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dkp_cobra

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A98 in "Classic & Sports Cars" 09/2011
« on: October 07, 2011, 12:16:54 »
There is a nice story about A98 in "Classic & Sports Car" 09/2011
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Chafford

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« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2011, 13:54:59 »
A very interesting article. Has Steve Gray completed the two replicas of A98?
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« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2011, 16:30:25 »
Mark,Why dont you phone him,then post up the reply?
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« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2011, 16:56:04 »
I'll email him.
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« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2011, 19:57:08 »
Looking forward to his polite and comprehensive reply :-)
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MkIV Lux

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« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2011, 14:08:33 »
On a blog of Classic & Sports Cars of 15 november 2011, Editor Mick Walsh mentions Barrie Bird as recreator of an A98.
   
   Nice tribute to the Cobra and its Thames Ditton origins.
   
   http://www.classicandsportscar.com/blogs/mick-walsh/cobra-british-beauty-with-an-american-beat
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« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2011, 14:38:51 »
What a well written piece, and I`m already VERY excited about the Revival!!!
   To say Barrie 'recreated' A98 is to suggest he made a replica, but over many, many years he rebuilt THE Le Mans car after it`s horrific accident using much of the original metal.
   It certainly is a more eye-pleasing shape than the Daytonas, and according to Barrie would have been a fair bit faster at Le Mans had the drivers not been instructed to rev to 6,000 compared to the 7,200 that the Daytonas did!
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