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AC Owners Club Forum => Cobra (Thames Ditton) Forum => Topic started by: nikbj68 on May 08, 2013, 02:25:33
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...From The Independent Newspaper:
The good news: an AC Cobra is up for sale. The bad news: you can't afford it. By Phil Llewellin (http://"http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/snake-charmer-1523710.html")
Oh, did I mention, this was from December 1995? [;)]
It would appear that it only made bottom estimate (http://"http://www.motorbase.com/auctionlot/by-id/339003835/"), too! What a bargain. [:0]
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And it was the actual car! I could have had that in parked in my back garden for £55,000 ten years earlier. I was about fifty grand short....had a funny feeling it would have proved a wise investment :) But am I bitter??
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A Cobra but, pedantically, not an AC Cobra:
AC/Shelby: - cobras made in period (per the Factory Ledger):
907 (CS/CSX/CSB)
89 (COB/COX/A98)
996
Other Constructors: (High Efficiency Motors, Willment, Willment & Unknown Parties) - cobras made in period:
3
Total period production:
999
This is HEM 6, thought to be the sixth car made by Chessington-based High Efficiency Motors.
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...And for that matter, not a Shelby Cobra as well? [:)]
Certainly one of the most well known of the UK Cobras, in period & recent years.
Any news on the repair after the Brundle-bash at Goodwood last year?
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But made from bits and pieces supplied by AC Cars Ltd. (So I assume it's a kit car then??)
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Only if it rolled out the AC factory without engine and transmission installed...
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So what is a highly original car like HEM 6 worth now ? [;)]
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A former Willment Engineering employee attended the Club presentation made recently in Esher. He was responsible for selling '39PH' in the mid 1960s and confirmed that discussion started at £800. Yes - that is eight hundred pounds sterling!
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Originally posted by ACOCArch
A former Willment Engineering employee attended the Club presentation made recently in Esher. He was responsible for selling '39PH' in the mid 1960s and confirmed that discussion started at £800. Yes - that is eight hundred pounds sterling!
Which is not far short of what it cost to build the car.