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    What is it?

    Well I’ve been fabricating again and made this piece for the car. I thought instead of telling you all (or y’all) what it was I would let you guess. What do you think this is?





    The answer later…
    Rod
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    Its a head rest that bolts to the body, I hope your wife was right when she said you had a hard head.

    Alan

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    Goes on the trans tunnel for mounting the flux capacitor!
    Zach Butterworth
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    A "Continental" kit. Bumper mount for spare tire and cover trim like the early T-Birds.

    Don't know - What are the dimensions?

    -Geary

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    More cow bell?
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    Skid Plate

    Protects the Pan and Bell Housing

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    What is it?

    An over engineered wheel chock.
    Dennis M. Swann

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    Skid plate is probably the right answer, but I sure enjoyed reading the other (very clever) responses.
    Phil

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    One thing for sure we do admire your handywork.
    Keep on fab'ing, one should pursue that which they are good at.

    Geary

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    Great answers , all wrong but I love it so far. now about that continental kit, I was wondering what to do with the spare. And now I'm thinking fender skirts too.
    If it helps the piece is about 4" x 4" x 1 1/2"
    Last edited by RJacobsen; September 12th, 2007 at 10:00 PM.
    Rod
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    It's a mount location for a remote oil filter bracket.
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    I have a real good image in my mind of where you're going with this project. You are a wildman.. you're insane... In other words I just love it. Taking these great styling clues from the past and doing this "Retro" thing is over the top. And then to add fender skirts it's just .... like too much... flooding the senses with style. This says it all to me. You've created an instant new age neo-classic.

    -Geary

    PS My humblest apologies to the owner of the red Unique image that I used for my mockup.
    If you do the continental also consider fins to breakup those awful smooth cobra curves.
    Last edited by Aggressor; August 14th, 2009 at 10:08 PM.

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    Talking

    Sheesh. You guys.

    Heck, ANYbody can see it's a bolt-down door stop! Bolt-down so's other pirates can't steal it from ya!



    p.s. - Geary, I about p*ssed in my drawers lookin at your artwork......probably won't be able to get to sleep for a week now, thinkin about those fender skirts. Makes me think I want curb feelers too...
    Yeehah

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    is it the front rollbar mount for a 289 style rollbar ????

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    Geary, I am so glad that you have way too much time on your hands, the picture looks wonderful, it’s exactly what I was thinking, however tailfins are too 50’s ish, but add some wide white sidewalls and now we’re talking.
    Thanks to everyone that participated I got a great laugh out of this, I think I’ll look around the garage for other stuff that might somehow be used on a Cobra. Another reason to never throw anything away.

    Oh, and Patrick had it right.



    Rod
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    Nice work

    I know everyone will say "I thought that was what it was" but

    I actually thought that. The only reason was the angle of the cut on the bottom of the box tubing. When I mounted my filter mount on the same cross member you did it tilted forward and I had to cut it at an angle to make it stand straight up. That cross member lays forward.

    The mount looks very cool

    The only other bolt center I could come up that could require nuts welded in with that thread type and size was the rear trans mount.

    good work!!!
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    Is it low enough for you to be able to pull the cam out without having to lift the motor. That is why we bolt the filter remote to the frame.

    Alan

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    Admit

    thought it would be bolt up for trans. cause it was so heavy looking.Now, that was a good one---put thinking hat on.Do us another one. Will-alabama

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    I don’t think my earlier photo shows the location very well, the mount is on the suspension cross member.





    Now before you point out that I have blocked the lower radiator hose hole remember that mine will be moved to the passenger side.
    Rod
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    Thumbs up

    Super duty mount Rod! Very Clean! Hats off to Patrick for guessing it right!

    Ralph

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