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Old 06-05-2015, 05:51 PM
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Just after info on the cars
I was told their a UK built car
Are they a good thing ?
Was there a standard chassis and suspension that was used
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Yes, awesome cars, built in Surrey, from what I understand they are considered real cobras...I think 300 were built and Lynn Park has a body from Autocraft for one of his 1965 cobras that was wreck and rebodied in aluminum...again I may be wrong...
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Yes, awesome cars, built in Surrey, from what I understand they are considered real cobras...I think 300 were built and Lynn Park has a body from Autocraft for one of his 1965 cobras that was wreck and rebodied in aluminum...again I may be wrong...
If you mean the AC MK IV produced by Brian Angliss, that is not considered an original Cobra. Nor could it be call a Cobra. There were a total of 494 produced between '82-'95
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If you mean the AC MK IV produced by Brian Angliss, that is not considered an original Cobra. Nor could it be call a Cobra. There were a total of 494 produced between '82-'95
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It WAS a "Cobra" in the UK and other places. Ford granted a license to use the trademarks and name on the car. It could not be used in the US however due to product liability issues (I know, I was involved) and the license was revoked after AC/Autokraft was resold to Pride Automotive.
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If you mean the AC MK IV produced by Brian Angliss, that is not considered an original Cobra. Nor could it be call a Cobra. There were a total of 494 produced between '82-'95
Yes brian is the one who rebodied Lynns car, I though it was Autocraft and Brian were the same, like I said I could be wrong..
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it is "Autokraft" and Brian Angliss was the owner. He later became not just a licensee of AC Cars, but the owner of AC as well.
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Are there any autocrat cobras for sale at present time?
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There's one in Melbourne Australia but it's on hold for me for when I win Powerball.
Marlox and ICCARS like this.
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Brian re-bodied a few cars in his day.
They were a car sold through Ford dealers, kinda the red headed stepchild of these cars.

I love them, some do not...
Different interiors
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All alloy, still a great car.... Probably the only car I would get rid of mine for..
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There is one for sale on ebay right now:

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Try this for an option? Kinda pricey, though.

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Duttons have this one, not sure on price.

1987 AC Cobra Autokraft MK IV

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I had an '86 Autokraft and it was a great car. Drove as it should but in the end, only an FE would do

Mark IV,
I remember the hood was particularly heavy and the body work flawless. Could the hood have been double skinned? I can't remember...
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I had an '86 Autokraft and it was a great car. Drove as it should but in the end, only an FE would do

Mark IV,
I remember the hood was particularly heavy and the body work flawless. Could the hood have been double skinned? I can't remember...
The bonnet is heavy as it has a steel tubular frame with an outer "halo" of steel welded to it. The alloy skin then wraps around the steel lip so there is a lot of mass there.
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in the 80th and 90th they were very popular in europe, a bling-bling "rich"- mans toy, the most were really ugly, 80th interior, safety equipment due to registration issues, to me they were really looking like the worst lookalike replicas , but there a some " lightweight" models that came with quite exact mk lll specs ....
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