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Hi to all the above!!!
In spite of the way my little posting read, I am very cool re the American take on AC Cars. Its really quite funny in its own frustratingly endearing way (I think I might have split an infinitive there, but I know Watsa will pull me up on that score)
I was having exactly the same discussion over Sunday lunch in the pub where the West Sussex branch of the AC Owners Club gather (with their AC's. Sorry) The consensus of opinion re the whole darn Cobra saga is that it only becomes seriously annoying, and little criminal, when nasty fakes are passed off as 'genuine' ACs or Shelbys. Other than that, who really cares....? You say Shelby, I say AC and there must be a song there somewhere.
Looking forward to your Benjamin Franklin and JP Jones postings, Whatsa. There's just too much Cobra-related stuff on this site!! Go for it.
Hi Wilf. Glad you saw my little diatribe, but, here we go again, spreading misinformation - shame on you! It was in the Sunday Times not the Daily Telegraph!!! Which refers back to my last posting re getting the FACTS right. What you did read in the Telegraph was an article about the Superformance Coupe (Daytona to its friends??) that i had driven just a few days before and been treated to a major blast down some very narrow country lanes, courtesy of Nigel Hulme, who can really drive monsters like that. Put years on me.... Now that is one very very seriously fast machine, but even turning in a 0 - 60 time of 3.9 secs is still too high-geared as it will pull over 200 as it stands and really starts flying above 100. Boy, does it fly. The joy of the R500 is that it gives you all those thrills up to 120 but the Coupe delivers above that speed, so farewell to the old driving licence and hello to Her Majestys prison. Mind you when that 6.6-litre Rousch starts hammering away above 4500 rpm.......almost worth the risk. Me, I never go above 70, occifer.
And you can read of my exploits in a forthcoming issue of Kit Car magazine (and I know its not a kit in the UK, but they pay me so keep it quiet)
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