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Old 05-29-2014, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by CobraEd View Post
Pretty interesting stuff. I found this post on the ACE forums. Looks like Shelby got his idea from the Mongoose:

AC Owners Club - Walt Petersen "Mongoose"


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How to you draw this conclusion when history is documented that between 1958 and 1960 CS had already conceived the idea and had the desire to build an economical V8 powered sports car using American muscle and had contacted the Hurlocks as of 1961 with his idea and already had the 260 ci Ford V8 on line for his project?.

This Mongoose couldn't have existed prior to 1962 since it used '62 parts. Furthermore, where is your evidence he even knew of the guys who created this one off "mongoose" or that it even existed? Further, the fact that mongooses kill cobras also gives us a hint as to which came first.
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