Changing the dash on my 87 Autokraft MkIV Cobra

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Originally Posted by Harpoon PV2

I think an a American left hand stenciled reversed would work. Remember, just like my new MKII will never be a Shelby AC Cobra, yours will never be a AC289. so have some fun, put in a backwards antilock wise speedo! Incidentally, how do you like your MKIV? I may be rally jealous if my replica MKII dose not pan out! Cheers, Dennis

G'Day Dennis

I absolutely love it. I was always looking for as much authenticity as possible as I wanted the look and feel of an original car and I think the MkIV delivers this perfectly.

Its a fully factory built Hand laid aluminium bodied car, built by AC and Ford (Ford was even selling them in Ford distributorships) and as a 1987 built car I can register it with its original tubular MkIII ladder chassis, without headrests or roll bars, no EFI just its original Carbi based 302 and all the other stuff that would otherwise be impossible to register here in Australia as post 1989 built cars need to comply with full modern car engineering standards and emissions controls.

The other thing I love about it is its pedigree. Its rare, only 400 odd made and that's it no more. IMHO it has the most original Cobra DNA in it of any post Shelby Cobra and to my mind represents a genuine 'continuation car' as compared to the plethora of CSX models we see being pumped out.

As an investment I think I stand a much greater chance of it maintaining its value if not increasing over time which is not the case for the fast majority of other Cobra's out there.

All in all it may not be as fast or flashy as flame throwing 427 monster (I nearly bought a Superformance 427 MkIII) but for me it tick 90% of all the boxes and I could not be happier.