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Re: Random car pictures
« Reply #3075 on: September 02, 2021, 11:36:10 PM »
^^^ Does the Cobra in the background have hood louvers...or is it a shadow/reflection?   

If louvers, I've never seen that before. 
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« Reply #3076 on: September 03, 2021, 09:54:42 AM »
Where I found those photos of the Cobras in the paddock  at Elkhart, it said that one of those Cobras belonged to the late Karl

 Shiftmeyer, most likely the one in the back, maybe that will help with the i.d.

Mike

PS: OK did some searching, the spelling  of the owner by the OP is I believe wrong, I think it's Karl Schiffmayer, who at one time

owned 2263 and 2513 (quite the story behind that one in the 4th edition of the registry)

Mike

this is in reference to my post above #3074
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« Reply #3077 on: September 03, 2021, 05:59:21 PM »
isn't it CSX3209...?

^^^ Does the Cobra in the background have hood louvers...or is it a shadow/reflection?   

If louvers, I've never seen that before.
Like my father, I have just two emotions: Rage and Supressed Rage.

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« Reply #3078 on: September 03, 2021, 08:12:33 PM »
SunDude, thanks for your reply, good research  ;)  I think you are right that the car in the background is CSX3209,  I didn't think

 to look at the 3000 cars  ::) that is the info (re: louvers & hood scoop) in my 4th edition of the registry, that would be early 70's,

 the photo is dated in the right margin September '70

Mike

PS: reposted the photo again here.

Now what about the car in the foreground ? looks to have a yellow license tag on the front.
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Re: Random car pictures
« Reply #3079 on: September 03, 2021, 11:07:36 PM »

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« Reply #3080 on: September 03, 2021, 11:25:26 PM »
The best way to develop a future generation of racing enthusiasts.

It is always Fun to let kids enjoy being in your race car for a photo.

Or get them to help you bleed the brakes - The grandson already has several cars on his inheritance list.

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Like my father, I have just two emotions: Rage and Supressed Rage.

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« Reply #3082 on: September 04, 2021, 12:39:23 PM »
Previous owner 6S843 - GT350H & 68 GT500 Convert #135.
Mine: GT1 Mustang Track Toy, 1998 SVT Cobra, Wife's: 2004 Tbird
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« Reply #3083 on: September 05, 2021, 06:42:04 PM »
Maybe a COB Cobra - The Ace did not have the fender lip

That's true for most of them, but the fuel filler location is wrong for a leaf-spring Cobra.

More knowledgeable people than me have suggested the Twiggy photo car is BE1199, an Ace Bristol that had its body replaced with a Cobra body following an accident in the early 1960s. This car has both the Cobra fenders and the Ace fuel filler, just like the photo car:

Like my father, I have just two emotions: Rage and Supressed Rage.

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« Reply #3084 on: September 07, 2021, 09:25:15 AM »
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Re: Random car pictures
« Reply #3085 on: September 07, 2021, 08:00:09 PM »
"More knowledgeable people than me have suggested the Twiggy photo car is BE1199, an Ace Bristol that had its body replaced with a Cobra body following an accident in the early 1960s. This car has both the Cobra fenders and the Ace fuel filler, just like the photo car:"

But unless it was a fiberglass body, even Twiggy would have caused havoc walking on the rear deck like that.

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« Reply #3086 on: September 12, 2021, 01:18:35 AM »
I really love the look of the wheels on this 68 not to mention those side pipes
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« Reply #3087 on: September 12, 2021, 02:43:40 AM »
That cat is rockin the”Tony Orlando”threads as well…. ;D

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« Reply #3088 on: September 12, 2021, 11:10:39 AM »
That cat is rockin the”Tony Orlando”threads as well…. ;D
oh yea we'll look at this disco Dan
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« Reply #3089 on: September 12, 2021, 10:44:28 PM »
That cat is rockin the”Tony Orlando”threads as well…. ;D
oh yea we'll look at this disco Dan
.   That dude looks more like a mariachi to me…Now the girl……. :D