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Originally Posted by ERA Chas
John Christie, who wrote that first report was a dear pal of Shel's and was being very supportive of the fledgling effort for an all-new sports car.
It was very common in the day for ringer motors and popcorn times to help new marketing-like the 389 GTO, elephant Hemis, and a million GM projects like the Z-28 and 396, 427, 454 cars.
Consider building a brand-new, 49 year-old project or a modern project which will truly add to your enjoyment of your work. There's really no comparison.
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I think John Christie was the guy who, by his own admission, told Shelby about AC losing their supply of Bristol engines for the Ace, and that Ford had a new lightweight small block ready to roll.
Agreed, that first car was quite obviously faster than the average Cobra 260 road car, but then the average Cobra road car could embarrass just about anything else on the road.
Cheers,
Glen