02-07-2004, 05:51 PM
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Senile Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY USA,
NY
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
Posts: 4,566
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Mr. Fenimore...
..I don't mean to flame anything posted here, but having been involved with "AC" since 1983 when Brain Angliss was building cars under license from AC, I will state catagoricly that it DOES NOT TAKE 1000 hours to build the body. Brian, at my home, after a couple of beers, stated that "the image of thousands of hours to 'hand form' the body is what we sell"
I have also been party to a review of labor times at AC in 1999 as involved the the AC MK III (427 Cobra) and AC MK IV and if they took 1000 hours, they lost a LOT of money!
Is the body labor intensive? ABSOLUTLY!!!! However back in the 60's AC had a subcontracter who delivered bodies at "an attractive price" which is why when original cars are restored, people are surprised to find a thick coating of filler used to bring some degree of uniformity to the bodies!!! 
Mr. Fenimore, I would welcome your private e-mail to me so that I may expose you the joys that will come your way dealing with Mr. Lubinsky! As they say, been there , done that...have the empty bank account to prove it!
Rick 
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