Cobra build no's - Page 4

Pinkbits · 23-02-2011, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Blue Beast II

Dumb *** question? What is fast glass?

Showing my age here

80's slang for electric windows.

Also, there is no such thing as a dumb question.
We all have to start somewhere.

**Revolver** · 23-02-2011, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Pinkbits

Showing my age here

80's slang for electric windows.

Oh yeah! I remember reading that term in a few of my old American Mopar mags.

For a second I thought it was prespex.

BOON250 · 23-02-2011, 08:03 PM

315 lives about 10 minutes down the road from me. Guy drives it in rush hour traffic sometimes! Had 5.8 badges on the guards too.. should be 4.9 I thought?

King Neptune · 23-02-2011, 08:34 PM

I went to Hanging Rock car show 2 weeks ago & saw No's 230 & 385. I took photos, if I can get them off my camera I will post them up.
Cheers Rob.

Uncle Raggy · 23-02-2011, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by XC GXL

There is Alan Moffats XC in the Museum at Bathurst which intrigues me. Is it a Cobra or just a Falcon GS. There is no Cobra Badge on the Glovebox.
I'm very curious about this car at the museum.

Thanks

Wayne

Pretty sure the car at the museum that won in 1977 is actually an XB with updated sheet metal and dash. This thread might hold the answer, but since Baby Preecey has just started waking up I don't have time to read it myself. Nappies to change lol

--->http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthr...ht=race+coupes

gtxb67 · 23-02-2011, 10:08 PM

moff donated the 77 bathurst winner to the bathurst museum. for sandown 78, it was painted in cobra colours and given the horizontal repeaters on the quarter panels (bonds car kept the vertical repeaters). it was then painted in the federation colours and later restored back to the 77 colours - still with the horizontal repeaters though

XC GXL · 23-02-2011, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by gtxb67

moff donated the 77 bathurst winner to the bathurst museum. for sandown 78, it was painted in cobra colours and given the horizontal repeaters on the quarter panels (bonds car kept the vertical repeaters). it was then painted in the federation colours and later restored back to the 77 colours - still with the horizontal repeaters though

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Originally Posted by Uncle Raggy

Pretty sure the car at the museum that won in 1977 is actually an XB with updated sheet metal and dash. This thread might hold the answer, but since Baby Preecey has just started waking up I don't have time to read it myself. Nappies to change lol --->http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthr...ht=race+coupes

Thanks for the replies.
I thought that it was the '77 winner XB with an XC update but wasn't sure.
What threw me was the horizontal rear quarter lights and the XC dash as that is a fair bit of work for asthetics especially in racing.
I knew that I read it somewhere but it didn't seem to add up (to me anyway).

Thanks

Wayne

FPV-HSV · 24-02-2011, 02:38 PM

what happend to cobra 002 does any one have info or pics

ZcAmbo · 24-02-2011, 06:22 PM

There was only one genuine numbered cobra that raced at bathurst that was number 221 was painted up white with red stripe's was featured in a issue of australian muscle cars

paulauxr8 · 05-03-2011, 08:37 PM

Hi smally351,

It must have been number 25 you had at your work shop, number 27 has been in Brisbane since 1978 owned by my uncle, he purchased it from a Ford dealer in Brisbane after it was used as one marshals car at Bathurst in 78.
No 48 and 369 are also owned by members of my family.
Regards Paul

CJR09 · 05-03-2011, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ZcAmbo

There was only one genuine numbered cobra that raced at bathurst that was number 221 was painted up white with red stripe's was featured in a issue of australian muscle cars

wasnt it involved in a smash up of some sort - dont think it was on the track though??? stolen?

looked quite cool in the white/red

ZcAmbo · 05-03-2011, 10:11 PM

it was orinally rolled then purchased repaired then raced cant rember which issue of amc its in but like i said its the only genuine falcon cobra raced at bathurst its still owned by the watson family if i recall currently under restoration back to original cobra spec.
The driver who raced the car is also building a replica of this cobra he kept all the stickers of the car when they retired it from racing to give back to the watson family.

smally289 · 05-03-2011, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by paulauxr8

Hi smally351,

It must have been number 25 you had at your work shop, number 27 has been in Brisbane since 1978 owned by my uncle, he purchased it from a Ford dealer in Brisbane after it was used as one marshals car at Bathurst in 78.
No 48 and 369 are also owned by members of my family.
Regards Paul

I cannot remember exactly what number it was, could have been 25, I know it was 20 something!

