[Trevor Legate]

It was designed and built in early 1964 (possibly earlier) and the finished car surfaced at the Le Mans Speed Trials in April. It's doubtful that the Daytona was an influence since, in every respect, the AC has a totally different approach and solution to the same set of problems - as confirmed by Peter Brock. If you start with a Cobra chassis, cockpit and windscreen and draw an aerodynamic body around them, you will always end up with something that looks like this - or a Daytona - or a Maserati 151/3 of 1963 vintage (etc)