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Back to having one custom made from my old one..Craig no longer can get them made and COBRA Automotive only sells the "modern" (Kirkey) aluminum version of it.

I believe Halotron now is mostly illegal to use...If you purchase a modern extinguisher you want type "BC" which doesn't leave residue or damage the paint. Mostly you'll find "general use" ABC types..the BCs are mostly for marine, automotive and electrical markets.

I am in need of a new R Model style seat cover for my car. Over the years the vinyl has worn through in a couple spots on the edges...anyone know where I might be able to buy a new replacement cover? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I would be glad that you can at least have the conversation and the gentleman is "open" to helping you reunite the engine with the car.

Consider my situation...a fellow "owner" and "car guy" knows where my engine is and talks to the current owner occasionally - who calls him asking if he's interested in negotiating for the engine. Despite this he isn't willing to let me talk directly to the engine owner even when I offered a "fee" if a deal to get the engine back materialized. Instead he's trying to buy the engine and then deal directly with me. While I'm okay with that too- he doesn't seemed to be interested making this happen to help me reunite the two. So I'm stuck knowing it's out there and potentially available, but a fellow "hobbyist" is blocking me and isn't allowing it to happen. This is almost the total opposite of your scenario.

Looking to part with my newly restored KR convertible. I prefer private sales and yes it's born Acapulco Blue with Factory A/C. Car is almost complete in assembly. Once it's finished I'll likely put more information out on this forum under for sale.

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Sure hope they have the original tach, oil pressure gauge, T10 and Konis....very tough to find items and it'll be extremely expensive to undo the mods back to street configuration...just sayin'

I don't post much here regarding my opinions on these things, but folks if you want to auction items decide whether you want to do it as a time based online auction such as Ebay where the system drives the auction end or whether you want to do it as a live auction where the auctioneer drives the auction end. DOING both is a disservice to the auction results and any online folks not there. I registered for an item to bid as an online out-of-state bidder and not only couldn't tell it's live status do to the website design, but also wasn't given adequate time to consider my max bid. In reality I could have been a bidder to join the group and drive the demand higher for SPR as well as time allotted for other folks may have gathered a wider window of potential buyers in other asynchronous places, etc. Trying to run a auction via live stream isn't terribly viable...I digress.

Reducing price to $250/best offer...

Reducing price - I have a lightly used reproduction 428 cobra jet radiator for sale. Asking $250 or best offer plus the ride.

So as I indicated before - likely not an engine in a '64 car being 3E10 (May 10th '63) is clearly a mid-late '63 car engine. At least you know if there's a COBRA it belongs to it'd be a '63 car sold in Summer of '63 I'd guess - odds are greatest for this. I'd argue perhaps on the early side of MKII Production. Dan I believe I've heard you say before no June engines built and the next batch was perhaps July/Aug which would then likely fall into a '64 production chassis.... something this timeframe would be good to learn production changes from. If memory serves this would have the timing cover oil filler neck, PCV valve covers and a road draft tube. IT would also likely have a Ford generator with it.

If you happen to have an engine in your possession - would you be willing to share the casting date on the block? This might help further determine a car missing an engine near that time window to help narrow down a bit. For example if your block is say 3C15 (March 15th 1963) it might help to understand it's from an '63 car within X build window vs. 3K15 (October 15th 1963) which is considered a '64 engine installed in a car perhaps 75 cars later. I only suggest this because not all COBRA records clearly identify an engine. As well, knowing the model year it was intended for may help understand its market accuracy and value.

Probably a dealer looking to move it on in a week for 10% more...happens every day of the week too. I've had the same scenario play out with me as well so I can relate. In my scenario I needed 2-3 days to obtain liquid cash and was on a cruise in the middle of the Atlantic with no cell coverage. During this time a dealer showed up once he got word with a bag of cash. Even though I was promised 1st right for years the owner couldn't resist what was in front of him at that moment. I eventually got a call by the owner apologizing and explaining he would understand why I'd never want to talk to him again. I took the high road and maintained the relationship until he passed about 2 years later. I hope you fall into the next one!