The suspension is adjustable, but the main problem is, it goes up outside the garage; the back lifts up and the front lowers down when leaving the garage backwards. What annoyed me, was that I left the garage without problems many times before ...
Here the story continues ...
Like this it looked after cutting out the front panel.
Bare body with new front panel
The car got prepared for the paint job ...
After discussing the paint job with Steve I decided to paint it in guardsman blue; he is right, it is a nice colour which give a sixties period look to the car. I like blue colored Cobras in general and think, guardsman blue fits better to Mk III and IV bodys than the lighter Shelby (Viking) Blue, which in my opinion fits better to the smaller Mk I and Mk II bodys. Even if it is a nice colour, I don´t like the darker racing blue, because it´s the typical colour fakes use to have.
Long nose and short nose – guardsman blue / white stripes
Here you see, how much work they spent at Brooklands Motor Company to get a perfect paint job - and it really is!
Home again – the car never looked as good as it looks now!
When the car was build, it was the era of Brian Angliss´ Autokraft.
They car is still on it´s first tire. The are as hard as a rock; I just didn´t manage to burn them away ...
Tribute to all the guys, who were and are involved in the construction of these vehicles.
View from the top.
Look at the pictures and you may understand why I never regretted my decision to bring the car to Brooklands Motor Company. They did a perfect job and in addition to that, I liked the way, I could rely on everything, what Steve said to me, including financial agreements. I think, the money spent was not only given away in order to repair the car, but it was an investment in a much more valuable car.
In my eyes Steve is a real enthusiast and does a lot for british oldest car brand. Regardless of everything you can read in these days about the AC Company, I hope it will still exist in the future. Certainly enthusiasm is the only way to achieve that!
My next Cobra adventure started two weeks ago, when I aquired a Cobra Daytona Coupé Replica! I plan to use it as a daily driver. I´m curious about how this plan will work out!!!
Michael Cassel