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And you added the left side fuel cap over the fender - well played …

Gramps - there’s a straight line there somewhere …. Great job on 2287 - and because you know your s**t - no spoiler - which kit did you base yours on ?

Go to the Tremblant vintage race next July - you’ll like !

Never occured to me - the smoke darkens the yellow just enough - right ?

Pretty sure that this is our factory #21 Ferrari P entrant - owned by the Chinetti family - i photographed it at the Simeone Collection in 2020 - can’t recall if it is on permanent display there …. Whose claiming it ?

Rats but I knew that you would know the answer …

C1 site?

Almost done- another bath in hot water to shape the roof and then lots of CA glue …. The tabs are removed by sanding sticks - the windshield is in for good - i’ll mask it when I paint - I’ve still got small gaps at the roof line - but I’ll hide these with some sort of windshield seal…

In order to line up the roof and get the A pillars symmetrical - Ive sawed off the right corner of the roof and re-glued it about one scale inch in - and then Ill re-profile the roof to make it all square …

More random thoughts - the famous Cobra transporter - the one that was also used by the Scarab team - was that owned by Shelby in ‘64 ? Does anyone know whether it was used for Sebring ??

‘Nother great source of Cobra Roadster pix is the excellent Dave Friedman book on The Shelby Cobra team - Friedman was employed by Shelby so nobody had better access to the works …

And my bad II - apologies to all in the Hill families both sides of the Atlantic - PHIL Hill was tipped to drive w Shlesser in The Cobra Roadster - Graham Hill would get to Sebring - i think - in ‘65 - driving a Ferrari - I think …. bugatti fan - how bout the Lotus Elite ???

Thankyou slotcar - as i am not well grounded on all things Cobra …

described as copper on the racingsportscars site - maybe - gorgeous either way …

Shot on the Lyons site of the reserve #27 Ferrari 330 LMB - painted gold - looks gorgeous …. Did not start - should have …

And: Pete Lyons’ site has excellent color photos of most of the race entrants …. W - by the way - 2 great shots of the #1 cobra roadster - and one great shot of what was left of it after it blew it’s engine …. Sad Face …

That #1 roadster had some MAJOR rear wheel arches - not unlike the ones on the Corvette Grand Sport …

PR - yes my bad - only one daytona coupe - please do the ill fated number 1 roadster - that would be great - very much like what you are doing on the 63 cobra build …

Dont forget to go thru Rev’s (Rev’s / Collier Collection) on line research site - they’re all there - even some color pix …. But let’s follow their “no posting” policy on this thread - I had not picked out one of the important features on my Daytona Coupe - at Sebring in ‘64 - 2287 had not yet sprouted a tail spoiler- the team would add one later in the season - so the Simeone car sports a spoiler … but I’ll remove the spoiler for my build …

Dont forget to go thru Rev’s (Rev’s / Collier Collection) on line research site - they’re all there - even some color pix …. But let’s follow their “no posting” policy on this thread - I had not picked out one of the important features on my Daytona Coupe - at Sebring in ‘64 - 2287 had not yet sprouted a tail spoiler- the team would add one later in the season - so the Simeone car sports a spoiler … but I’ll remove the spoiler for my build …

The roof - now removed with a razor saw - is shaped to follow the line of the windshield casting - the tabs will locate it when glued back on with CA glue … venom correctly pointed out that this resin can - to a degree - be reshaped with hot then cold water …

So the coupe was prepped for surgery - the curve of the roof line ober the windshield is now too flat - and the entire roofline was shifted to the right about 2 sc inches - so off with the roof …