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Old 06-07-2004, 01:33 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Hawk 289FiA with Le Mans hardtop. AC CS(X)2131,289 (my father owned it from `67-`73)
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Hi Pat. Trevor wasn`t saying the AC289 is just a 'nice' drive, ( a little British reserve there!) but that in his opinion is the best driving Cobra of them all. My driving experience runs only to a handful of Cobras (real 289, replica 427,replica 3.5 + 5.3 etc.) but I know that when racing in the 60`s with a leafsprung 289, my Dad was not disgraced against John Woolfe in the 7-litre Cobra, as they competed in Production Sports over 3000cc class. How much better is the coilsprung?
Is it fair to say that a 289 had the measure of the 427 on most tracks, everything but a drag race?
With 'several' Cobras in the stable, I look to you, whatsa, for definitive answers!
Sorry, I think I`m dragging this way off topic now, so I`ll leave it there!
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