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Harpoon PV2 10-03-2021 11:56 PM
It's pretty common knowledge. Shelby tried to get several engines, and tried to get several English car companies to sell him their wares, before Ford And AC finally said yes!

Ac also looked at the Daimler V8! Not that they were as desperate as Shelby claimed. They had the Ford 2.6 Liter cars, which would become the Cobra. When they liquidated their Ace parts in 1963, they found out there were 100 NOS Bristol engines in store. The Hurlock's also had lots of other business, including some very lucrative defense contracts. At any time during the Cobra saga, they could have bought Shelby out of petty cash!
It is funny to go back and look at what Shelby said abought AC when the Cobra first came out. In the early brochures it stated, Shelby AC Cobra, Powered By Ford. Just like the early badges! Then it goes on, "A unique and effective combination of a modern American Production powerplant and a renowned English sports car body and chassis." Then the brochure goes on, "Shelby consulted with the AC Car Company of England and designed his new sports car around what he believes is the best handling production car chassis in the world, powered by a modern American engine that has the stamina to meet the requirements of road racing." Of course, none of that is true!

t walgamuth 10-04-2021 06:05 AM
No sense getting to excited about it.

It was a marketing statement. ...and eventually would live up to all the hype.

Thor maine 10-04-2021 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Thor maine (Post 1477129)
Some of you guy's make me laugh! Most of us do not have original AC-SHELBY- FORD Cobra's! We have kit cars and HotRods. Or a replica made Shelby America which is not the company that made the Cobra in the 60's they went out business for 6 plus years and came back with Chrysler! AC Cars Ltd sold the name and what ever the company is today sells a Cobra with a GM LS engine. But back to the kit cars and HotRods you guy's don't have a problem with a square tube frame or space frame hybrid or suspension from a Pinto or a Jaguar or a MG or Datsun or a BMW SUV or a (for a modern handling super car) a CORVETTE or a combo of all the above or just some junk that is made to fit! You guy's have no problem with a 5 or 6 speed transmission that is made in Mexico for Corvettes or a Viper. And no problem with a fiberglass body that was probably made by a company that makes boat hulls? But put in that Chevy motor in the car that you used the suspension and transmission from and you guys have a freaking meltdown???
Just has to be restated


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