COB6039 for sale at Bradfield Cars London

[SunDude]

COB6039, a 1964 AC Cobra 289, is currently for sale at Peter Bradfield Ltd., London UK.
   
   Click here to see the listing: http://www.bradfieldcars.com/show.car.php?id=196
   
   Are the front fenders/headlamps as strangely shaped as they appear in photos...?
   
   
   
   
   
   

[nikbj68]

It certainly looks different being on wire wheels instead of the "Cobra Superslots" most of us know it on!
   A VERY well known & much campaigned Cobra, seen here in action at the AMOC sprint at Goodwood, 2007:
   
   
   Photo borrowed from the GT40s Forum.
   

quote:Originally posted on GT40s.com 2007 AMOC thread:
   "AMOC Sprint at Goodwood turned out to be a brilliant day (well almost!), the weather was looking a bit iffy in the morning, but turned out to be glorious sunshine for most of the day.
   I have to say my favorite of the meeting was 85 year old Paul Channon showing us the lead in his original AC Cobra that he has owned since 1969 – wow!"

   Please visit the GT40`s forum & read the whole thread, it`s very entertaining!

[MkIV Lux]

what is to be undestood by:  "Since Channon sold the car it has .......remained mechanically as it was acquired although the bodywork has had the wheel arches returned to the modest 'eyebrow' arrangement as it left the factory and the car has been repainted."[?]

[rstainer]

Constant,
   
   The car (excepting its paint/wheel arch/wheel job) is is in exactly the condition Paul left it at the end of his forty year competitive ownership. The extended flares ('workmanlike' rather than elegant) that can be seen in many period photos have been removed to return the wheel arches to original specification.
   
   It is an attractive vehicle to anyone wanting a piece of well-preserved history.
   
   RS

[MkIV Lux]

Thanks Robin for clarifying the meaning of "modest eyebrow arrangement"

[aaron]

I wonder if he got his £1,220 back what he paid for the car in the late sixties ?

[AC Ace Bristol]

quote:Originally posted by aaron
   
I wonder if he got his £1750 back what he paid for the car in the late sixties ..[?]
   

   
   
   Aaron
   
   JUST !!..[]
   
   Keith..[]

[jrlucke]

It appears that the reason the front looks odd is that the front lower edge of the front flares is longer/lower/wider than the original as seen here on COB6046:
   
   http://www.classicdriver.com/uk/find/4100_results.asp?bsubmit=true&lmodelflag=*&lmanufacturer=10001&whatbutton.x=0&page=0&lCarID=1871373

[aaron]

quote:Originally posted by AC Ace Bristol
   

quote:Originally posted by aaron
   
I wonder if he got his £1750 back what he paid for the car in the late sixties ..[?]
   

   
   
   Aaron
   
   JUST !!..[]
   
   Keith..[]
   

   
   I though he might get his money back !
   
   A photo of 6039 in the sixties,for sale for £2500
   
   

[nikbj68]

Here`s a photo from the Haynes Cobra Day in 2004 that shows the differences pretty well compared to current form:
   
   
   
   They may have changed the wheelarches, but couldn`t do much about the bonnet bulge!!!