Spinout slipup: What car stood in for the wet Cobra?

Published by Mike on

So while researching CSX 3012, the 1965 Cobra that Elvis Presley drove in his 1966 film, “Spinout,” I noticed that the Cobra’s stunt double for the in-the-water scenes had about as much resemblance to the star car as the stunt doubles in Spaceballs did to their respective actors.

The guys on the Club Cobra forums (from which we borrowed these screenshots) noticed that too, and while they can tell us every detail about CSX 3012, they were also stumped as to the identity of the stunt double car. Interestingly, the stunt double car – not the hero car – is on display at the Hollywood Casino in Tunica, Mississippi, so if we’re really stumped, I suppose we can give them a call.

For now, though, let’s see how well our readers know their fiberglass sports car bodies. The whole car looks rather Crosley/H-Modified-size, so is it a Jabro? An Almquist? Something else?