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Originally posted by REAL 1
2Savage: You need to read some history books. The only person who built Cobras were Shelby. Period. AC merely supplied the platform which was modified.
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Did a bit of research on the web. Here's what I came up with....
February 1962.
The first 260 Roadster, minus engine and transmission, is air freighted on February 2, 1962, to Shelby's shop in Southern California.
Shelby had been talking with people at AC Cars, Ltd. about a new engine for their Ace. They agreed to send Shelby an Ace to build his first prototype with. Shelby’s dream was on its way to becoming a reality. A few weeks later, the first AC "Cobra" was delivered, engineless, to the Los Angeles airport. A mere eight hours after being unloaded, the first Cobra roared to life.
Finally,
http://www.cobragt40.co.za/Cobra%20Hist.htm
Certainly Shelby did some chassis tuning and tweaked the suspension among other things. It would appear from the information in the books and on the web that the AC ACE had been in existence for many years and was successfully raced in Europe during this time.
I guess this a bit 'OT' for what is a real one. I say they're all 'real'. I think therefore etc etc.