HM2023 Induction

These are snippets to help you in your process of choosing which  path and whether you want to go there or not. Just little points to remember. History Pursuing higher performance on a given package, a few small block cars were outfitted with Weber 48IDA carburetors. The results were spectacular. Although Webers were originally fitted to the MarkII GT40, they were soon replaced with Holley four-barrels. To our knowledge only one big block car was fitted with Webers (CSX3033) however it was an after production change-over. The car was originally delivered with the dual four barrels. But legend often overwrites history. The eight direct pathRead More →

A young college student picks up a brochure from a nearby car dealership in Champaign, IL. A 1966 Ford Cobra. Man, do I want one of these. But then life surrounds you and the dream gets stored away in the “Book of Don’t Forgets”. The racing and car bug slowly gives way to the pressures of raising a family and a career. Every once and a while, the dream surfaces but is again tucked away in the back of the mind. Life goes on. Fast forward 39 years – my daughter moves her family to Westlake, OH. The next door neighbor has a blue CobraRead More →

Sources for the Cobra research are many and varied. Hopefully, one of these will help you find the detail you are seeking: Pictorial References CobraCars.be    The site was shut down sometime around 2017, but if you know how to use Google’s Wayback Machine, take a look at the early 2017 captures. Although the original site is Belgium, Google can translate any pages as required.  CSX3282     Brooke Clarke’s 427 Cobra Books A list of books from the library of Art Gumbus. Pretty good list but doesn’t include books since 2007 Cobra Books On-Line Documents Years ago, the Kirkham site included an excellent article of theRead More →