[Jamo]

Hmmmm....go figure....a pig 427 doing things like that.

Having driven all over lovely England and Wales, I think I could sum up exactly what every mile of roadway must be like in the Kingdom as well as someone driving a few of the great interstates or desert roadways here in the States could describe all of the roads here.

I'm still trying to find straights longer than a few hundred yards here in the Sierra Nevadas that sit ten miles from my doorstep, or along the length of our lengthy coastline. All in all, I find California to be on par with England/Wales in roadway conditions/diversity. For every circle we lack, we have ten times as many on and off ramps to our freeways. You know...California...the REAL birthplace of the Cobras...SB and BB.

Obviously, Tom and David are interested in what fits best in England and places south, and it may be that folks used to putting Rover V8s, Chevy SB and even (gawd help us) V6s into their DAX et al., reproductions would favor a Ford SB in a full busted body style rather than the flat chested Twiggy look. Having paid the gas taxes at the pump in England, I would personally be thinking about a nice turbo diesel if that was the moving criteria for deciding how to power my Cobra there.

Many of us...more and more each day...no longer listen to the rather moot issue of engine weight when fitting BBs to our 427 body styles...the Shelby aluminum block and fitments simply push those arguments back to interesting period history. The low weight of the SB has been achieved with the suspension of the upgraded 427.

But hey, if the Boys from Provo can sell more arruminum 427s with SB motor mounts for those that might enjoy a sunny day in the Cotswolds...go for it.