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[torinobradley]

Excellent build and great craftsmanship !!   I can't wait to see it finished.   Where were you able to got the 2.5 Ferrels for the weber carb stacks ?   I am currently working on six cobras, for a car hauler load.  
   Great work.   Steve Prideaux

Thanks for the encouragement!

I was able to find the ferrules from an electronic supply store. A bag of 100 was going to cost me about $3 but they shipped fed-ex which would have been in the $15 range. I called them direct and worked something out. Depending on where you find them (if your looking), you might want to give that a try. One other thing I learned, those little guys are a pain to cut. Even though they are tin-plated copper and cut easily with an xacto, the blade tends to wander. I clamped a piece of plastic rod, the largest that would fit into the ferrule, into my desk vise and used a un-cut carb as a depth guage to cut them. Then used a digital micrometer, my finger and some fine sandpaper to get them all about the same height. I messed up twice as many as I made so it was good I got lots of them...

Are you going to do a build thread on your team and will they be FIA or USRRC?

[crazyrichard]

awsome work , i love it !

[Steve Prideaux]

Andy, Thank you, for the information on the carb tubes.  I will try and find them.     I am using the Monogram Cobra,  three will be 427's and three will be 289's.  I filled in the exhaust holes on the 289's and am using several different types of wheels. I am not sure if they will fit in any sanctioning body's rules.  I had seen a picture of several early cobras on a car hauler, at a race track.  That was my insperation. I am using the Ford cabover, with a sleeper and a modified AMT car hauler  trailer.   I am not very good at down loading pictures, for a build thread.  Thank you again, for the information.  Steve Prideaux

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Andrew

 

I am realy impressed with your build so far.  I recently completed CSX2026 which recorded the Cobra's first race victory (pictures are posted in Under Glass) but here is a sample.  I am also working on CSX2142 which is the Shelby Teams' '63 Le Man entry (posted in On the Workbench).  I found a great Cobra reference site you may want to check out www.csxinfo.net  Based on what I have seen so far I don't think you need any of my help but if you have any questions maybe I can help.  I have a fairly extensive Cobra library.

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[torinobradley]

Thanks AFX! I've been watching your build and checked out your red one too. I've been itching to get back to mine but right now my life has too many other demands from me, so I am living vicarously through the other builds on this site, especailly the Cobras. I am just building mine in my head till I can get back to the bench. I almost bought the HRM Cobra kit for the AMT but it wasn't the direction I was taking with this one. I did, however, get a pair of the front brake scoops from him (thanks Harold!). I am curious about your oil cooler located on the fender skirt. Which cars had that modification? Originally, I was going to make the #98 black car with the yellow stripes but I was unable to secure another set of the kit decals (they were very thin according to the box art model). So, I found a place in New Zeland that creates decals for slot cars and they had the Executor. I also need to find the little red oil cap decals and a cobra vin plate, though I might try to make them. I was going to try to print the cobra vin plate on BMF and see how that worked out. Would look awesome if it worked.

[Dogfish_7]

Can't believe all the extra added details! 1st Class all the way! 

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Thanks AFX! I've been watching your build and checked out your red one too. I've been itching to get back to mine but right now my life has too many other demands from me, so I am living vicarously through the other builds on this site, especailly the Cobras. I am just building mine in my head till I can get back to the bench. I almost bought the HRM Cobra kit for the AMT but it wasn't the direction I was taking with this one. I did, however, get a pair of the front brake scoops from him (thanks Harold!). I am curious about your oil cooler located on the fender skirt. Which cars had that modification? Originally, I was going to make the #98 black car with the yellow stripes but I was unable to secure another set of the kit decals (they were very thin according to the box art model). So, I found a place in New Zeland that creates decals for slot cars and they had the Executor. I also need to find the little red oil cap decals and a cobra vin plate, though I might try to make them. I was going to try to print the cobra vin plate on BMF and see how that worked out. Would look awesome if it worked.

 

I'm not sure the oil cooler in the fender well is 100% accurate.  Just a bit of intuition on my part.  And since I am currently working on (3) Cobras I wanted to have some variation between them.