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    5/14/2017 6:52 PM  #26

    Bambam
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    Re: A tale of two Cobras... This is hard for me to believe.

    Mopars didn't dominate the 69 season as Ford/Mercury combined to win 30 of 54 events while Ford won the manufacturer championship, the driver championship with David Pearson and Richard Petty was second in points with 9 wins in a Ford. Petty went back to Plymouth in 70 after Ford withdrew factory support.

     

    5/14/2017 7:16 PM  #27

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    Re: A tale of two Cobras... This is hard for me to believe.

    Hmn, so it was.  Petty left Plymouth at the end of the '68 season and drove for Ford in '69, only to return to Plymouth in '70 to race a Superbird.  NASCAR handicapped the hell out of the "aero" cars for the '71 season effectively eliminating them as competitors (limited to 305" engine or had to carry a massive weight penalty).  Just goes to show that common knowledge is often common, but rarely knowledge. 

     

    5/14/2017 9:40 PM  #28

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    Re: A tale of two Cobras... This is hard for me to believe.

    TKOPerformance wrote:

    Hmn, so it was.  Petty left Plymouth at the end of the '68 season and drove for Ford in '69, only to return to Plymouth in '70 to race a Superbird.  NASCAR handicapped the hell out of the "aero" cars for the '71 season effectively eliminating them as competitors (limited to 305" engine or had to carry a massive weight penalty).  Just goes to show that common knowledge is often common, but rarely knowledge. 

    S'why I lost nearly all interest in anything NASCAR!!
    "In the good-old-days"  you could(in theory) buy what the big 3 raced. "Win-on-Sunday...Sell-on-Monday"
    NOW!.....they all look alike....couple of engine builders build for everybody....they are so restricted(to make the wrecks better!) they all run the same MPH......all the  pretty boy drivers together couldn't build a competitive ride!!!
    IT all just disgusts me.
    PS......The races are "fixed" before the first engine fires!
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    5/15/2017 3:52 AM  #29

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    Re: A tale of two Cobras... This is hard for me to believe.

    Couldn't agree more.  The term "stock car" needs to be removed from NASCAR at this point.  I'd like to see a series where they actually run old stock car type rules with new cars.  Safety upgrades only (tires, cage, fuel cell, etc.) everything else must carry a factory part number like it did in yesteryear.  Also, claimer rules to try and keep the huge money out of it to allow smaller operations to be competitive again. 

     

    5/15/2017 6:49 AM  #30

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    Re: A tale of two Cobras... This is hard for me to believe.

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    5/17/2017 3:34 PM  #31

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    Re: A tale of two Cobras... This is hard for me to believe.

    I am ignorant. It wasn't enough that it was a Boss 429... I somehow got confused and called it a Cobra instead of a Boss. You are all correct; they are BOSS not Cobra 429's. Sorry to have fouled that up.

    I would enjoy a dolled up copy of a Boss 429 just as much as I would the real deal, and maybe more since I wouldn't be afraid to drive it. But collectors, who have the means, get caught up in the frenzy of "first 50 produced" in ways the rest of us cannot understand. They imagine a car that could bring $550,000 when it's completed. Hard to believe!

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    5/17/2017 7:18 PM  #32

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    Re: A tale of two Cobras... This is hard for me to believe.

    Keep in mind there were also 429 Cobra Jet and Super Cobra Jet engines offered, though not obviously in the Boss 429.  The 429SCJ was actually a much better performer in factory trim that the Boss 429.

     

     

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