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Originally posted by tim isles
Another one here:
http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23977/lot/24/?category=list&length=20&page=2
Both highly desirable, but I know the one I prefer.
Tim
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Originally posted by B.P.Bird
Well no, I am simply saying that the dials on early cars could be Smiths or Stewart Warner and the dials on later cars could be Stewart Warner or Smiths. The point being that the proportion of components from various sources did not shew an evolution from start to finish. Unfortunately many authors have played the nationalist card and claimed that one side or other supplied proportionately more as time passed. I just do not see that evidence. To claim that the early cars were more British than American implies that later cars were more American than British: Both propositions seem unreasonable to me.
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Originally posted by B.P.Bird
All the components in the completed early car came from the same places that supplied parts for the completed later cars. Not necessarily the same parts, but the same origins.
Are you saying that the change from Smith to Stewart Warner was simply a change from AC supplying gauges to Ford supplying gauges?
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Originally posted by shep
I believe the air valve was one of a pair of pull levers on the dash, like a choke knob, which opened ventilation to the driver's and/or passenger's feet.
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Originally posted by jrlucke
Factory Five's own website says "The Factory Five Mk4 Roadster is the world’s best-selling, best-engineered, and best-performing replica of all time." SO basically it is a component car with a reproduction AC ID tag designed to look like a Cobra (with a notation that "Cobra" is a registered trademark of Ford Motor Company).
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Originally posted by rsk289
According to Rinsey Mills' Original AC Ace and Cobra, early Cobras were 3.54, but later CSX cars (can't remember the cut-off number) switched to 3.77. COB and COX cars continued with 3.54 ratio, I believe 427s went to 3.31.
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Originally posted by rsk289
What rear axle ratios do folks run in their leafsprung Cobras? I understand 'stock' was 3.54 for COB cars - has anyone changed this, and if so has the difference been noticeable?
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Originally posted by rstainer
2047 has been owned by Bob Schiro since 1972. Although cars before 22XX were not originally fitted with chassis tags, many were subsequently retrofitted in period with AC supplied chassis tags; 2047's looks correct in all details.
There is no reason on the face of it to doubt this car; inspection, however, is always recommended.
RS
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Originally posted by rstainer
This is 6106 which, together with 6107, are the only AC coil spring 61XX cars to have early 427 type rectangular rear lights.
RS
