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As I’m sure most AK owners will attest to, the handbrake is about as much use as a chocolate teapot! So after three years of motoring (and parking it on the gears), it’s time for an MOT. I spent a good half day adjusting the handbrake shoes and cables and had the brakes at least biting. Then, having dropped the …
After c. 3 years of build time, i finally “finished” the Cobra build (well, you never really finish do you!).
After grounding the bell housing several times I started to worry a little about the sump and stumbled across a post on the Cobra forum. After taking Charlie up on the offer, the guard arrived the a couple of days later and is really well made bit of kit. I had to notch a small amount out using an angle …
The Big Day finally arrived starting with a super early start to get down to Anthony’s (Absolute Horsepower) with an air temperature just above freezing – not ideal cobra weather! We loaded up the car and headed down to the Exeter test centre. I’m writing the post far too late so sadly I can’t remember too much of what when …
Time to sort out the round grab handle at the front! I have a BMW E36 air-bag steering column so I was a little worried things weren’t going to be too simple. Turns out I was right. I decided to follow in the footsteps of others and went with the excellent advice from this post on the Cobra club forum. …
SVA I’ll try to summarise the SVA requirements in time, but for now i’d say read the SVA manual carefully – lights aren’t that easy to move once the car has been painted! A further word of warning – I’ve not been through the SVA test yet, so what you read here is un-tested! Headlights These are pretty easy really, …
For the fuel filler I splashed out and went for a 3 1/2″ Aston replica from Cris at Brasscraft and as normal, they were beautifully made and a real work of art (but not much change from £400!). The Brasscraft kit is fantastic though. So, I ordered from Brasscraft: Aston Fuel Filler 3 1/2″ IVA Compliant Lockable Flange plate Unleaded …
Time to tackle the horrible job of the door latches… Door Latches The instructions for the door latches aren’t too bad and you’ll be pretty safe if you follow them. The only thing I would say is that on other blogs i’ve seen a captive nut on the metal bracket from AK that i’m assuming used to come as part …
I have the three legged hoops from AK and love the look of them. They are a bit of a pig to get into the pre-drilled holes in the body though. I’m pretty nervous about installing them after the paint job! I’m getting ahead of myself. First up, trial fit the hoops and tighten the brackets up completely! I didn’t the …