RE: PH Heroes: AC Cobra
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thats Big!aeropilot said:
dinkel][pic said:
Were cammers used in racers?
No.They were never fitted in any factory made Cobra. The engine was actually never fitted to any production Ford, it was designed to compete with the Chryslr Hemi in NASCAR, but NASCAR banned it.
It was an over the counter aftrmarket part from Ford.
Most ended up in AF/X class drag racing. It was a feckin HUGE engine, very, very wide so didn't actually fit in that many vehicles.
Here's a single 4bbl carb 'Cammer' stuffed between the fenders of a '66 Galaxie 500. I took this at the Shelby Owners national weekend show at Charlotte Motorspeedway back in 1991.
Edited by aeropilot on Wednesday 9th July 21:47
Edited by aeropilot on Wednesday 9th July 21:50
Although by todays standards you can get similar power from much smaller, lighter and efficent packages.
But it's certainly one of the greats
The 427 Cobra was the single reason that got me interested in cars with any degree of passion. The look, the noise, the speed and topped off with the sales technique of sticking $100 note to the screen justs adds to the legend. This backed up with a successful racing pedigree justifies this as my favourite car of all time, this ahead of the GT40, F40, Zonda and many more in my lottery garage.
An 8/10 is just scandalous, this is a flat out 10/10 with no exceptions.......oi Pistonheads sort it out!
An 8/10 is just scandalous, this is a flat out 10/10 with no exceptions.......oi Pistonheads sort it out!
daninsidious said:
An 8/10 is just scandalous, this is a flat out 10/10 with no exceptions.......oi Pistonheads sort it out!
I have an(18 year) old Performance Car magazine (08/92) I can't bare to chuck out - it has a road test of a Dax Tojeiro with 7.4L Chevy engine...
...I instantly fell in love with this car.
One of the most beautiful cars ever, with such an impressive history.
That mag also had the first test of a Griffith, and tested a few modified Jag XJSs, including a 7L Lister! Has there ever been a better issue of a magazine?
daninsidious said:
The 427 Cobra was the single reason that got me interested in cars with any degree of passion. The look, the noise, the speed ....
Same here...when I was a nipper in the 60's, we used to go and see family friends who lived a stones throw from the old AC factory at Thames Ditton, and it was seeing and hearing a Cobra (prob a 289) blast past for the first time, that forever cemented the following 40 odd years of petrolheadness By the time the Gunball Rally come out in the mid 70's I was already a confirmed Cobra nut
According to Trevor Legate in Cobra - The First 40 Years, COB 1 was built on a bare chassis purchased from Paramount, COB6131 by Brian Angliss. Brian sold COB6131 to Rod Leach of Nostalgia. When Rod bought COB6131 he was rebuilding the ex Bill Cosby twin supercharged car CSX3303. He then sold CSX3303 to concentrate on COB6131 which was registered as COB 1. Rod's ambition was to build the ultimate Cobra.
Strawman said:
The 185mph (or thereabouts) part on the then no limit M1 is true, but as others have pointed out the legislation was already in place, in order for it to be bought in so soon afterwards, and this incident just created some noise in the media to make it seem more acceptable.
Absolutely right, and I am fortunate that my lifelong friend owns this car along with the 1958 Le Mans AC entered by the factory; incidentally both these cars are road registered and used regularly.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff