'65 Shelby Cobra 427 S/C

[Ialarmu]

Well Here we go, This will be my entry this year and looking forward to it ;D







I'm going for this look, British styling with American attitude 8)





Best of luck to everyone and remember this is about comraderie and fun most of all.

 

[Tobes2us]

Nice choice! My favorite car of all time. Can't wait to see it finished!

 

[Grendels]

Nice choice and I am sure you will do the subject justice!

 

[TRM]

Very cool!!! Looking forward to seeing how you progress!!

 

[noname]

I love the blue with orange. That is gorgeous.

 

[JohnSimmons]

Sweet car, great choice and great idea for the colours.

 

[Aeroteto]

Great choice !
I´ll love this one.

 

[Nikki]

This is my dads build ! ;D :-[

 

[errains]

Koolness and Good Luck!

 

[letsgobrowns82]

Sweet choice!!! Good luck.

 

[Glorfindel]

Great choice! That's a sweet looking ride....sort of Bondish.

 

[Ialarmu]

First progress report:



Step 1



Cleaned up the chassis parts











Step 2 is the engine and I'll have to strip some of the chrome parts....in Coca Cola ;D

 

[NecronautDrummer]

How long does Coke take? ??? Use bleach or Super Clean and move forward with the build!

 

[Grendels]

I just found out tonight that Lacquer thinner will pull off chrome. But be very careful, it will also eat the plastic.

I have been using it to remove spots of chrome for glue.

 

[Ialarmu]

Nah, Coke works great, and I have kids running around the house. The parts have been in for 24 hrs now and are almost there, I'll post up results tonight.

 

[noname]

That's it Ialarmu, get to it and at it!

I like the idea of Coke, no toxic fumes there. I wonder if any Cola will work?

 

[Junkie]

Cool tip with using Coke. Sure it's slow, but it's cheap, easy to find, non toxic (kind of). I'll be trying that.

 

[spud]

the qickest way ive seen is bleach works in seconds

 

[ClumsyModeler]

Great subject for the contest. I also like the kid-friendly chrome stripping solution - just make sure they don't try to take a sip! Good luck, I'll be watching this thread with interest. Love those little Cobras.

 

[The Nylon Gag]

A classic car with out a doubt, very nice idea with the Ford racing colours. Are you going to add any extra detail ?

Can't wait to see what you can do with it, good luck ;D

Gag