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AC Cobra MK 4 1982
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Data:
Engine:
8 cylinders
Capacity: 4.700 ccm
Power: 390 HP
Acceleration: 5 sec. from 0 - 100 km/h |
| Began everything with the Texaner Carroll Shelby. It is to
be owed to it that from the small English Sports car and the large volume V8 Ford engine the legendary
COBRA developed. Shelby was its time running driver and led in the
year 1961 with the English automobile company Aston Martin
negotiations over the supply with prototypes. |
COBRA numbers of items and COBRA types:
75 pieces of the type Cobra 260, 579 pieces of the type Cobra
289, of it 59 on the right, and 348 pieces of the type Cobra 427, of
it 32 on the right. |
| Two further prototypes, CSX 2001 and CSX 2002 followed in
December. 1962 began the series production of COBRA vehicles. The
selling of the Cobras took place by means of the Ford dealer network
and up to the final COBRA produktion in the year 1968
approximately 1,000 Cobras was sold. |
| It originates originally from the
possession of the AC autocraft firm owner Brian Anglis and with the
original chassis and the Interieur of the legendary Cobra 427 MK 3 was
equipped.Bitebite bites of first quality is the engine of these Cobra.
From a German specialist from the best components structured, the
engine mobilizes with most most full of seeds sound approximately 390 HP. |
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| COBRA a name, which let the hearts of sports car fans strike
more highly, because one says that COBRA sports cars are the most
malicious, most brutal, strongest over auto, which was ever built.
One obtained at that time in the 60's already acceleration values,
which are hardly to be created today from a F40, a XJ220 or a Bugatti
EB110. |
| Aston Martin had however no capacity free and Shelby
experienced that the company Ford had developed a new easy weighty V8
engine, the Canadian X21. additionally looked up one with AC Autocraft
a successor machine, in order to replace the old 2.6 l Ford engine. |
| One decided to join in the year 1962 both components and it
developed with the chassis number CSX 2000 the first COBRA prototype
with AC chassis and Ford V8 engine. |
| Of 1986 COBRA sports car again built in Weybridge, Surrey,
England at the company, which was allowed to carry AC legally world wide as the only names.The AC Cobra MK 4 shown here is exactly that car, which is
shown on the AC sales folder. |
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