66GT · 06-03-2011, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by paulauxr8

Hi smally351,

It must have been number 25 you had at your work shop, number 27 has been in Brisbane since 1978 owned by my uncle, he purchased it from a Ford dealer in Brisbane after it was used as one marshals car at Bathurst in 78.
No 48 and 369 are also owned by members of my family.
Regards Paul

Hey Paul, is your uncle's no. 27 the official cobra Bathurst pace car with all the original paint & stickers etc. If so, I was talking to him at the Toowoomba swap meet - 1 very unique cool cobra.

Pinkbits · 12-03-2011, 08:53 PM

Met a bloke in my suburb who owns No 313 but now a 351.
Has owned it since 1982 and has just clocked up 120k.

fords35to75 · 15-03-2011, 10:40 PM

I know of three in Ballarat area. Not sure of the numbers of any of them but one was allegedly bought out of an old guy's shed about 18 months ago. The guy that has it now reckons it hadn't moved in over 20 years but in real good condition. And if i mentioned what he told me he paid for it we would all cry (I am). I'll see if i can suss out any numbers

gcg2503 · 26-03-2011, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by King Neptune

I went to Hanging Rock car show 2 weeks ago & saw No's 230 & 385. I took photos, if I can get them off my camera I will post them up.
Cheers Rob.

Hey Rob

Just met the owner of Cobra 385 today!

George

cobreta · 30-03-2011, 12:41 AM

Cobra number 340 has appeared on eBay

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/GENIUNE-Ford-...0#ht_929wt_689

UU TS50 · 30-03-2011, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by cobreta

Cobra number 340 has appeared on eBay

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/GENIUNE-Ford-...0#ht_929wt_689

Needs more than 10k spent on it as the seller says that it needs and whats with the seats as the trim is far from right.

Paull · 30-03-2011, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Congo XR8

whats with the seats as the trim is far from right.

It almost looks like material from an XD/XE Falcon.

Belial · 30-03-2011, 01:42 AM

Johnny the "nut job" from Aussie Coupes has generated a coupe registry and it has 6 listed Cobra's with all their build detail.

....by nut job I mean coupe freak.... well, he does run the Aussie Coupe site!!

brut33 · 30-03-2011, 11:37 AM

Cobra 340 was sold July 2010 I did speak with the new owner at the time, it doesn't look any different now than it did then. Seat material is extremley hard to get these day's the company that did the last 3 runs went into liquidation one month after the last run so that's the end of that source.

gcg2503 · 30-03-2011, 11:42 AM

are you saying global trim went into liquidation?

http://www.globaltrim.com.au/

They were releasing some shortly

The owner is on AFF under user name trimmaster

brut33 · 30-03-2011, 02:27 PM

[QUOTE=gcg2503]are you saying global trim went into liquidation?

NO it was another company that did the 3 previous production runs.

paulauxr8 · 01-04-2011, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by 66GT

Hey Paul, is your uncle's no. 27 the official cobra Bathurst pace car with all the original paint & stickers etc. If so, I was talking to him at the Toowoomba swap meet - 1 very unique cool cobra.

Hi 66GT,
That is my uncles car, the paint is original but the stickers were put back on a few years ago back to the original specs, my uncles says it was the pace car but there were more than one used as marhals cars that week end so that is up for debate as the owners of the other cobras used that weekend will argue there car was the official pace car ??
cheers Paul

retroracer · 26-04-2011, 10:26 PM

Hi all,

You can add no 76 to the list it is alive and well, bought if off a mate a couple of months ago, he had it for a couple of years.

cheers

XRTickfordNZ · 26-04-2011, 10:37 PM

My good friend Greg over here in Christchurch owns cobra 391. Alive and well.

He has owned it for about 17 years and it is unrestored.

Cheers,

Brendon

Geez Louise · 26-04-2011, 10:43 PM

That looks just like Cobra 392

One made it all the way to NZ. That's pretty impressive.

Good to see we are tracking them all down.

XRTickfordNZ · 26-04-2011, 10:47 PM

If I remember rightly, there are a couple in NZ. Greg will know. He was only here today. Ill have a yarn with him again tomorrow and try get some more info.

Cheers,

Brendon

V8 6I · 27-04-2011, 01:10 AM

I used to own #180 which I sold in 1996,I met the guy who bought it from the person I sold it to.He said he was taking it to NZ with him and was going to restore it.No further info from this point.