AC enters the fray

[pderouss]

Excaliber.

I agree that the track success of the Cobra was down to it's power to weight ratio. The power came from an existing Ford engine and most of the fundamentals of the rest came from AC. As with any significant change to vehicle specification there were obviously modifications that were required but there was no basic changes of design. When the chassis was more radically modified ( to coil springs) the track successes ceased.

The current success of the vehicle is down to it's having one of the greatest shapes this side of a Ferrari GTO. The shape is not radically different to the Ace from which it was derived.

As always I do not wish to downplay the role that Shelby played in being the person who brought a good set of people and components together in a classic example of Anglo-American co-operation. What niggles me is attempts by people to denegrate the role of other key players in the equation.

There is a saying in the auto business (and probably many other businesses) that successfull products have many fathers and bad ones are rapidly disowned. Maybe we should do a paternity or DNA test on the Cobra?

MKIV

I knew you would be ahead of me on this great business opportunity. I will revert to plan B which is to produce the first replica of a Reliant Robin.