I worked at a dealership 59-63, Cadillacs came in special rail box cars and could only be unloaded by one trained guy in our town.  Four per car double decked, it took all day to get them out.

There was a Cobra replica manufacturer in North Vancouver British Columbia called Cardiac Cobra. They seemed to be pretty busy for a time, but when the Canadian Federal government brought in new regulations that mandates that replicas had to meet year of manufacturer emissions standards, that was the nail in the coffin. Pretty tough to get a 2 x4 barrel equipped 427 FE to meet 2000s pollution limits. Another BC buddy has been building very lightweight Daytona Coupes and GT40 replicas, using round tube chrome moly tubing and carbon fiber bodies. Not sure how he gets around the emissions regs.

I guess that the enclosed rail cars came about due to vandalism and theft. Not sure if "artists" were tagging new cars with graffiti back in the early 60s or not, but I knew a guy that worked at a large new car auto terminal/storage facility, and when they went to unload new Z/28 Camaros in the late 70s, it wasn`t uncommon to find an empty spot were the Super T10 4 speeds had been. I guess if a group of thieves jump on a train load of new cars, headed thousands of miles away, they could remove several transmissions while the train was en route, and toss them on the grass beside the tracks, for a fellow crook to pickup. Plus I suppose some kids could throw rocks at the cars and/or windows while the train was chugging along.

great! Thanks for the update.

It's a 347.

ERA is in New Britian ,CT; I have been there several times and did some small buisness with Peter Portante for a few years. A good friend of mine owned ERA Chassis #25, which was previously owned and built for Bob Tasca and had a dual quad 427 sideoiler, the car was sick.
I founded Nor'East Cobras with a childhood friend; we built Factory Fives. We were involved with them pretty much from the beginning. We were tasked with building the prototype Daytona Coupe, (which I eventually owned), we also built the prototype SpecRacer that was featured in Car and Driver.
SPEC RACER
We continued building cars until the market went south in 2009. We hung on for a few more years, but did more flipping then building as everyone was liquidating their toys. Thank God it was a parttime job.

The wagon looks like a 61 Mercury.

Update tailgate is working and wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be. 

Interesting assortment of models. I can't figure out if that wagon is an Edsel or a Ford...I think Edsel. Those Lincolns sure have pretty much disappeared.
Railroad cars nowadays are enclosed but vented......I see lots of them around here. Didn't know what was in those vented cars until I asked a friend who works for the railroad. I figured it couldn't be cattle, but back in the old days, railroads transporting cattle is what put Amarillo on the map.

Quote from: CobraJoe on 2024-11-13 08:04

Interesting the the Falcon was shipped with it`s hub caps already installed.