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deathsled,

Thank you, it has Weber's too!

There are at least three different Weber manifolds and multiple variants of each for the 289 Ford application....

1) Early Cobra opposed

2) Later Cobra parallel

3) Ford produced parallel, GT40 application

None of which have a built in thermostat housing.

Quote from: shelbydoug on February 26, 2018, 07:43:02 AM
Does it have a Panard bar? 

Did the Blue Streaks come originally with painted on Goodyear or raised white letters? Is there one size, i.e., 1" high or 3/4"?

The blue line was always painted on?

I'm concerned though that here because the car needs an annual inspection, because the tire wall is shaved, the inspector is going to "break 'em" on me and say they are not legal on the street and are race tires?

The lettering was a raised white letter, the letters in the photo are 3/4" tall. The blue stripe on the original tires was painted on, these are too. We can always leave the DOT information on the tire sidewall, depending on the tire manufacturer we can remove or leave whatever information you like.

No, the Cobra in the photo does not have a "panard" bar. The Cobra in the photo is a recently completed 6000 Series Continuation Cobra.

Back in the 1980s I had a 1970 Plymouth GTX with a factory installed 440+6 (3, 2 barrel carbs). I was pulled over by an officer who proceeded to try and write me a ticket for having a modified engine. I finally won my argument with the officer when I pointed out that the car was all stock and had the engine designation of "V" in the VIN tag on the vehicle. If it happens it happens, there's nothing you can do about it but ride it out.

Here we'll get the thread back on track...........this one has Webers too!

Quote from: 2112 on February 23, 2018, 07:51:52 PM
John, when you shave the Avon sidewall to clean it up, is it smooth or slightly scuffed in texture?

It is smooth, the process is a multi step procedure that removes original tire sidewall details and allows us to apply the requested graphics or striping. The sidewall treatment is up to our clients, stripe, no stripe, "Polyglass script" can also be applied as well as other manufacturers logos.

Just a FYI,

We have not had any issues shipping the completed tires and any competent tire shop should have no problem installing the tires without issue. That being said, we can also custom make other fonts per the clients request.

Depending on if the Cobra was a early "worm and sector" or "rack and pinion" you would want either the 205s (5.5" wheel) or the 215s (6.0" wheel)

Quote from: Bob Gaines on February 22, 2018, 01:24:12 PM

Quote from: CSX2259 on February 22, 2018, 12:26:37 PM
You do not want to use an original T10M, it is much to fragile and hard to replace, parts (gears) are next to impossible to find. Most serious vintage racers are using the Tex's / G-Force South Derived T10 transmissions.

The race Cobras maybe but the majority of vintage race GT350's still use the toploader. I believe based on previous posts that the OP is referring to a GT350 .

We raced a 1966 GT350 with the Tex's / G-Force transmission in it. The Tex's transmission is their own proprietary racing transmission not a built up original 1960s transmission.

http://www.texracing.com

Quote from: shelbydoug on February 22, 2018, 01:17:09 PM

Quote from: CSX2259 on February 22, 2018, 12:54:21 PM
Another good track tire would be the Hoosier Street TDs, we used those on a 1966 GT350 that we vintage raced. Try talking to Roger Krause he is one of two (one distributor east coast, one distributor west coast) AVON CR6ZZ distributors in North America. Roger also is a distributor for other tires and would be able to give you manufacturer recommendations and sizing for your application.

http://www.rogerkrausracing.com

How about some close ups of the details of the GOODYEAR applique? Is it paint? Is it stick on letters? Does it need to be done after the tire is mounted to the wheel?

The sidewall of the tires gets shaved removing any unwanted, designs, lettering etc. Then the sidewall is striped with paint as per the original Goodyear Bluestreaks and finally the raised white lettering is applied. We have done this procedure to tires that were on the rims and tires that were off of the rims, it does not matter. Usually the tires are bought new and drop shipped to us we then modify them and ship them out. The tires in the this photo have probably 2000 plus miles on them. They have not been cleaned.

Another good track tire would be the Hoosier Street TDs, we used those on a 1966 GT350 that we vintage raced. Try talking to Roger Krause he is one of two (one distributor east coast, one distributor west coast) AVON CR6ZZ distributors in North America. Roger also is a distributor for other tires and would be able to give you manufacturer recommendations and sizing for your application.

http://www.rogerkrausracing.com

You do not want to use an original T10M, it is much to fragile and hard to replace, parts (gears) are next to impossible to find. Most serious vintage racers are using the Tex's / G-Force South Derived T10 transmissions.

Sorry guys, I went back to my old handle "CSX2259"

Yes, we do / did the tires in the photos, they are AVON CR6ZZs, we can also do most any tire and have done BF Goodrich. The AVON tires are pricey but you can not beat the performance and visual appearance, I believe they offer the best 1960s appearance out of most of the tires available today. If you are interested in having the tires transformed into what is in the photos please give Bella a call 1-760-428-2177 she will be glad to help you. The attached photo is a recent set that were completed for a CSX6000 Series Continuation Cobra owner. Thanks to those that gave us kudos, it is always appreciated. John

P.S. The AVON CR6ZZs were developed for rally racing. They are also a radial DOT approved tire.

That is a 289 Cobra

Another photo....

I had nearly bought each of the GT500s at one point. Both Shelby's were modified by a previous owner that had owned both cars in Los Angeles. I do not know what happened to the '68 Shelby but the '67 was reported stolen (not recovered). Unfortunately I do not recall the serial numbers of either car. I have photos of the '68 Shelby and I do know the names of both of the cars owners at the time.