Cobra on display

[Jam2]

I'm in France at the St Jean Cap Ferrat car show, this Cobra is on display
   
   https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5648/21077746913_4b34bf8875_z_d.jpg
   
   On the side of the car is written. R.Squarciafichi
   
   Is it a proper 427?

[SB7019]

Looks like a fibreglass Superformance replica to me.

[rstainer]

It depends on what you mean by 'proper' 427. The car certainly wasn't made by AC, but could be a proper Superformance 427, a proper Kirkham 427 etc. I think, however, that both these estimable organisations would not approve of its front badge.
   
   RS

[TLegate]

More than a whiff of proper Superformance about the nose area. Rear arches are a little 'odd'. It is to a Thames Ditton-made Cobra what the Queen Mum was long distance lorry driving.

[Jam2]

Thank you gentlemen for your views.  By proper, I did mean built by AC cars in the 1960's.

[SunDude]

It's a Superformance, guaranteed.

[Jam2]

Well done all!  I got a look under the bonnet and it is indeed a Superperformance - i wonder why the owner felt a need to have it identified as a 1965 Shelby Cobra?

[Cobra Ned]

In truth, have you ever known anyone who has a replica to call it anything other than a 1965 Shelby Cobra?

[TLegate]

Could it be the owner is an idiot? Or a fantasist? Or maybe the lure of $$$$$$$$ comes into play
   
   But as we all know, every single fake 'Cobra' ever made is a '1965 Shelby Cobra'. It's the default setting.

[SunDude]

quote:Originally posted by Cobra Ned
   
In truth, have you ever known anyone who has a replica to call it anything other than a 1965 Shelby Cobra?
   

   
   No.  But that's because it's what we so desperately want it to be...  ;-)