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428 Frua Forum / Re: AC 428 EFX chassis for sale
« on: July 19, 2022, 20:28:12 »
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Cobra (Thames Ditton) Forum / Was this CSX2016 on display at 2022 Zandvoort Historic Grand Prix...?
« on: July 18, 2022, 16:47:19 »
Can Robin Stainer or anyone else confirm: Was this the real CSX2016 on display at this week's Zandvoort Historic Grand Prix? The car is wearing a Swiss registration plate: SZ71683. It shared tent space with a pair of Lotus 11s.
Afraid I don't have much more background info to share, as I wasn't there in person. This is a webfind photo taken by Marc Noordink.
The car resembles the real CSX2016 when it was for sale through Fantasy Junction (Emeryville CA) and Peter Bradfield (London UK) a decade ago. The dark green paint and tan interior match. The nose emblem matches. The lack of side vents and side emblems match. The side mirrors match. The tri-bar headlamps and front turn signals match. The chrome wire wheels and Pirelli tires match. However, the chrome rollbar has been removed (it didn't penetrate the sheet metal) and the hood scoop is missing.
Afraid I don't have much more background info to share, as I wasn't there in person. This is a webfind photo taken by Marc Noordink.
The car resembles the real CSX2016 when it was for sale through Fantasy Junction (Emeryville CA) and Peter Bradfield (London UK) a decade ago. The dark green paint and tan interior match. The nose emblem matches. The lack of side vents and side emblems match. The side mirrors match. The tri-bar headlamps and front turn signals match. The chrome wire wheels and Pirelli tires match. However, the chrome rollbar has been removed (it didn't penetrate the sheet metal) and the hood scoop is missing.
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428 Frua Forum / Re: AC 428 EFX chassis for sale
« on: July 15, 2022, 11:21:57 »
I'm curious too
How do they explain the letterhead etc? Is it all supposed to be some kind of forgery? And what about the other history described in the Cobra Registry? Inquiring minds want to know ...
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428 Frua Forum / Re: AC 428 EFX chassis for sale
« on: July 14, 2022, 11:30:33 »
they say no "M.G. Wright" ever worked for AC Cars in Thames-Ditton
I am by NO means an expert on AC cars. But: how to explain the 1977 letter on AC letterhead explaining exactly what this frame is?
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428 Frua Forum / Re: AC 428 EFX chassis for sale
« on: July 13, 2022, 23:34:44 »
The Hurlock family are adamant that AC Cars never built these EFX chassis in the 1960s. Very puzzling for spectators like me.
Anyone else see this "project"?
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-ac-cobra-efx-chassis/
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General Forum / Re: AC Prototype
« on: April 25, 2022, 11:59:43 »Last Friday I wandered round a rather posh car show and spotted an unusual AC, described as a 1962 prototype and registered 4000PE.
I feel sure I remember the number from somewhere, but old age is catching up and I can’t remember what the car actually is.
I have a photo but have failed miserably to post it.
MA-200, perhaps? It wears the reg. plate 6000 PE and is currently for sale through DK Engineering, who was planning to show the car at Salon Privé.
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General Forum / Re: AC Cobra Ghia 1965
« on: March 25, 2022, 22:19:53 »This advertisement suggests that one such car was returned to AC and rebuilt as a standard Cobra:
https://www.pcarmarket.com/auction/1965-shelby-cobra/
Is there any info on the serial numbers of the Ghia cars?
Pretty sure the Ghia show car was built on chassis no. CSX3063.
The PCarMarket auction car claims to be CSX3063, but its provenance might need verification.
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General Forum / Re: AC Cobra Ghia 1965
« on: March 24, 2022, 21:11:21 »Yes, that's the one; there's another picture of the car/another car with a hardtop.
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General Forum / Re: Carroll Shelby's personal Cobra 427 sells for whopping price
« on: January 21, 2021, 19:04:11 »
The prices quoted above are hammer prices and don't include the buyer's premiums which tend to add 10% or so.
CSX3015 A lesson to anyone thinking that it's easy to make money on these cars, bought for $5million in Jan 07 sold for $4.65million eight years later. Were the prices inc. buyers premium and presumably the sale incurred commission, so the real loss was probably nearer $1million.
However it's all relative to someones wealth!
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General Forum / Re: Carroll Shelby's personal Cobra 427 sells for whopping price
« on: January 20, 2021, 21:11:30 »
With all the internet buzz surrounding this weekend's sale of Carroll Shelby's personal 427 street Cobra, I thought it might be fun to look at the Top 5 Highest-Priced Cobras ever sold at auction. Hope you enjoy the brief slide show.
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General Forum / Re: Value of found AC Bristol
« on: October 21, 2020, 13:35:27 »There is no doubt that we have located BEX 310, and numbers have been found on the doors and trunk/hood hinge areas. But as expected, it would appear that the R.H. engine mount is missing. I have photos, but they are coming in with too large a format to post. Now what?
Ned, upload the image files to your Flickr account. Flickr allows you to share/hyperlink the photos at different resolutions/sizes.
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Mk IV, Superblower, CRS and other Continuation Cars Forum / Re: Superformance anyone?
« on: September 18, 2020, 21:27:14 »Thank you SunDude for your feedback. The car I am considering has an aluminium bodywork.
Are you aware of some of the details which tells them apart from original cars?
As a start it seems the wishbones are shaped a little differently and use ball joints rather than bronze bearings, at least on the 289 FIA.
I'm not aware of any Superformance MkII Cobras that have aluminum bodywork. Do you know what chassis number it is? I actually bought my 427 car from the guy who developed the MkII for Superformance, and could check with him.
Any chance the car you're looking at is a Kirkham, also sold in the U.K. through Hawk?
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Mk IV, Superblower, CRS and other Continuation Cars Forum / Re: Superformance anyone?
« on: September 18, 2020, 00:22:25 »
I've owned my Superformance MkIII since 2009 and can vouch for its outstanding build quality and paint finish. It will not disappoint you in this respect.
From an authenticity perspective, the MkIII (427 body style) has several variations from original that will bother the purist, but that the casual fan will never notice.
That said, the MkII (289 body style) is about as accurate as you'll get in a fiberglass Cobra. The chassis uses 3-inch main tube ladder frame design with transverse leaf-spring suspension, just like the original cars. The Superformance MkII is nearly identical to the official continuation-series cars from Shelby American (CSX8000 and CSX7500 series).
IMO, you can shop confidently here.
From an authenticity perspective, the MkIII (427 body style) has several variations from original that will bother the purist, but that the casual fan will never notice.
That said, the MkII (289 body style) is about as accurate as you'll get in a fiberglass Cobra. The chassis uses 3-inch main tube ladder frame design with transverse leaf-spring suspension, just like the original cars. The Superformance MkII is nearly identical to the official continuation-series cars from Shelby American (CSX8000 and CSX7500 series).
IMO, you can shop confidently here.
Good evening all,
Whilst this is perhaps not the best forum to ask this question I was wondering if some folks on here had experience with the Cobra replicas built by Superformance.
What are the technical, not so visible details which typically sets them off from original Cobras?
The reason for asking is that I have one on the radar at the moment, a Mk2 FIA (I would not consider a Cobra without leaf springs), and even if I could afford a nice MkIV instead, the looks of the MkIV just do not do it for me - and by saying this I hope I will not get stoned by some possible Thames Ditton fundamentalists.
I searched through the forum for older posts on this topic but nothing interesting came out.
Experience but also mere opinions and brain farts of all sorts are welcome.