Shelby little involvement in creating the Cobra

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OK here we are again. There are two paths to completion:

1. Shelby took an AC Ace and made a race car out of it. Modified it with a coupe body (Daytona) and won the manufacturers cup. Car is out of sight for a while and then becomes the world's most popular replicar.

or

2. AC puts a V8 in their little roadster. They sell maybe a couple of thousand more. Car becomes just another two seat British sports car.

Now really, do you think that if #2 had happened, we would be where we are today?

Don't argue that a British team could have made a race car out of it. Of course they could, bright people exist everywhere, but there was no interest in doing so. AC didn't wake up one morning and think they could make a world class race platform out of the Ace. The car was viewed as a street roadster by all but CS.