AC Alloy FIA Cobra

[Dan Semko]

As I predicted a year ago, the infamous Jim Price, owner of Superformance in South Africa, had an alloy surprise up his sleave and he didn't disappoint wanting eyes. It just arrived at Dynamic Superformance in Ross, Ohio last week and hasn't been prepped or even properly shod yet. The car is a shade lighter than Portofino blue, no stripes, with all of the correct originally placed gauges, forward roll bar and wrapped leaf springs. The car is going to be a track car and has only the drivers seat. All of the gauges are arranged similar to those that were on the Kirkham raffle Spring Fing car. The hood scoop is the roadster style, no rivets, with the correct scalloped edges and the contoured center on the front leading edge. I'm not sure what brakes are on the beast but the rotors are enormous. The quality, fit and finish are excellent as expected. No set price was mentioned but as the nose and tail badges attest..."AC The Original" will be resetting the bar for original, production alloy cars. It bears a COX prefix and is as original as one will ever examine. The truck has the regulation adaptations for the required luggage space and the truck lid has the original eyebrows on each side of the license plate area. The wheel wells are nicely lined with protective foam and the leaf springs are also wrapped to eliminate leaf spring squeeks. Rumor has it that Jim Price will personally answer questions and show the car at this weeks historics gathering at Elkart Lake, so be sure to bring your digital cameras. You'll be pleasantly surprised when you view the car and more so with the
gentleman that is making it's reintroduction into the U.S. market a reality.