Good decision Nige, Looking forward to following actual progress!
Did anyone spot the unusual feature on the silver Cob above?
Why the 289?
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Re: Why the 289?
Hawk 289 FiA...AT LAST!!!
Re: Why the 289?
Could it be the invisible fuel filler pipe??
cheers...Nige
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Re: Why the 289?
I want to make actual progress now too . I'm pretty much at the point where I can make a start on this now. I'm going to take a look at the 427 body in the next couple of weeks & if I do get that, then I've already figured out what I need to do to it to turn it into a 289. The grille is the obvious change, along with taking some width out of the rear 1/4 panels, modifying the arches, sills & the rear valance accordingly.nikbj68 wrote:Good decision Nige, Looking forward to following actual progress!
cheers..Nige
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No... that`s where the Flux Capacitor fits for non-FiA events!!!!agnoraan wrote:Could it be the invisible fuel filler pipe?? cheers...Nige
Dad fell foul of the scrutineers at Silverstone once as they didn`t like the filler tube being inside the drivers` compartment, and no protesting that it was good enough for 24 hours at Le Mans would change their minds, as they said if the car rolled & the hardtop was dislodged, 42 gallons of 5 Star would come out, so he had to remove the hardtop!
(Of course, this was when it was THE only Cobra racing with a Le Mans hardtop!)
Hawk 289 FiA...AT LAST!!!
Re: Why the 289?
Special customized BRA289
Re: Why the 289?
Those kirkhams get everywhere don't they?
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Re: Why the 289?
The story is that pretty much every Cobra out on track has strong Kirkham DNA, with one or two notable exceptions. And, frankly, I don't have a problem with that. These are racing cars, which get dinged, sometimes pretty seriously. If the 'Kirkham effect' were not there, they would be wrapped up somewhere and we wouldn't be able to see them doing what they were always intended to do.
I was at Madgewick corner in 1999 when Gary Pearson stuffed Project 212 into the bank during practice. Never seen anything like it - the back went in first, collapsed up to the rear axle, it spun slowly and the front went in, pushed right back to the cockpit. The roof creased right across the middle, pointing up almost vertically. When it finally stopped, all you could tell is that it had once been green. How much of the current iteration is still the original car? Does it matter? - it's still racing.
Racing cars don't belong in museums, they belong in paddocks.
I was at Madgewick corner in 1999 when Gary Pearson stuffed Project 212 into the bank during practice. Never seen anything like it - the back went in first, collapsed up to the rear axle, it spun slowly and the front went in, pushed right back to the cockpit. The roof creased right across the middle, pointing up almost vertically. When it finally stopped, all you could tell is that it had once been green. How much of the current iteration is still the original car? Does it matter? - it's still racing.
Racing cars don't belong in museums, they belong in paddocks.