Hi Mark, I really hope you're keeping the colour...
That's to die for!
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Hawk 289 FiA...AT LAST!!!
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Sadly no... I love the met blue colour but she will be going back to Pacific Green,
download (2) by mark.morgan07, on Flickr
download (1) by mark.morgan07, on Flickr
I like the classic lines
Sadly no... I love the met blue colour but she will be going back to Pacific Green,
HEY!!! thats my wife...StewbieC wrote:Yes very true about beauty being in the eye of the beholder as even Olive off the buses got taken off the shelf!
download (2) by mark.morgan07, on Flickr
download (1) by mark.morgan07, on Flickr
I like the classic lines
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I believe the silver car is COB 6105
Photos Below are all the same car COB6124
Cob by mark.morgan07, on Flickr
co1 by mark.morgan07, on Flickr
67_AC_Cobra_MKIII_DV-06-RMM_01 by mark.morgan07, on Flickr
co9 by mark.morgan07, on Flickr
This is also 6124 in slightly different guise
_DSC6082 by mark.morgan07, on Flickr
Photos Below are all the same car COB6124
Cob by mark.morgan07, on Flickr
co1 by mark.morgan07, on Flickr
67_AC_Cobra_MKIII_DV-06-RMM_01 by mark.morgan07, on Flickr
co9 by mark.morgan07, on Flickr
This is also 6124 in slightly different guise
_DSC6082 by mark.morgan07, on Flickr
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That "toff' was Tara Browne, heir to the Guinness fortune. The Beatles track was 'A day in the Life' off the Sergeant Pepper's album. He met his end in a Lotus Elan ( "He didn't notice that the lights had changed...")OCD wrote:You don't fancy the psychadelic paint job once applied to a 'Mk 3' by the young toff who was killed shortly afterwards (not in the Cobra I hasten to add). According to research by Club Member Peter Tomlinson he was a friend of The Beatles who later immortalised him in the words to 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds'.
Always fancied an 'art car' Cobra like that....it could be done in a vinyl wrap I reckon, so no lasting damage!!
Colin
Dudley Edwards and team at the BEV Studio created the artwork:
http://alumni.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/node/38
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The Sunburst wheels were fitted to 427 Cobra due to supply problems with the usual Halibrand wheels. Unfortunately, the Sunbursts were also made by Halibrand, so the supply still remained a problem.catsx11 wrote:Gorgeous, yes I've seen pictures of that silver AC 289, it looks so English.
For me it's classic lines stir images of England, green fields, rolling hills and stately mansions!
I like the look of those not-so-wide tyres under the rear arches - not to many people's taste I understand.
Believe Sunbursts were an option fitted as well as wires? or was that for the 427 only?
What chassis number is it?
Paul
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Although the Halibrands fill the arches better, I have to admit that I think the wires suit the car better above.
Hawk 289 FiA...AT LAST!!!
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Chaps
What shade of blue is this - is it Guardsman Blue?
Lee
What shade of blue is this - is it Guardsman Blue?
Lee
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427 'side oiler' in 1965 Street trim
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Both the blue and black 289's are one and the same 6124 said to be in Guardsman Blue I wouldn't know if it's the correct Guardsman blue..
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Thank you!
I suspect there probably isn't a correct Guardsman Blue definitively...
Lee
I suspect there probably isn't a correct Guardsman Blue definitively...
Lee
427 'side oiler' in 1965 Street trim