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Originally posted by Dan289
The Briggs S/C has sadly left the country and the 289 Cobra in NSW is actually an AC Ace with a 289........
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Hi Dan
Do you know for sure the nsw 289 is actually an Ace? I've only seen it close once and was'nt looking too hard, but do recall speculation at the time regarding its origin.
I have some photo's of it and the book "Restoring AC Ace & Cobra" in which a lot of the visual cue's ie dash layout, including switches, steering wheel etc, wheel arch flare, grill, overriders, match that which the book depicts as an "early" 289. The only descrepancy i can see from photo's is the transmission tunnel shape, doesn't seem to match either Ace's or Cobra's depicted. Some of these items are relatively easy to change, some quite painstaking. If it's not genuine, he's had a damn good go at the cosmetic aspect.
Some suggestions on recent threads to circumnavigate ADR's was to build an Ace under hot rod reg's and further hotrod it into a Cobra. Could just have been done already.
Th