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Old 04-26-2021, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Trevor Legate View Post
Nice to see the old 'Mk' discussion still rumbles on..and on.... and... Speaking as one wot done lives on the right-hand side of the Atlantic divide I can confirm that back in the mid Sixties (I was there...) the question of MkII or III didn't exist. The 260/289 Cobras were known over here as AC Cobras while the 427 was a Shelby Cobra as it was not available in the UK, so twas not an AC.
The technical drawings produced at AC for the 427 show it as the MkII - which it was. Thus today, within the Hallowed Halls of the AC Owners Club, the 427 shall be for evermore the 'MkII'. However, in the outside world, the 'II' and 'III' designation has become part of Cobra culture and everyone knows to what it refers. Fine by me....
My 2 cents.
Trevor,

So you have finally crawled out from under the rock you have been hiding under? Been a while.....
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