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Cobra (Thames Ditton) Forum / Which CSX/COX? French "Cobra Girls" car

« on: May 04, 2015, 18:43:39 »

Canal Jimmy - now just Jimmy - is apparently still a viable cable TV channel. Surely there is a way to figure out who "Canal Jimmy" is and back-track the car's ownership?

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Cobra (Thames Ditton) Forum / Which CSX/COX? French "Cobra Girls" car

« on: April 27, 2015, 17:59:31 »

A shot of 6003 from '88 shows a rear-view mirror mounted at the same spot on the driver's door, but it is a different style. Still ... that's an uncommon place to mount a mirror.

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Cobra (Thames Ditton) Forum / Mk11 continuation for sale

« on: March 29, 2015, 06:43:24 »

I had always understood the SB100 provision in CA to be for cars that could NOT claim a 1960's build date, hence there was no smog exemption based on year of manufacture. But the cars that are clearly of a more recent build, that need the SB100 to avoid smog testing, can claim to be a 1960's car once they have been through the SB100 process?

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Cobra (Thames Ditton) Forum / Mk11 continuation for sale

« on: March 27, 2015, 16:47:34 »

A "declared manufacture date of 1963" makes no sense whatsoever in this case.

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Cobra (Thames Ditton) Forum / Is this an original Cobra for sale in France?

« on: March 22, 2015, 17:04:10 »

More information from different sources suggests this may be a COX continuation car built by AC in the 90's or even later and claiming the CSX 2221 VIN. If anyone is considering a purchase, proceed with caution.

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Cobra (Thames Ditton) Forum / Is this an original Cobra for sale in France?

« on: March 21, 2015, 17:19:08 »

That's how it appears. I wonder what happened to the car's original gauges?

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Cobra (Thames Ditton) Forum / Is this an original Cobra for sale in France?

« on: March 21, 2015, 05:38:42 »

Had a long talk with the American former owner of 2221 today. He bought it 3/66 and damaged it at Willow Springs race course in CA in 8/66. He sold the damaged skin with a good rear clip to a friend who was rebuilding another car, and put the car into storage for many years. He finally pulled it out around 2005 and had Mike McCluskey assist with getting the chassis back in order. The car was then sent to Cobra Automotive in Connecticut, where they installed an alloy body from a relatively new COX car from England. They sold the car to Ludovic Caron, who had also purchased 2127 through them in 2004. Today, it  remains essentially as Cobra Automotive rebuilt it, with some replacement parts added along the way.

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Cobra (Thames Ditton) Forum / COX6010

« on: March 17, 2015, 16:28:19 »

Car is in the USA. Owner's name known to Cobra registrar.

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Cobra (Thames Ditton) Forum / Is this an original Cobra for sale in France?

« on: March 13, 2015, 05:14:45 »

I have been communicating with a fellow from Genolier, Switzerland for a few years who says he acquired 2221 from Caron after the car was displayed at the 2010 Retromobile show in Paris. Photos he sent were similar to those above, i.e. the car was in raw aluminum and was clearly freshly worked on (or assembled). Mr. Caron is reported to have bought this car from the Los Angeles-based individual who purchased it circa '66, however there may be some holes in the story, as this individual supposedly sold the Cobras he had owned many years earlier. It remains to be seen what the back-story to this car is, but currently there are clearly incorrect bits that give it the feel of a newly-assembled car. I'd like to see the chassis plate and ascertain it is the original piece - at least that would be a starting point.

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Cobra (Thames Ditton) Forum / COB 6054

« on: November 27, 2014, 18:18:41 »

Now that's amazing. It would almost lead one to believe that some folks might hide their authentic Cobra in the shed while building a replica from a Hawk/ Kirkham to go race. But surely, that's not possible, right?

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Cobra (Thames Ditton) Forum / COB 6120 for sale through Hexagon

« on: November 27, 2014, 04:29:01 »

You will note that it's Hexagon who labeled the car an "AC Cobra 289 MKIII." I know them simply as the "AC 289 Sports," which is how AC promoted it.

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Cobra (Thames Ditton) Forum / COB 6120 for sale through Hexagon

« on: November 22, 2014, 05:55:51 »

Um, yes, somehow its flares seem a lot bigger...

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Cobra (Thames Ditton) Forum / Cobra Barn Find?

« on: September 10, 2014, 03:02:31 »

This just gets more amusing. He says it is a coil-spring car, and its 390GT engine matches the data plate. Right. I can't wait for additional details.

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Cobra (Thames Ditton) Forum / CSX3359 article: Real or replica?

« on: August 19, 2014, 23:22:18 »

I'm going to go with the "not" vote.

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Cobra (Thames Ditton) Forum / Cobra Barn Find?

« on: August 14, 2014, 14:11:15 »

OK, but only if it has a barn in it.