> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Actually there is only one British sports car I would have: an AC Cobra, > > with a little breath of Mr Shelby on it :-) > > Not to be a nit-picking American but.... the AC model that Mr. Shelby stole > was called the Ace. He stuffed a 260 cid Ford V8 in it and called it a > Cobra. Later he stuffed the better 289 cid Ford V8 into it and then, built > his own cars, using the original Ace as a template and somehow managed to > stuff a 427 cid Ford NASCAR side-oiler V8 into it. And still later, built > the famous "LeMans Coupe" which looked nothing like the original AC Ace.
Which, to drag this thread back towards photography, was designed by Peter Brock, now a fairly well-known motorsports photographer (and a real nice guy. I'd know him for over a year before somebody told me his history. He always had time to talk to the new face at the track).
