[bitzman]

Thanks for your answer.
About the two batteries, what was the advantage of aircraft batteries other than they are thinner? Will the car start on one battery alone? Were they both connected at all times or was one a back-up?

About the high riser, I gather it would have to have a big hood scoop to accomodate that. I think I remember a picture of a Cobra with a big scoop (Ford thunderbolt sized) but can't remember the details

Another obscure question: was the Cobra 427 bodied by Ghia (pie plate sized taillights, maybe dark blue, mag wheels painted white) ever rebodied back into a 427 Cobra to anyone's knowledge?

More obscure yet: The Ghia Cobra that John Willment had built, using an old Fiat aluminum body, does anyone know the chassis number? Or what car dealer has it now (it seems to change owners every few years)

Also on the backwards reading speedometer, somebody tried to tell me at the Knottsberry Farm show that the reason for that is the speedometer was made for British cars, which were right drive. I would believe this except that when i drove a car in England, australia and NZ,,the gauges read normally i,.e. left to right, so there must be another explanation.

Also did some racers reject the alloy heads because they were subject to cracking if overheated?

At Knottsberry Farm, there was a Cobra with GT40 Halibrand wheels, said one observor. I can send a snapshot of said car to someone who will post it (beyond my computer expertise) because I can't see the differance.

Also there was a Cobra at Knottsberry that someone whispered had the dreaded duplicate serial number, but I didn't see what car he was pointing at. There was about ten replicas there for every genuine Cobra but they were a happy group of campers. Shelby was there but I didn't see him around the Cobras.

PS the new movie called XXX has the Cobra Concept car in it but I can't tell by the TV commercials whether it's a real car or computer generated, but maybe this is a sign Ford is still leaning toward a roadster.

Thanks for all the enthusiasm,