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Monogram Shelby cobra brake master cylinder?


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The real 289 (and the 427 I believe, but it's been a LONG time since I worked on one) located the brake and clutch fluid reservoirs at the front of the LH footbox (on the left-hand-drive cars, obviously), which fed the master cylinders (through flexible lines) mounted down low on frame brackets. This shot shows the reservoirs visible just above the air filter.

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I haven't been able to find a good shot of the REAL master cylinders mounted. The kit replicas mounted them all over the place, with a variety of different brackets and pedal geometry.

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Though these are Wilwood master cylinders for a Kirkham replica (the most accurate replica out there), they are very similar to the real ones.

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They live on the front of a box bracket under the floor...

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The pedal box under the driver's floor looks pretty much like this from the underside. You can just see the master cylinders sticking forward from it, and nubs on the sides that represent the pivot shaft for the pedals.

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This is the Kirkham pedal box installed. On REAL Cobras, the pedal box was not removable, nor was the bottom of the thing. It's a nightmare to work on one while you're wedged in under the steering wheel.

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This shows the master cylinders bolted to the pedal box / bracket. You should be able to figure out what's going on from these shots.

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I had to scratchbuild the fluid reservoirs and master cylinders in the Monogram 1:43 289 Cobra. I used styrene rod.  This view shows the reservoirs (I don't have any photos of the master cylinders).

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While unrelated, this brings another question for the Cobra experts: What is that cylinder mounted on top of the the right foot-well? On my model it is metallic blue.  In Bill's photo (few posts earlier) it is black with a gray screw-on cap.  Sort of looks like bicycle air pump.

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On 1/25/2018 at 6:15 AM, afx said:

Its a grease gun.

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LOL!  For those on-the-road lube jobs!   I knew that some older cars (from the '20s and '30s) had manual oilers stored in the engine compartment, but I didn't realize that more modern car would carry a grease gun.  I'm glad that I modeled it, even without knowing what it was.

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