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AC Cobra MK 4 1991
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Data:
Engine: V 8 Cylinder
Capacity: 5.000 ccm
Power: 225 HP |
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.Aston Martin had however no
capacity free and Shelby experienced that the company Ford had developed a new easy-weighty V8-Motor, 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. 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 produktionseinstellung in the year 1968 approximately 1,000 Cobras was sold. |
| The body corresponds the Cobra to 427 and using the original forms and chassis theories from aluminum was manufactured. |
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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. |
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. 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. Unfortunately also this company had to stop 1995 production. From German and foreign manufacturers there are however some reproductions of this unforgettable COBRA super of sports car. |
| The original COBRA shown here was manufactured 1991 in complex manual work by the company Autokraft in Surrey, England and was run only 13.500 km. |
As drive an l V8 Ford a splash with 225 HP and 4 catalysts, to which a direct advancement of the legendary 289cui of engine from old running times represents, serves 5,0. Together with that 5 course transmission this engine ensures for silk-soft run with extraordinary reliability
and clearly reduced
consumption. |
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