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I removed the headlight assemblies so I could get them wired up. Also using the LED headlights with halos. I wired the halos to so the white was one like a DRL and it still flashed yellow with the blinkers but it's washed out when the halo DRL is on so I disconnected the DRL option and only use the halos with the blinkers. I know some people don't care for them, I do and I'm not building this to copy the original as much as possible. I'm building it for me.
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I have a title! And the best part is that the state of MN says I have a 1965 shelby cobra! That's how I filled in the forms, but I didn't expect them to accept it lol.
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That's one wild card out of the way. How crazy is your insurance (if I may)?
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I get a discount from work on the daily driver car insurance for the other 4 vehicles.
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That doesn't seem bad at all. New 3/4T pickups can be nearly $100K and cost a bunch to insure. Not to mention 'vettes and the like.
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Had a nice afternoon so I went for a drive. The gas gauge wasn't working so I fixed that first. I think a wire was pinched. Anyway I went to town, put some gas in it, visited the brother in laws shop, drove over the truck scale, ripped around for a while, visited another friend to show off and will scavenge parts off his camper that will work on my van, drove around some more and finally went back home.
Probably the best time I've had in it so far. It weighs about 2250 lbs with a mostly full tank. It has around 425 HP. It doesn't take long to get to 60.
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Just be careful and don't wind up in one of those corn fields
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Driving on windy days isn't great. I don't know if having the doors on would help but probably wouldn't be worse. A cross wind almost blew my glasses off my face! It was blowing like 30 mph. I have over 200 miles on it so far. That doesn't sound like much but it's a lot of short trips. It's fun. Seriously fun. I don't miss my motorcycles at all. I could drive it like this forever, unpainted, unfinished, don't care, it's awesome. I could, but I won't. It's going to look great finished up. I'm looking forward to it. Not the sanding, I hate sanding.
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I hate sanding too! Your cobra is looking awesome! Keep enjoying that thing!
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I'll bet you feel 25 years younger behind the wheel. I got a feeling you'll get the finishing touches done a lot quicker than you planned due to the need to drive it. That rush is a great motivator.
Has your wife driven it yet or will she be allowed to?
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I would let my wife drive whatever she wants. Frankly, this one scares her lol. She has no interest in driving it. Even if it had an automatic. She knows how to drive stick but doesn't like it. She won't even drive my C10. I can't get her to do a burnout in the camaro. She's afraid she'll lose control and wreck something. She leaves all of the tire abuse to me.
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First night drive...
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Work, the holidays, other projects, helping someone else with their project and some illness (damn colds!) have kept me from making any progress on the cobra. There is a ton left to do to finish this car. There's a short list of mechanical issues found during my drives this fall such as:
Backfiring and stalling while coasting Gauge lights not working Coolant leak on heater bypass connector Tire rubbing rear fender wells Transmission casing leak Probably more I can't recall at the moment Then there is the body work. Honestly not a ton when compared to fixing rust and 50 years of wear, tear, abuse on most of what I work on. Sand down the seams, add some filler, sand. Primer, sand, primer, sand, etc. The doors, hood and trunk are a tight gap fit at the moment. Then there is the rest of the stuff that needs to be done to "finish" the car. Interior (carpet, dash, etc), painting/coating the last bits and pieces including the side pipes. Clean up wiring, etc. Then there are the changes/improvements like rear coilovers, bump stops, shorter axle shafts, some front inner wheel well protection, changing rear gears. I don't know how much I'll get done this winter. Based on progress of the past couple months, little to nothing LOL. A start was made though, after one last drive for 2023, where I was actually in the passenger seat and let my buddy drive it, and the body was pulled off. It was 30 something degrees with a little wind. The helmets worked great for keeping the cold off our faces and ears. He drove it like it was his daily squarebody 1 ton with 4 speed and I had to remind him that it needs a little more rpm and he needs to downshift from 5th when going into town.
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Been following along and have to say very impressed with your progress on this project.
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That is awesome you were able to drive it one more time before yanking the body off to do body work etc. It sounds like you have a lot left to do but at least you've already driven it. That's a really great start towards the 2024 cruising season.
I hope you and your family had a very Merry Christmas and happy new year!
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Check this out, I was contacted a while ago by Factory Five about using my build on their social media and website. It finally happened. One of the rare unfinished cars they posted.
https://www.factoryfive.com/whats-ne...l-w-dream-car/
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Congrats on the Factory Five spotlight! I'm hoping for an early spring and you having more time to spend in your garage.
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Yesterday I picked up a coolant tank from a 2014 mustang.
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It's a start. 36 grit wheel on a die grinder cleaning up the seams. A few spots had bubbles or voids. One I chased all the way through. I need to pick up some wax and grease remover and mix up some resin to pour into some of the spots. Then I'll us the DA to scuff the whole thing and spray it with epoxy primer. Can start mudding from there.
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And so it begins. I sat and stared at it for a bit, then, well, it's not going to sand itself.
Yesterday I mixed up some fiberglass resin, started filling in the seams I cleaned out. Used some fabric in the deeper spots but figured I was grinding out mostly gel coat and resin so I'm starting with that. I need to do some more of that in the back end. It can be done as I scuff the body down with 180 grit. I'm going to spray the body with epoxy primer before I use any body filler.
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We are having a January thaw which gave me the chance to try the first option to fix my backfire and stalling issue on the coyote. The Dakota digital gauge controller has a VSS output and I connected that to the Ford pcm VSS input wire. Time for a test drive.
No improvement. Bummer. The next option would be either getting the Ford speed dial (no longer available) or an alternative like this... https://www.moderndriveline.com/shop...c-to-electric/ There's one speed dial on ebay but he's asking double the regular price for it. Oh and I did more seam filling and sanding on the body. Need to see if my epoxy primer is still usable. Video driving down the gravel road, straight out the headers, bit of a coolant leak, fun drive. https://youtu.be/xKtkF-jezh4?si=zf-IB9SSEgHUKOLu
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Guess what! More sanding! Not quite done with the first round. The glossy areas are all that's left. I'm going to straighten up some areas like around the wheel wells.
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Finished sanding the body. Still need to do the doors, hood and trunk lid. I need to decide if I want a hood scoop soon. I like the smooth look but I like the scoop too.
Also modified the sidepipe bracket for the driver side. Once I had it on with the body it was off alignment a bit. I added about 3/4" length and lapped the joint so it's about 1/4" more forward.
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Not much today. I mounted the hood hinge assembly. Then took it back off so it can get powder coated. Also I'm holding the coolant overflow tank in the area I'll be mounting it. Gotta fabricate a bracket.
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Your project is looking good. I help at a body shop a couple days a week and mostly do block and color sanding on hot rod projects. I can tell you know one is standing in line to do block sanding.
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