FirstCoastCobraClub

Finally had a break in house and yard projects, so thought I’d get the GT out and continue sorting it. The motor starts and idles pretty well at this point, and the carbs seem to be reasonably well tuned at all RPMs. I’m getting used to the oddball shifting pattern, and the gearing.

The temp gauge ...

Beautiful car Ken, someone’s going to be very happy to have that in their garage!

There will be a Cars & Coffee gathering at the Madeira community on US1, just north of the SA city gates.

Rich R asked for a count of how many cobras may be attending, so that he can rope off an area for us. Please let me know if you think you can make it.

The show/gathering will begin at 9A, but ...

I gave up on CC for good last year, too unreliable.

Making great progress Will, very nice!

Fini…all done! Should hold up far better weatherwise than the first one due to judicious use of Hardie board and whatever the stuff is that I got from my brother. Weighs quite a bit more (23 lbs) than the first one and about 1/3 smaller.

…until the birds start pooping all over it…

Just about done with it, just need to finish up the roof shingles, glue on the dormers, and install the flag.

Weather report predicting rain all day today, not sure I want to drive through heavy rain. I may call an audible if it looks bad toward evening.

Nice day today, so I took the car out for more shakedown miles (36 to be exact). It’s going to take some time to get used to the dogleg shift pattern, a bit confusing when you’re focused on more than just shifting.

The coolant leak seems to be cured for now. Coolant temp consistently shows 200 on ...