Cobra interior progress.

 Seats and console all fitted in place.
Door trims are yet to be made.

Side kick panels in place with 200watt speakers with interior light. 

I covered the kick panels with 4D Carbon fibre look adhesive backed vinyl.

The light blue padding is a temporary fit until I can get a better fitting

 rubber to stop the hinge arm hitting the body when fully opened.

Cabin and boot carpet installation was the next job completed.

 Loading up the Cobra at Griffs Trim Shop Ballarat.

 Mercedes Benz charcoal grey carpet all trimmed and fitted neatly in the cabin.

The boot as well looks great all fitted out in the current Mercedes Benz charcoal grey carpet.

Front and sides of Cobra fitted up.

 Completed the front today, including the windscreen and windscreen wipers plus washers.

 Both side pipes, side grills, LS3 badges and side indicators fitted.

 Right hand rear side view. 

My next task is to clean up my under dash wiring before I fit the dash itself.  After that the trimming of the cabin and boot to complete the build. Getting close now to a finish!

Close up of the accessories fitted to the side of the Cobra.

Re-assembly after painting progress.

The rear end of the Cobra cleaned up underneath from the painters sanding dust and the shiny bits plus rear lights all fitted up.  

Rear wheels polished and fitted.

AC Cobra home from painters.

 My Cobra has come up a treat with its new paint job.

 The silver stripes work well with the Lexus Spectra Blue Mica.
 Paint code: 8M6

 Conders Automotive Restoration Service did a great job getting the gaps right, as demonstrated by this boot view.

 Front view with the signature AC Cobra stripes.

Passenger side view showing the panels looking spot on.

Final painting of Cobra in the paint booth.

 Front shot of the Cobra with a fresh coat of Lexus Spectra Blue Mica paint.

 Paint Code: 8M6

 Silver Stripes.

Side view demonstrating the excellent skill these boys have in painting vehicles.

Painting progress of my Cobra in the spray painting booth.

 Stripes being marked out ready to be painted on in the spray painting booth.

 Drivers side view of everything masked off.

 Rear view of where the stripes are going.

Passenger side.

Cobra rubbed down in prep for painting.

Dropped into the painters today to pay a bill and select the color I wanted the Cobra to be painted in. Michael informed me the Cobra is going into the paint booth next week to get painted after a few final touches they needed to do on the car.

Cobra all rubbed down nearly ready to paint, the bonnet not far off being ready to under coat the rear face.

Undercoating all done.

 The undercoating is all completed and will be left for a couple of days for the undercoat to harden up before rubbing back.

 Front view of Cobra looks to be in very good shape after prepping.

 Rear view looks spot on.

In about a weeks time I have to come into the painters (C.A.R.S.) and finalise the color and the go fast stripes I want.

Painting prep is well on the way.

 The spray painter at Conders Automotive Restoration Service (CARS) hard at work prepping the Cobra body for painting.

A bit of body filler is being used to bring the body shape up to standard.
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The Cobra body totally stripped and off to the painters.

 The Cobra loaded up with all outside body accessories removed including the wheels ready for the painters to do their magic.

Off to the painters, hopefully I'll have it back in a couple of months looking like a Cobra should, with stripes and a nice coat of paint. My next post when the Cobra is returned from the painters, I'll be sure to put some photos up for all to see.

Full registration for the AC Cobra SC427

Just back from VicRoads Ballarat getting the AC Cobra fully registered. This was a huge milestone for me after hundreds of hours of work gone into this Cobra so far, and I'm driving it at last.
Three weeks after this moment I went back to VicRoads Ballarat and transferred my registration to club plates using my engineering certificate to do this before its used by date ran out.

Ready for another run down the road.

Rear shot of a fully kitted out registered AC Cobra.

 A good side profile shot of the AC Cobra.

Hand made centre console with black leather trimming.

 A good percentage of Cobras don't have a console as in keeping with the original AC Cobras look. However, this Cobra is mainly going to be a cruiser rather than a racer. So a console was needed to hold drinks, phones, odds and ends you would take on a road trip. So the challenge was to make the console myself to fit in place to compliment the cabin looks and to be functional. 

 After a visit to the local hardware store to obtain the material I needed, for example some 3 and 5 ply board and triangle shaped rod and a mitre board to cut the angles correctly, I was on my way.

  

 The drink holders and the loose change container I bought off Ebay were made to fit in a late model  BMW. This suited perfectly for what I wanted to build into the console. The polished aluminium bezel that holds the cup holders in place I cut out of a piece of aluminium sheet I had spare from another job.

 Lift up the console lid and you have a sliding coin holder, with the inside of the console fitted out with grey carpet to complete the internal look.

 A trail fit up to make sure I was happy with the look and fit.

Next step is off to the trimmers to cover this hand made piece in black leather.

 Console completed and covered in black leather sitting in place. For the console lid, the trimmer put some firm foam in it to make the console a nice place to rest your arm when driving.

The leather console matches the leather seats nicely.

 The carbon fibre look gear stick boot matches the dash carbon fibre theme.

A good view from the left hand side.

Engineering Certificate issued and ADR requirements.

I was asked to source some more information and test data from Classic Revival on the front suspension control arms to ensure they where up to ADR standards, which checked out ok. And after completing the assembly and testing of the Cobra shown in previous posts over the past four years, my engineer was happy I met all ADR requirements needed to issue an engineering certificate.

Front side panel indicator lens I was required to fit to meet ADR specs for warning lights. This pair of indicator lenses I got off a BA Falcon at the auto wreckers, this ensured the lenses were ADR compliant. 

Side front guard indicator lens fitted up and working.

Glazing was an issue for engineering as well, so I had to paint the inside of my windscreen, mirrors and wiper arms a mat silver to prevent these items shining the sun and lights back into the drivers eyes. Also the original Suzuki steering wheel had to be refitted to meet ADR specs, the reason being the steering wheel I bought didn't have padding in the centre.

I also had to fit a rubber strip along the top of the body arch, just above the dash to prevent head injuries in the event of an accident.