Continuation Cobras & SAAC

[A-Snake]

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

Finally. A statement by someone other than me that AC would not have continued without Shelby. The Cobra was Shelby's influence. The Ace would have withered away without his "partnership" if you want to call it that. That is the PC version of what we today call a supplier relationship.

Ned post read,
"The original Cobras were the result of a joint effort by both AC Cars and Shelby American, but neither would have produced the same car absent the willingness of the other to cooperate in their production. Hence, the later "Cobras" built exclusively by Shelby used VINs to which Shelby had dubious legitimate claim and were never approved by AC Cars nor its successor entity, AK."

I don't find that Ned says AC Cars would have withered away without Shelby?
If you make that assumption it would be possible to assume that Shelby would have withered away without the efforts of AC Cars.

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by A-Snake

If you make that assumption it would be possible to assume that Shelby would have withered away without the efforts of AC Cars.

Shelby would have found another platform for his racing vehicle so Shelby would have continued. Whether that effort would have been successful I would believe not so much but recall the open roadster was not so much a success. It was the roadster rebodied into the coupe that won. And by that time Shelby's attention was mostly focused on the Ford gt program

The Shelby / AC relationship was symbiotic . Neither probably would have flourished without the other