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Originally Posted by What'saCobra?
But, as said, part of the fun of the AC/Shelby story is the amazing amount of stuff that has and IS happening with that car history. (Just keeping track of the revisionist histories is pretty facinatin'.) Truly makes all the Ferrari shenanigans look small potatoes in comparison.
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It's certainly fascinating. 'Cobra - The First 40 Years' identifies most of the AC continuations built since 1990:
The following complete cars and rolling chassis were built to original specifications before 1996: CSX 3056-58, CSX 3070, COB 4000-01, CSX 4002 (title transferred to COB 4000), CSX 4003, COB 4004, CSX 4005-13 - all 427 style cars except COB 4004, a RHD 289 MkII exported to Finland.
AC produced a further 16 continuation 427 cars, 9 of which were sold as complete cars for racing in the early 1990s with a further 7 chassis in various states of completion - chassis numbers from COX 6133.
There were also two 289 FIA cars produced after Mr Lubinsky took over, the first with chassis number COB 1001 (in 2002), the second COX 2610 (in 2003).
Then there were the 8 427 'continuations' built between 2001 and 2003 with chassis numbers COB 5001 - 5010 (nos 5003 and 5009 not used).
Since Trevor's book was published - COX 5012 (as discussed earlier), RS 5037 and 5038 (Ace 2.6 bodies/with Cobra MkII chassis built in 2004 and completed later - RS 5038 - in photo courtesy of Gus Meyjes - has just been completed in the US and has a 260 V8 ), and the final car to be painted at the Frimley factory, COX 3361.
For Sale AC 427 mk111
Then of course, there are the continuation cars built since 2008 by AC Heritage at Brooklands.......
For those who are interested, there's a fascinating thread on the ACOC website following the development of RS 5038:
AC Owners Club - The last RS car is born