[rdorman]

What about this article got any one wound up?

"There are survivors out there. AC is Britain's oldest car company and also has one of the most turbulent histories. Currently it is based in Frimley, Surrey and produces the Cobra, as it has done on and off since 1962, and has reforged its licensing deal with Carroll Shelby, the American creator of the Cobra idea (a fat Ford V8 in an AC Ace sports car)."

They give Shelby credit as the creator of the Cobra. Not AC.

On another note, what if the author was using the word 'fat' in the slang sense where 'fat = cool'?

And who didn't rip some thing of from Ferrari and their designers? Ecspecially back then.

Rick