium than fight stamping SS. How would you foum SS fenders with out the mold scratches / stretch marks?

    Yep the original Cobras were aluminum---Kirkham built a one-off out of copper a year or so ago.
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    I read an article a while back saying some electrolysis occurs between the aluminum body and the steel frames on the old shelby cobras. I guess this could be a problem. I wonder if you could put a zinc cathode on as a sacraficial piece of metal, kind of like on a boat engine.
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