COB series VIN ?

[Don]

I provided to Steve @ Brooklands Motor Company in the UK the link to this Thread , below is his unedited response"


" The owner asked us to verify the body work by comparing it to the original body jigs . We couldnt see any difference and it was fitted the same as period Cobras of that time frame , but we couldnt state as a fact that it was built that way but to change a street car body to the FIA style would envolve a great deal of work and why would a racer by a street car body only to retro fit wider fenders for racing tyres ?. 6036 is another story . "

" The car was wrecked in 79 . A new car was built in 83 finished in 85 with a new frame body and virtually every new part . The wreck was kept by the owner with its original title papers period history , undamged frame with numbers and various body sections wheels hardtop etc . We aquired it in 02 the then Saac registry 97 discribed the 6036 as a replica which is a fact . Therefore we had the Ac guy look at the frame and associated parts he verfied it was correct - The Ac factory at Frimley in surrey verfied it too . We restored it to Fia spec body style . Its registered on the original uk issued number for the frame . "

" Our guys here actually built the Angliss 6036 so we do have some connection with that car .. The Saac register clearly is a one sided opinion of the history ....we rely on facts and the facts are our car was built at Thames Ditton and the newer car was built at Brooklands . The problem that arises when someone refers to the registry the opinions become facts as both 6036 and 6008 . Finally and we always laugh at this with the registry is that one car with a new Angliss / Brooklands / AcHeritage frame and body will be recoreded as an original car , and different cars with the same body and chassis process are replica`s !. "

[london]

Originally Posted by Don

I provided to Steve @ Brooklands Motor Company in the UK the link to this Thread , below is his unedited response"


" The owner asked us to verify the body work by comparing it to the original body jigs . We couldnt see any difference and it was fitted the same as period Cobras of that time frame , but we couldnt state as a fact that it was built that way but to change a street car body to the FIA style would envolve a great deal of work and why would a racer by a street car body only to retro fit wider fenders for racing tyres ?. 6036 is another story . "

" The car was wrecked in 79 . A new car was built in 83 finished in 85 with a new frame body and virtually every new part . The wreck was kept by the owner with its original title papers period history , undamged frame with numbers and various body sections wheels hardtop etc . We aquired it in 02 the then Saac registry 97 discribed the 6036 as a replica which is a fact . Therefore we had the Ac guy look at the frame and associated parts he verfied it was correct - The Ac factory at Frimley in surrey verfied it too . We restored it to Fia spec body style . Its registered on the original uk issued number for the frame . "

" Our guys here actually built the Angliss 6036 so we do have some connection with that car .. The Saac register clearly is a one sided opinion of the history ....we rely on facts and the facts are our car was built at Thames Ditton and the newer car was built at Brooklands . The problem that arises when someone refers to the registry the opinions become facts as both 6036 and 6008 . Finally and we always laugh at this with the registry is that one car with a new Angliss / Brooklands / AcHeritage frame and body will be recoreded as an original car , and different cars with the same body and chassis process are replica`s !. "

I saw the AC Heritage COB 6036 at Brooklands last weekend. Certainly a beautiful car, whatever its provenance (Apologies for the poor quality of the photos).