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Originally Posted by CobraEd
It's a SHELBY Cobra. Until Shel got a hold of it it was just a little under powered british roadster from a company that was on the brink of going out of business.
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Well not exactly...Bristol Aeroplane Company, the supplier of the Bristol engine used by AC Cars Ltd was going out of business. AC Cars was not going out of business.
The V8 260ci was not the first Ford engine used in an AC, the first was a 2.6 liter 6 cyl used in the Rudd Speed.
By the way,there is no reference to 'Shelby' anywhere on 260 & 289 Cobras. They were known as AC Cobras.