AC Cobra 289, what's it worth???

[kris-kincaid]

No, they were the same. An Ace hood would fit reasonably well on a Cobra. The nose in the photo is just laying loosely on the birdcage.

Originally Posted by Maurice Johnson

Help us "early-Cobra ignorant folks". In the head-on and the cockpit shot, one can see a considerable difference in body shape from front clip to the hoop area. The Bristols appear flatter in this area. Where the Shelby cars made wider across the front end?

[Mark IV]

Originally Posted by kris-kincaid

No, they were the same. An Ace hood would fit reasonably well on a Cobra. The nose in the photo is just laying loosely on the birdcage.

Kris,
Actually they are different, the Ace has a higher nose and more "barrell" to the hood shape. When AC re-did the Ace to use the Greyhound grille inevrted, they reshaped the entire nose. That version became the Cobra with the addition os the wheel lips and other items.

[289ACE]

A couple of comments on the the pictures I could see (on dial up so they didn't all load). From the front shot, it looks like the hinges and horn mounts are Ace and not Cobra. The car is a flat windshield car which Cobras never were and it looks like it still has the Beclawat emblem. From what I saw I would put high probability of it being an Ace with the gas tank filler moved. As for the hood, while the nose was reshaped (different core support and front frame work), I always thought the hoods were interchangeable. Let also remember there were a few Aces made with the cobra nose so this might be a 2.6 version. I'll try again later to download all the pics and see what else I can see, but as others have said, it is all in the chassis#. If the tag is not available on the foot box, check the door hinge plates for the 4 digits.
Jay

[A-Snake]

Originally Posted by Mark IV

Kris,
Actually they are different, the Ace has a higher nose and more "barrell" to the hood shape. When AC re-did the Ace to use the Greyhound grille inevrted, they reshaped the entire nose. That version became the Cobra with the addition os the wheel lips and other items.

It might be good to mention that there is an AC model between the AC Ace and the AC Cobra. That is the AC Ace Ford Zephyr. The Ken Rudd (Ruddspeed) Zephyr design is much closer to the first AC Cobra. It is the Zephyr design that used the upside down Greyhound grill.

The Zephyr would be the first AC to use a Ford engine.

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