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Originally Posted by Joe's Garage
More of the uninformed shooting from the hip.
AC and the Brits DID do it, and did it longer than Shelby and Ford.
The AC Cobra was a financial failure that led Ford and Carroll Shelby to discontinue importing cars from England in 1967. AC Cars kept producing the coil-spring AC Roadster with narrow fenders, a small block Ford 289 and called the car the AC 289. It was built and sold in Europe until late 1969. AC also produced the AC 428 until 1973. The AC Frua was built on a stretched Cobra 427 MK III coil spring chassis using a very angular steel body designed and built by Pietro Frua. With the demise of the 428 and succeeding 3000ME, AC shut their doors in 1984 and sold the AC name to a Scottish company.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_Cobra
Factoid, the Shelby 427 was suppose to be the Enzo beater in '65 but not to be and Enzo handed Shelby his ass again at the 24 hours of Le Mans. That's about when Ford tooled up for the GT40 which did succeed where Shelby's bigger, badder Cobra had failed miserably. |
Not so fast there Spanky..
You now changed the subject. You are now talking "sales" and marketing. Most here are generally familiar with AC continuing sales of various "Cobra" based cars. Yes, yes fascinating.
So which one of those "AC" vehicles btw became household names? Also note none carry the name "Cobra". Please tell us why teacher.
Also, note AC efforts after 1968 were focused on sales and marketing and completely devoid of.....?....of...? Wait for it........? Wait for it.....
Correcto! Racing and competition.
Thanks for proving our point.
Please tell us what car and class Enzo had that finished in the top positions teacher..please! Was it homologated? Did what's his name have the 427 there in the same class?
Speaking of 1965..Remind me...who won the FIA Mfg Championship in '65.? What's that guys name again ?...damn it's on the tip of my tongue... No,no don't tell me ..I'll get it..
Now please return to the original subject and teach us...
