Seen tonight: real 427 Cobra

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08/08/2015 at 00:26 • Filed to: None

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1/21 competition cars.

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DISCUSSION (7)


Kinja'd!!! JGrabowMSt > Dsscats
08/08/2015 at 00:36

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That intake means business. The Super Snakes have a slightly more boring looking intake, but only because the supercharger steals the show.

Do you know some of the tricks to telling apart the real Cobras?


Kinja'd!!! Goggles Pizzano > Dsscats
08/08/2015 at 00:41

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Love those wheels.


Kinja'd!!! stuttgartobsessed > JGrabowMSt
08/08/2015 at 00:42

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CSX numbers?


Kinja'd!!! Lets Just Drive > JGrabowMSt
08/08/2015 at 00:50

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I go with, “Hey, nice kit car.”

Ha!

All kidding aside, my eighth grade shop/homeroom teacher drove a reproduction car, 427 with a bunch of original bits tacked on (but not the Shelby plate) and he’d bring it to class on sunny summer days. Favorite person in the whole damn school, that guy.

His DD was a 5.0L swapped Volvo.


Kinja'd!!! desertdog5051 > JGrabowMSt
08/08/2015 at 01:00

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Are you going to tell us?


Kinja'd!!! Blondude > JGrabowMSt
08/08/2015 at 01:02

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Memorize all of the little details. VIN (CSX2000 for small block cars, CSX3000 for big block cars, any other CSX number is a Superformance replica), Taillights (what style goes with what variant), body shape, engine details (the big shroud around the carb), gauge layout...

If it looks new, it probably is.

Here’s a post on Club Cobra discussing the differences between CSX3026 (the car above) and a replica with the same VIN.


Kinja'd!!! 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Blondude
08/08/2015 at 01:10

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My grandfather’s friend has one at Lake Tahoe, has a 289 as well, bought one from Shelby, he owned the South Lake Tahoe dealership. I know on real ones, one fender is lower than the other. I doubt replicas have that.