King Cobras Anyone Part 2

[grandsport3]

Morning Fellows, Spent a couple of hours this morning reloading my latest King Cobras onto Photobucket, very time consuming. Some require editing for focus,contrast and brightness but I'll do that later. The number 6 is in an unusual paint and number scheme I've never seen however, it is extremely nice. I'm doing a part 2 so the thread is not too long. I'm down to two King Cobras, both Lancer slots (one real bad but hope to save it). I have found the AMT Agajanian Offy roadster chassis makes a very accurate basis for any Cooper chassis Monaco/King Cobra or f-1 (got a Penske Zerex Special I'll eventually do if I live that long). I had two factory painted Pactras that I donated to the San Diego Automotive Museum who gave them to some kids to play with. NEVER do that again! Thanx for viewing, John

[afx]

Interesting idea for the chassis.

[grandsport3]

AFX,

I had built a tube chassis for my 1st King Cobra using the April 1964 Sports Car Graphic with the Lang Cooper-Ford on the cover as a guide. Copy the cover adjusting size to conform with correct wheelbase. Also match the Offy chassis against the bottom molded lines on pan chassis of the AMT Hussein as a template, that gave me width and wheelbase. You're using sections of the the AMT chassis matching side tube bracing to illustration. The AMT chassis is flexible enough to "Bend" and spread mid ways for the seats and dash then bend back in. I added center roll bar midships chassis hoop, dropped in an IMC Ford GT engine with a factory painted Pactra Cooper-Ford body over it and it looked pretty darn good. It too got donated to the San Diego Automotive Museum (which is reopening soon) maybe I can reclaim it. Thanx, John