[Excaliber]

It's pretty typical for folks outside the USA to put a wide variety of motors under the hood to meet their countries various legal requirements. I have the distinct impression that even in these countries a Ford engine still gathers a ton of respect. It's the best choice if the law's and the budget allow for it, not always the case depending on the country.

In the USA it's easy to run a Ford. You can run a Toyota engine if you want, or make it a front wheel drive Honda with 24" wheels if thats your thing. But you do have a choice, unlike in many other countries where your options are limited.

When I see some of the Austrialia builds I sure admire the ingenuity and work it takes to over come those legal parameters. Like catalytic converters in the side pipes, for instance. There is some serious attention to detail in many of these foreign replica builds.

Chevy in a replica Cobra here in the USA? Pfffttt, piece of cake, no challenge there, no extraordinary "points" for ingenuity. Woulda, coulda, shoulda don't cut it. Shelby went with Ford and AC. It could have have been Austin Healey and Buick, Oldsmobile (an engine Shelby favored as well) or Chevy. It could have been a lot of different combinations, it wasn't. When the smoke cleared it was AC and Ford.