Bandit, Bill, you guys are plumb wrong!
Notwithstanding my assertation that the Ace was successful in it's own right before CS, the Cobra (i.e. Ace + Ford sb) was significantly developed by CS and his team. Did you know for example, that the Ace had only ONE cross member between the 3" chassis tubes originally?
All running gear had to be developed/uprated to deal with the output of the Ford engine, which was SO much more than our poor Brit engine efforts.
Nope - the Cobra was more than just AC Ace + Ford SB- and it was CS that forced that development. And just who exactly had the idea to do it in the first place? It may not have been the first small car + V8, but it WAS the first Cobra. How many Allards do you see replicated these days?
The fact that the NEW Cobra concept has had, in truth, little input from CS is just not relevant here.
As I said elsewhere -I don't lay down and dribble at the mere thought of CS, but credit where credit is due.
Damm- I am beginning to sound like Evan!
