2024 AC Cobra

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Wilmslowboy

4,554 posts

221 months

Thursday 5th June
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What a great looking car.

I am a fan of the usual blue / black, side exhaust look, but have to say looks equally well in subtle combo.


carphotographer

507 posts

210 months

Thursday 5th June
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I'm no AC cobra expert but
"Built by AC, it's visually identical to the original Cobra and is a direct tribute to the early Mk II 347s that broke cover all the way back in 1963".

AC or Shelby never built a mkII 347. they were 289, then the big cobra was a 427 and latterly Autokraft under licence made the Mk4 with the 302.

Athlon

5,458 posts

221 months

Thursday 5th June
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carphotographer said:
I'm no AC cobra expert but
"Built by AC, it's visually identical to the original Cobra and is a direct tribute to the early Mk II 347s that broke cover all the way back in 1963".

AC or Shelby never built a mkII 347. they were 289, then the big cobra was a 427 and latterly Autokraft under licence made the Mk4 with the 302.
Pretty sure early Cobras were 260 cu in.

jeremyc

25,941 posts

299 months

Thursday 5th June
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Old snake, new tricks: driving the AC Cobra MkII

Autocar Article said:
Of course, this last-of-the-line MkII is not completely faithful to its 1960s forebear, with each car needing to comply with current Individual Vehicle Approval regs.

The upside is that the MkII s power output is up by 50% to 400bhp, thanks to the installation of a bespoke, 347cu in (that s 5.7 litres) Ford V8, the design of which is based on the original car s small-block 289cu in, or 4.7-litre, unit.

Fetchez la vache

5,782 posts

229 months

Wednesday 18th June
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What an absolute stunner that car is. That'll make someone very happy.
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