[Nedsel]

OK, let's get our numbers and facts straight. Sir Anthony does not own 3033, and never has. The car in question is 3303, which was the second of the Twin-Paxton Cobras, this one built for Bill Cosby. (3015 was the Shelby "Supersnake" sold last year at B-J.) 3303 is a reconstructed car. Gordon Gimbel did not send the mangled chassis to AC Cars; he sold the mangled chassis to Brian Angliss, who was in the process of taking over AC. Brian, in an article published back in '76 in a very early edition of the SAAC magazine, admitted the original chassis was "too badly damaged" to be reused. Hence he built a completely new car, with a new chassis, new bodywork, custom upholstery, etc. It was constructed in right-hand-drive and used a 427 with Webers. Sir Anthony Bamford bought the car and sold it. He repurchased it in '01 and it was only recently that he was able to buy and reinstall the original 427 block and automatic transmission. He had new Paxton units built and the car was returned to left-hand-drive and more original appearance. This is the car that was going to be offered at Russo & Steele last year. One could argue that B-J may have taken license with their description of 3015 as being "the only one left" but as far as being the only original one left, they were correct.