Interesting little piece about the Modsport Cobras. The arches on these make the ones on my Viper look positively small
http://www.modbase.info/cobras-in-modsports/4593421649
Pic of GPG4C in Modsport trim
Seeing these Cobras with wide front ends doesn't make me feel quite so bad about mine anymore, I almost got away with it
Nige
289's in Modsports
289's in Modsports
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Re: 289's in Modsports
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Seeing these Cobras with wide front ends doesn't make me feel quite so bad about mine anymore, I almost got away with it
Viper in black and white.jpg
Nige
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Nah not enough holes in it. I have a jigsaw and a new blade if that helps ?
Seeing these Cobras with wide front ends doesn't make me feel quite so bad about mine anymore, I almost got away with it
Viper in black and white.jpg
Nige
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Nah not enough holes in it. I have a jigsaw and a new blade if that helps ?
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That's a really great article you found, Nige, but as we all know, the COB cars they mention are completely and utterly AC, NOT Shelby!
I remember as a kid looking at the pics of the Taft & Richardson Cobras wth their huuuuuuge arches in ACOC mags which I still have, but that's the first time I've seen a colour photo!
Ian Richardson moved to Llangollen many years ago, where he built the Wildcat Rover-based engines, 6.0l and 500+bhp!
I always meant to go visit, but he retired around 2012, and a company in Deeside now produces his Wildcat heads.
I remember as a kid looking at the pics of the Taft & Richardson Cobras wth their huuuuuuge arches in ACOC mags which I still have, but that's the first time I've seen a colour photo!
Ian Richardson moved to Llangollen many years ago, where he built the Wildcat Rover-based engines, 6.0l and 500+bhp!
I always meant to go visit, but he retired around 2012, and a company in Deeside now produces his Wildcat heads.
Hawk 289 FiA...AT LAST!!!
Re: 289's in Modsports
Nik,
Did you really mean Rover engine? The article mentions Chevy 5.3L.
6.0L? I thought 5.4L was pushing the extremes of the newer 4.6 block let alone the older original variety.
As previously mentioned else where one of our members sprints a Rover 5.2 MGB.
Peter C
Did you really mean Rover engine? The article mentions Chevy 5.3L.
6.0L? I thought 5.4L was pushing the extremes of the newer 4.6 block let alone the older original variety.
As previously mentioned else where one of our members sprints a Rover 5.2 MGB.
Peter C
Re: 289's in Modsports
Here's another couple for you Nik
Not a Cobra, but doesn't this Healey look wild?? very Cobraesque
And another
Nige
Not a Cobra, but doesn't this Healey look wild?? very Cobraesque
And another
Nige
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Superb pics!
Peter. Yes, I meant Rover. Ian Richardson was making his own engine blocks and heads based on the Buick/Rover design. Sadly his website is long gone, but I found THIS.
Peter. Yes, I meant Rover. Ian Richardson was making his own engine blocks and heads based on the Buick/Rover design. Sadly his website is long gone, but I found THIS.
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Thanks Nik, interesting reading.
Quite a few road cars found themselves with overly large engines. Baby Bertha, DamFraud to name but two.
Nige I think car 82 must be a Viper!
Peter C
Quite a few road cars found themselves with overly large engines. Baby Bertha, DamFraud to name but two.
Nige I think car 82 must be a Viper!
Peter C