Paint on 3353.

[olredalert]

----Phil has done a great deal of work to return this car to "as delivered" condition. Im guessing he wont be hanging any stripes on it anytime soon. The car will be super impressive without them.....Bill S

[PhilS]

You are correct Bill. There will be no stripes this time around and yes it is a pain to return one to pure street configuration. Actually much easier to go the other way. I'm very lucky that the trunk insert and dash did not get the S/C treatment. Original Armstrong shocks are present too. Try to find exhaust manifolds. They don't have a Ford part number. After a couple of misadventures in my old Cobra ( csx3239 ) I swore I'd never own one without a roll bar but times have changed and originality is more prized today than ever before so even the roll bar had to go.

[PhilS]

Fitting new inner fenders and going through some of the pieces. The original inners are just too rough to satisfy me. The belts are slightly different side to side.

[cudino]

It is going to be gorgeous. And with your attention to detail about Day1 correctness, combined with how original the car was when you started, it will likely be one of the best original-restored 427s in the country. Looks great!
- Wade

[PhilS]

What I believe to be the original block is a "cammer" block. I've heard of this before but this is the only case I know of.

[PhilS]

Finally adding some shiny bits.

[olredalert]

----Phil,,,While I was watching the Scottsdale craziness Carini came on and was interviewed beside a green 427 Cobra. Turns out that was the Cobra that was on his show. That Cobra should never have been touched other than fluffing. Every ounce of originality is gone. It was even repainted in "metallic" green rather than the correct solid BRG, and the beautiful original interior,,,,,,,GONE. Kind of made me sick as I remember Carini saying not to even wipe the dust off when it was on his show. All about chasing the dollar. The owner had every chance to make as much or more by leaving it original......Bill S

----By the way, yours looks absolutely great!!!

[PhilS]

Thanks Sam and Bill. A little more progress.