Shelby little involvement in creating the Cobra

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Originally Posted by LMH

Your entire paragraph is intended to mislead the uninformed in the direction that AC was a company on verge of collapse and that simply isn't true.
The Ace was a different car, much the same way my Lexus isn't exactly the same as the new Lexus. As I stated, improvements were made throughout the cars production with all parties contributing to those improvements. Do you not read well? I'll write slower next time.
Ace's were involved in racing all over the world, from club racing to professional venues.
And you can be "pretty sure" all you want about the A98 coupe, it means nothing. The fact is AC built it and raced it and SAI didn't even know about it until it was on the track.
Larry

1. What AC model is the subject of this thread? Tell us. Not misleading at all. Seems like just one person got lost and got a little hissy about it.

2. So who was responsible for determining what and where the improvements should be made and who was responsible for the manufacturing aspect of the improvements. Shelby talked and AC listened and did.

3. As to the AC Coupe ..maybe Shelby didn't know about the AC coupe (whatever that is supposed to prove since no one ever said AC didn't have manufacturing capability) but again I'm pretty sure they knew about his coupe using a race 289 chassis. Also, do you think that AC would have been feverishly preparing their own Coupe if CS had never come along to begin with?

Can you tell us if the AC coupe utilized a 289 race chassis that incorporated all the improvements Shelby had directed previously for the 289?

Also, yes, write slower next time.

BTW did AC use Radford or another subcontractor to form their Coupe body?

[Buzz]

I'm not interested in the argumentative aspect of this thread - lots of interesting info and perspective has already been posted, so all that remains now is repetition of unchangeable opinion.

Regarding the AC Coupe though, regardless of its significance from a "what if" point of view, you have to admit she sure was a looker.

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Originally Posted by Buzz

I'm not interested in the argumentative aspect of this thread - lots of interesting info and perspective has already been posted, so all that remains now is repetition of unchangeable opinion.

Regarding the AC Coupe though, regardless of its significance from a "what if" point of view, you have to admit she sure was a looker.

She was a looker for sure.