The featured car of the current (December) issue of Classic Auto
Restorer magazine is Bruce Meyer's 427 S/C Cobra (CXS3041). The
accompanying story contains a brief account of the history of the Cobra
form the early Ace-based 260 cid prototype to the brutish street 427
(sometimes 428). The story is surprisingly accurate and lacks most of
the hyperbole and plain garbage typical of snake articles. The story
does contain details I would take issue with but they're mostly of a
nit-picking nature and don't detract form its general accuracy. If
you're interested in a good overview of snakes accompanied by some
reasonably good color photos, you might want to take a look.
Each issue of CAT usually contains a sent in "Readers' Tip". These are
typically one or two paragraph affairs accompanied by a diagram of a
procedure or perhaps a photo of a home grown tool. This issue contained
a suggestion on limiting the clean up mess associated with spray
equipment touch-up work. For very small jobs the reader suggested using
one of those plastic 35mm film containers rather than the spray gun's
paint cup. Just poke a hole in the plastic cap and push the supply tube
through the hole. When you're done you can toss the container out.
Sounds like a good idea to me. I usually do small jobs with an airbrush
since it's pretty easy to clean up but the hardest and messiest part
always seems to be the the glass cup. Sometimes I toss them out but
at nearly a buck a piece, I hate doing that. I've often used the 35mm
film containers to keep small amounts of mixed 2-part paint in between
cup refills but I hadn't thought of using the containers in this way.
CAT also contains a section called New Products. For the most part
they're just press handouts from various vendors, but I have come across
some interesting stuff now and then. This month's issue contains a
blurb on Brooklands, Inc of Ft. Lauderdale, FL's line of lights for
British cars. They claim to stock 100 lights, including previously
hard-to-find or unavailable items. This is considerably more than the
dozen or so listed in the catalog I got from them a few months back.
"The company imports original Lucas-made lights with correctly marked
and numbered glass lenses, as well as more economical British-made
reproductions, aftermarket lights and related electrical components for
popular English marques." The catalog I have lists many Lucas switches
and electrical dodads. They also sell wire and alloy wheels (including
Minilite repros) Moto-Lita steering wheels, Smiths style gauges, and
even a few snake parts.
Roland
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