Looking for Original AC Ace and Cobra: The Restorer's Guide to AC, Bristol, and Ford

[D&M2]

Hi.

I'm looking for a copy of Original AC Ace and Cobra: The Restorer's Guide to AC, Bristol, and Ford Engined Cars Ace, Aceca and Cobra by Rinsey Mills. I've checked with B&N and Amazon but it does not appear to be in print currently. Please let me know if you have a copy that you are willing to part with. Thanks

[csr]

Originally Posted by D&M2

Hi.

I'm looking for a copy of Original AC Ace and Cobra: The Restorer's Guide to AC, Bristol, and Ford Engined Cars Ace, Aceca and Cobra by Rinsey Mills. I've checked with B&N and Amazon but it does not appear to be in print currently. Please let me know if you have a copy that you are willing to part with. Thanks

Not easy to find;I sold one a couple of weeks ago for $210.00 including shipping.
I have one left ;but of course I will keep it.

[Dangerous Doug]

Not willing to part with mine, but if you have a specific section you're interested in reading I could probably copy a few pages for you. It's a good book, by the way. You trying to solve a particular tech question, or just letting the Cobra obsession get the best of you (as I have...). Heh, heh...

[D&M2]

Thanks. I haven't had too much of a chance to look at a copy of the book yet so I'm not sure what to ask for. We were at a local car show and spoke to an ERA owner who suggested the book as a good reference for any build.

Can you suggest any other books that may be as useful as this one?

[saltytri]

Here's a pretty complete list of Cobra references. Each has something to offer. Some are readily available and cheap and others are rare and expensive.

AC, Martyn Watkins, 1976
AC Ace & Aceca 1953-1983, Brooklands
AC Ace and Cobra, ed. by Colin Pitt
AC and Cobra, McLellan, 1982
AC Cobra, Rinsey Mills
AC Cobra, the Complete Story, Brian Laban
AC (Shelby) Cobra, F. W. McComb
AC Heritage, Simon Taylor and Peter Burn
Car And Driver on Cobra, Shelby & Ford GT40 1963-1984, Brooklands 1984
Carroll Shelby's Racing Cobra, Friedman and Christy
Classic ACs, John McLellan
Cobra, Adam Beki
Cobra, Trevor Legate
Cobra: The Real Thing, Trevor Legate
Cobra: The First 40 Years, Trevor Legate
Cobra, The Shelby American Original Archives 1962-1965, Dave Friedman
Cobra Super Profile, Grainger
Cobras and Replicas 1962-1983, Brooklands
Cobras and Cobra Replicas 1962-1989 Gold Portfolio, Brooklands
Daytona Cobra Coupes, Pete Brock et al.
Essential AC Cobra, Rinsey Mills
Ford Cobra Guide, Bill Carroll
Ford vs. Ferrari: The Battle for LeMans, Anthony Pritchard 1984
Just Call Me Carroll, Phil Henny
Original AC Ace and Cobra, Rinsey Mills
Remembering the Shelby Years, Dave Friedman
Road & Track on Cobra, Shelby & GT40 1962-1992, Brooklands 1993
Shelby, Steve Statham
Shelby American Racing History, Dave Friedman, Motorbooks 1997
Shelby American World Registry
Shelby Buyer's Guide, Jay Lamm and Nick Nicaise
Shelby Cobra, Friedman (hardcover edition of the "Archives" paperback)
Shelby Cobra 1962-69 Gold Portfolio, Brooklands
Shelby's Wildlife, Wallace Wyss
The Carroll Shelby Story, Carroll Shelby
The Cobra-Ferrari Wars, Mike Shoen

Automobile Quarterly Volume 14 Number 3
Automobile Quarterly Volume 22 Number 3
Automobile Quarterly Volume 44 Number 4

[D&M2]

Thanks for the list. I'll spend some time to see what I can find at the local bookstores.

If you had to limit which ones to use for reference as you are building, which ones would you recommend to pick up initially?

[saltytri]

Most of these are out of print. Finding copies, mostly from internet sources, is a subset of the Cobra madness. The ones that can be ordered new from a bookstore are:

Cobra: The First 40 Years, Trevor Legate
AC Cobra, Rinsey Mills

The Rinsey Mills book isn't the one you asked about but, rather, a later work by the same author. Trevor's new book is the gold standard.

Good Luck!

[kris-kincaid]

I recently got "The Cobra-Ferrari wars" and it has to be one of the top Cobra books I have ever seen:

http://thecobraferrariwars.com/

[D&M2]

Thanks Saltytri and Kris-Kincaid. I'll take a look at these and plan on adding them to my reference material as I proceed with my build.