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[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by 1ntCobra

See that is the kind of response that indicates that you did not COMPLETELY miss the point! Why didn't you say that in the first place?

The registry does not mention anything along the lines of Dugly's theory, but it does say that Kirkham originally dealt with a company called Geppard that failed and was taken over by a company called ZKA that was having problems too.

Of course Shelby claimed to own the 427 Cobra tooling instead of AC, but Shelby never bought AC. But the Kirkhams eventually bought out the Polish factory.

You're right, I really didn't think about a theory or that the Polish factory sold Cobras that weren't Kirkhams and that landed here in North America. Of course, there's zero evidence to prove that theory and that also would make the OP's Cobra a Unicorn and not a Kirkham.

[1ntCobra]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

You're right, I really didn't think about a theory or that the Polish factory sold Cobras that weren't Kirkhams and that landed here in North America. Of course, there's zero evidence to prove that theory and that also would make the OP's Cobra a Unicorn and not a Kirkham.

Well there you go. Unicorns have big noses and I have been sort of agreeing with your non-Kirkham nose on the OP's car.

However the more I look at Larry's seam pictures, the more I am thinking that this is a Kirkham body on a scratch builder's frame. Perhaps the scratch builder may have tweaked the nose somehow when attaching the body to the car. That would also go along with Bill thinking that the body is attached differently than how Kirkham would attach it to the frame.

So I think I will agree with you that this is a unicorn and not a Kirkham, but I think it does have a Kirkham body, just not a Kirkham frame.