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The one without sheetmetal is called the Flip Top Cobra or "Turd". It isn't the most attractive Cobra ever built and it was a prototype if I remember correctly.
The one beside it is CSX3002 that was truly the first 427 Cobra built. It had a 427 Chassis with 289 bodywork that was modified for the Chassis. It has a flat bottom front end nose opening, square oil cooler, front brace roll bar, and 289 dash and gauges. It was at the entry of MCCAN a few years ago. It also had a dry sump oil cooler. It was on the cover of an issue of 1965 Car and Driver with Ken Miles driving it. It is a very cool Cobra with the Le Mans filler cap. I'm not sure why the Flip Top Cobra has the center fill fuel cap. |
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For those racing Cobras that had a fuel cell, the gas cap was in the center of the trunk lid. For those with just a regular gas tank, the gas cap was on the passenger side rear fender so the trunk was functional. |
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A study conducted earlier this year by the AAA found that when the mercury dips to 20°F and the heater is in use, an electric car’s operating range will drop by an average of 41 percent. That means if you own a Nissan Leaf, that’s otherwise rated to run for 150 miles on a charge, you’d likely only be drive for around 88 miles before having to plug it in. You’ll also find it takes longer to bring the vehicle’s battery pack up to a full charge. Frigid temperatures also limit an electric car’s regenerative braking function, which recovers energy that would otherwise be lost during decelerating or stopping and sends it back to the battery. On top of that, using the heater will drain an electric vehicle’s battery at an accelerated pace. While gasoline engines generate large amounts of heat that can be harvested to warm a car’s interior, an electric car’s climate control system relies solely on battery power to accomplish this function. |
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A 4Dr Mustang?..This seems fitting.
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Why would Ford want to tarnish the Mustang name with something like that?
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The battery pack was liquid cooled, which means that in the summer you could minimize the impacts of the heat. Conversely, in the winter, you could "condition" the battery during charging, warming it to offset the effects of the cold. Lastly, you could "precondition" the vehicle cabin, preheating the vehicle while it was still plugged into the wall (sort of a "remote start" for electric vehicles) and lessening the affects of using supplemental comfort heat while driving. Even so, we still had some hard core supermilers that would drive around all winter without turning the heat on, in an effort to maximize their range or make their whole commute without turning the internal combustion engine on. Was it truly almost 12 years ago that I started on that project? K |
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https://i.postimg.cc/VLXWYpLR/kk.jpg 1 of 22 1968 428 CJ with auto Fairlane 500. Previous owner installed the hood pins. |
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Were the Boss Mustangs assembled all at the same day or time?
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https://i.postimg.cc/vH2R0BC1/555.jpg Kar Kraft had to do some heavy massaging, specifically to the shock towers, to the Mustang's engine compartment to get the Boss 429 to fit as you can see from these two photos. |
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To say that the Chevrolet Chevelle was a bread and butter car for General Motors is a bit of an understatement. During its 1968–72 run, a whopping 2.4 million examples were built, spread across two-door sedans, coupes, hardtops, convertibles, and wagons, as well as four-door sedans and wagons. There were just under 192,000 SS examples produced, or roughly eight percent of the final build count. Those cars can be further broken down along the following lines: 44,239 Z15 package cars (1971–72), 23,568 SS 454s (1970–72, of which 4475 were LS6 models), 53,599 SS 396s (1970), 86,307 Z25 SS cars (1969), and 62,785 Super Sport editions (1968, also known as the SS 396). |
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