Thread: Did the Cobra exist before Carroll Shelby visited AC?
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Old 01-09-2004, 01:18 PM
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AC had been sourcing out for motors in the Ace for several years...the Bristol and the Ford-powered Ruddthingy. As Ron points out (I can't find a head-on shot either), the Ruddspeed had lost the mustache seen in the pic on the previous page...uou'll recognize it immediately as the 260/289 Cobra street front clip. One of the Brit mags (Vintage, Classic???) just did a story of the pre-Cobra Aces.

But Shelby did the Cobra...call it marketing on a previous concept or whatever. And, as Tom pointed out, the development took off from there.
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