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Interested in voting the AC Cobra 289 Autocar’s Most Beautiful Road Car in World? And maybe winning 2 tickets to the British GP in the process? Then contact me for an entry form. You have 6 weeks to vote. Background Autocar 27th November issue launched a competition to find the readers’ 100 most beautiful road cars of all time. In this issue, the experts had their vote, and the AC Cobra 289 came 7th out of 100. The entry form asks that you pick your top ten choices, and whoever’s list comes closest to the overall top 10 will win 2 VIP tickets to the 2003 British GP. Results will be published at the end of January, so don’t worry about Xmas posting – you’ve got about 4 weeks from today (18th Dec). How do I enter? If you don’t have the entry form out of that Autocar issue, contact me by post with a Stamped Addressed Envelope back to yourself and I’ll send you a photocopy entry form by return (perfectly eligible). The rest is up to you. My contact details: Colin Newbold 5 Dunorlan Farm Cottages Halls Hole Road Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4RE UK Autocar’s Top 100. You can probably access the experts’ top 100 from the Autocar website (try www.haynet.com) but I painstakingly typed them out for you! Here’s the way the Autocar experts voted: 1. Jaguar E-type Series 1 2. Lamborghini Miura 3. Ferrari 250 GT SWB 4. Ferrari 288 GTO 5. Porsche 911 6. Alfa 8C 2900 (1935) 7. AC Cobra 289 8. Lamborghini Murcielago 9. Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato (1962) 10. Aston Vanquish 11. Mercedes 300SL Gullwing 12. Ferrari 275 GTB 13. Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic 14. Ferrari 250 GTO 15. Citroen DS 16. Ford GT40 17. Ferrari Dino 246 GT 18. Ferrari 456 GT 19. Aston Martin DB7 20. Ferrari TR250 (1957) 21. BMW 507 22. Cord 812 23. Jaguar XK120 24. McLaren F1 25. Lotus Elite 26. BMW 3.0 CSL 27. Ferrari Daytona 28. Lamborghini Countach 29. Lancia Stratos 30. Datsun 240Z 31. Jaguar C-type 32. AC Ace 33. Bugatti Type 35 34. Ferrari 360 M 35. Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint 36. Aston Martin DB4 37. Buick Riviera 38. Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 39. Ferrari F40 40. Citroen SM 41. Ferrari 250 California SWB 42. Jaguar XJ13 43. Lincoln Continental 44. Dodge Charger 440 R/T 45. Alfa Romeo T33 (1967) 46. Audi TT 47. Aston Martin DB5 48. Porsche 356 Speedster 49. Dodge Viper GTS 50. Lotus Elan 51. Alfa Romeo 1750 Zagato 52. Maserati Khamsin 53. Mercedes 280 SL 54. Oldsmobile Tornado 55. Pontiac GTO Judge 1969 56. Aston Martin DB6 57. Auburn Speedster 58. Austin Healey 100M 59. Bugatti 57s Corsica 60. Chrysler Imperial Roadster (1929) 61. Ford Capri 3000 GT 62. Jaguar XJ220 63. Range Rover 64. Lotus Esprit 65. Mercedes 300 SLR Coupe 66. Alfa Romeo 2500 SS (1939) 67. Maserati A6 GTS (1954) 68. Austin Healey 100/6 69. Bentley Speed Six 70. Citroen CX 71. Duesenberg Boat-tail Roadster (1932) 72. Ferrari F50 73. Ferrari 308 GTB 74. Lamborghini Diablo 75. Nissan Skyline GTR R33 76. Porsche 928 77. Aston Martin DB3S 78. Alfa Romeo Canguro (1964) 79. Aston Martin DB4 Volante 80. Bentley 4and a quarter-litre Sedanca (1938) 81. Bentley R-type Continental Coupe (1952-55) 82. Bentley S-type Continental 83. Bugatti Type 55 Roadster 84. Cadillac 60 Special (1956) 85. Ferrari Enzo 86. Ferrari 250LM 87. Fiat Barchetta 88. Jaguar XK8/XKR 89. Jaguar XKSS 90. Maserati Ghibli 91. Porsche 917 (road car) 92. Porsche 904 GTS 93. TVR Griffith 94. Alfa Romeo Alfasud 95. Alfa Romeo GT Junior 96. Alfa Romeo Sprint Speciale (1961) 97. 1955 Ford Thunderbird 98. Bentley 4 and a half-litre Blower 99. Maserati 3500 GT 100. De Tomaso Pantera GTS A huge number of Italian cars in this list, not surprisingly, plus quite a few from Jaguar and Aston. Sorry to all you big boys out there, but no mention at all of the Cobra 427! Tactical voting would probably follow closely the Autocar experts (apparently hundreds from the car industry were involved) but it’s your choice! So here’s your chance to show the world your allegiance to the 289. Vote NOW! I’m awaiting your envelope! Regards Colin Newbold |
Colin,
Aren’t Citroens made by the French? Why would anybody place such a car on a list of this type? Is it a combination car contest and psychological test? Cheers, Pete |
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We have to be nice to the French - we're a lot nearer than you are! Plus, their car designs have produced some of the best (and the worst) in the world. Witness the fuss being made now about headlights that steer round corners, first seen on a Citroen DS in the sixties! Are you in or out of the compo? Colin |
Errr, Colin, sorry to do this to a fellow Brit, but you are dead wrong. We do most certainly not have to be nice to the French. In fact, phuk 'em.
And I already did the Autocar thing. |
The best car picture I ever saw was a the tiny Citreon parked under the nose of an SST airplane. One SO ugly, the other SO majestic.
The caption read: One day, you too will grow up to be a beautiful swan. Until then,,,,,why is Citreon on the list again? LOL Ernie |
Colin,
I'm in but I think the French should keep their cars as well as their air space to themselves! Cheers, Pete |
Steerable headlights - Preston Tucker 1948
http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/showroom/1948/tucker.html better yet http://aroundcny.com/technofile/texts/tucker.htm |
On the subject of 289's
Not that I wanted to promote myself this way (yeah right!)...but!!! As you mentioned the 289, I have just completed a drawing of quite a famous 289 MkIIIci. If you'd like to take a peep before it's released as a Limited Edition Print go to
http://www.voomart.co.uk. Have to admit that the 289 is jostling for my #1 spot with the ol'Aston DB5, I had the Dinky toy at aged 6 you see. |
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Hear,Hear!!:3DSMILE: Maybe after we kick old Saddam's rear and they find the missing chemical and biological weapons, our dear French and German friends will finally make a stand. Thank goodness for our British, Aussie and New Zealander friends. It is nice to know you have some friends left in the world.:) Regards, Keith |
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Great looking artwork you got there. Ross |
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Dammit,Mate, you can really draw! |
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Take it from me its a great drawing,mine is in a frame on my dining room wall
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Can someone post a pic of the drawing? I'm having some kind of weird issue accessing the link - something about improper credentials - must be UK customs and immigration at work again ;)
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There seems to have been a change of address - very odd. The car in the drawings is no longer owned by John Andon and is for sale through Jonathan Bradburn in the UK. It will be reassuringly expensive....!!! |
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Might be the fact that the original post is 4 years old. DOH!! :LOL: |
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What a gorgeous looking car |
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