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In 1976 a 10 year-old child watches a film in the cinema in Guildford with his father and is mesmerised by the lead car in the film. The small boy with eyes wide asks his father: “Dad… what car is that?!” and his father replies “that, son, is an AC Cobra”. The mold was castContinue reading “How it all Began.”

Most people know that the Cobra came with 2 engines sizes, first the smaller engine, followed by the larger engine. In fact although they are both all-iron pushrod V8s, they are each from a different family of engines. A very brief History of the 289 engine Ford needed to replace their existing Small Block ironContinue reading “The engine and gearbox”