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Joelafives:
I kind of differ on you view so I will speak here a little on this subject...

The Brooklands books which indeed are compilations of older road test and driving impressions articles from back issues of magazines, are still very very important to the Cobra enthusiast for three valid reasons.

One, the cost of the book is certainly less than the aquisition cost of the various magazines (old).

Two, the magazines are very hard to find, especially the British magazines.

The magazines take up a great deal of space on your shelf whereas the books are compact. (a nit really)

So the compendium books, like the Road & Track on Cobra and the Car & Driver on Cobra and the various Brooklands Cobras and Replicas editions are valuable for someone trying to get the feel and flavor of what the car world was saying about the early AC Ford Cobra.

The books do not reproduce the color photos and the paper is not of the highest quality. I will grant you that. But unless you have all the original magazines in your Cobra library, then the Brooklands books are of great importance IMHO.

TURBO II: You are a lucky guy. A nice holiday present to yourself for sure!