Ken Miles and CSX3002 427 Competition Cobra at Lakeside 1965

[nick_tassie]

I thought this sould have its own thread, the more I looked into Ken Miles running CSX3002 at Lakeside raceway for the Australian Tourist Trophy race in November of 1965, the more interesting stories and photo's I been able to find.

I've also read about some 8mm film footage of Miles running in the Cobra at Lakeside, it was converted to digital at some point and posted but I haven't been able to find it. Maybe someone has seen it or has a copy of it and can post it, be great to watch it.

Attached are just some photo's I've found on google images, there are some great shots of the Thorp 289 Cobra as well.

In one photo you can clearly see that CSX3002 had the rare dry sump 427 side oiler engine, the cap for the oil tank in the right hand front guard. Also of note is that the body looks to have started as a 289 by the shape of the radiator intake.