The identity of the last Tour Auto Cobra is now known. It is a replica of 2076, ‘created’ by re-numbering the clone of 2029.
In 2006 the then owner of 2029 built a clone using a Kirkham chassis and body; it was developed in the standard competition car way (fast-back hardtop, short bottom-hinged boot, six-point roll cage, revised suspension geometry, Rose-jointed, rack & pinion etc).
It is generally the case that an owner, when selling, sells the original and clone as a pair. In this case, however, that didn’t happen. The original 2029 was sold to a new owner but the remaining clone was kept and renumbered 2076. It would appear that 2076 was chosen because the original 2076 was destroyed in the late 60s and the car had not yet been replicated.
The renumbered car was then sold to Dominique Guenat in Switzerland, who used it in this year’s Tour Auto.
