ROADSTER COBRA 65 - Before & After

[Angelo]

Mocking up the new 4 point roll bar rather than the single hoop. Debating on chromed or blacked out. Never a fan of taking a hole saw to a nice paint job but it was worth it. I think it's low enough and has the right curves for the style of car. I'd hate the roll bar to look like it belongs on a pickup truck. It's still tall enough to save my neck if I go wheels up but I'd rather not find out.

[Angelo]

Done shaping and modding the top. Going to spray out the high build primer and block it ready for paint. Roll bar on a bit of a delay since I need to roll a slight curve to it and both chassis builders I know don't have a roller. Just benders. It needs to look right so I'm not going to rush it.

[Godbolt]

Great job as always Angelo.

[fordsbyjay]

I couldn't imagine getting in with the top on. Last year I squeezed into a Daytona coupe and it was quite difficult (but then I am a large person). Regardless I couldn't get out of the thing fast enough.

BTW, my MK3

[Angelo]

That's funny Jason. Im 235 lbs myself and I tried a number of ways to get in and out. The result is a very specific technique that I need to get just right or I will have to ask you to look away because it gets ugly lol.

[Yukon Cornelius]

Looks great Angelo, but I would seriously consider going white with the top.

[Angelo]

Really? You don't think it would look better with the paint flowing as all one? What makes you like the white better? I don't exactly hate the white myself.

[1965gp]

I suggest going with one single color- I think the car will have awesome lines when you are done.

[Angelo]

I don't hate the white but I'm not a two tone guy and one colour for the whole car does create some serious lines. Only thing that may go white is the gum-balls with the number 36 done in black.

[wfo guy]

Years ago one of my friends was talking to his son about his requirements for a street rod. The bottom line was " hot rods and cool cars all have space problems." His son then said"you might as well go drive a Lincoln town car! I think that was the last time that was discussed. Sometime later, he and I took a 29 roadster pickup to Bonneville with no top in 100 degree temps. It was one of the best trips we ever had.

[Angelo]

Open air ROADSTERS are great fun to take a blast in but vintage race cars are my itch and with a hard top is my favourite.

[Angelo]

Btw Jason your MKIII looks sweet and the cooper looks great.

[Angelo]

Got the main tube made for the roll bar so I can move onto making and installing the custom brackets and dampers. Working out fine except the top is so light at 25 lbs. that I need softer pressure dampers. Not a big problem although working around this really nice paint has been.

[wfo guy]

Angelo, I found this chart when I was doing the hood one the 51. It might be useful.
http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/092437.html

[Angelo]

Thank you. My supplier is looking into the carbon-fibre weighted ones for me.

[Sj_mr2]

That's going to look awesome. My vote is satin black on the rollbar to match the wheels

[Angelo]

Thanks. I agree with you. I'm doing away with all that chrome for the roll bar and going with a graphite satin metallic instead. Should look right with the black leather interior as well as the wheels if and when the top is removed.

[Angelo]

Besides. My friend Marco and I chose to give the car an identity of its own and too much chrome wouldn't suit this character. This is a rendering of the piece that will be CNC'd and added to the lower corner of the trunk lid.

[Angelo]

Pic

[Angelo]

The actual acrylic piece before paint.