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Originally Posted by Thor maine
So I am looking at ""Cobras & Replicas 1962-1993" a Brooklands Books publication. In it is a two page picture of a car called the "Mongoose". A car built by Jerry Scheberies which is a 1958 AC ACE with a F85 Olds V8 transplanted in it. It looks like it was done before Carroll Shelby and the Cobra. So my question is this the true father of the Cobra , with a GM engine and not Shelby and Ford???
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Looked at the article. Unclear as to whether the owner who built this one off named it the "Mongoose" or whether it was dubbed such by the article's author. As the first Cobras were already extant as of 1962 and the car which is the subject of the article used a '62 Corvette trans and F85 Olds engine which was circa 1962 the car likely didn't pre-date the Cobra. The article also specifically refers to the Cobra as comparison. The Cobra is further distinguished in body shape refinement, engine suspension and of course name. It is a totally different beast. A Cobra is a Cobra. A Cobra is not a one off with a Chevy motor in an ACE. Moreover, American Iron was being used in foreign bodied cars prior to the Cobra. E.g. the Allard and even teh Ace was using Ford Zephyr engines.
Nice try though but no Cigar. History has been written and the facts are set in stone. All original Cobras were Ford powered and not a one was Chevy powered or even prototyped with Chevy power.