ERA Shelby Cobra

[brettS4]

I live pretty close to Road America (Elkhart Lake, WI) and followed this car to the historic races last summer. There were about a dozen Cobras parked in their designated lot, but this one was my favorite by far.

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[Audios S6]

These are very fun cars to drive and work on. No flat panels and lots of things in the way of your buffing pads The worst is doing the rear with all the lift-the-dot studs and roll bar in the way. Those will eat up a pad instantly. Gotta pull out the small pads and take your time. Very rewarding though. I'm curious how you handle the dash inside the windshield area. I find I have to do this area mostly by hand, which sucks. My favorite one to detail was the black one I had (also an ERA). Much more fun than doing a huge late model Mustang or similar black car.

I used a small polisher for the rear half of the dash and did the rest by hand. There were a lot of deeper scratches and that area isn't as nice as I'd like it, but it came down to 'majoring in the majors'.

If there was a bigger air compressor available, then a 2" pneumatic polisher probably could have gotten all but the last inch or two.

 

[Sizzle Chest]

Nice work, car, write up, pics and results!

 

[mcate]

Very nice car & work. I'm not familiar with ERA replicas. I see a lot of Factory 5's, & a local guy has a Superformance one with an all aluminum bored & stroked Carroll Shelby 427. Like 427 cubic inches isn't enough for a light weight car like that!