CSX 1000s...

[mullen2]

Originally Posted by mullen2

Pretty sure that is the ones built by Brooklands.

I have to correct my self from above statement. I was speaking to some one involved with building the first of the 13 CSX 1000 cars. For some clarity the first 13 were built by AC that has now become AC Heritage. After the deal fell apart the remaining CSX 1000 cars had the bodies built by North Devon Metalcraft. Statement from AC Heritage is the first 13 CSX1000 cars were the first AC Shelby Cobras built since the 1960's and they were very excited about building them. To bad more were not built for Carroll...

The first 13 were the only cars that came from shelby with the old style nose badge saying "Shelby AC Cobra" and having the AC connection. If some one wants to post the pic Ill take a pic of the badge on my car, I can't figure how to post pics here.

Statement from AC Heritage "Cars were manufactured the traditional way using the same alloy and gas welded with 1mm strips of rod cut from the sheet parent metal . We use the same bucks to Re body " orginals " all the drawings we use were the originals for your and the other 12 cars."

From the above statement directly from AC Heritage it looks like only 13 were AC based. CSX1013 must be the last of the AC built CSX1000 cars.

So they must also have the same thickness Aluminum as the 60's built AC cars to answer someones earlier question about metal thickness.

It also looks like some of the original wooden bucks are now in AC Heritage Museum in England. This statement comes from the Museum website, time frame 2010.
"Amongst the AC Heritage equipment which will be in active service will be the original factory body bucks from the AC works in Thames Ditton on which the bodies for the famous AC Ace and original AC Cobra sports cars were built in the 1950s and ‘60s, along with Aston Martin ‘Zagato’original bodywork displays."