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I think the major issued that needs to be addressed is that the 427 Mk II chassis was doomed with inherent compromises due to the fact that it would have been very difficult for Ford to perform a major redo of the Cobra given the incredibly low production numbers that were generated by the 289 cars.
For example, Duntov at Chevrolet, in getting the swing axle rear end for the '63 Corvette, had to settle for the use of '55-'64 passenger car components for his front end. This is when the '63 Sting Ray was producing over 400 units per week (20,000 units annually for five years). Contrast that with a 3-4 year TOTAL production run of 630+ cars with the Cobra. If GM couldn't achieve scale with that number (in allowing Duntov to build an entirely different front end), Ford would have been out of their minds in throwing any serious $$$ at a revamped Cobra project that produced almost zero cars by comparison.
Just a financial perspective.
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