AC Cars will built nine new aluminium-bodied AC Cobras as part of a ‘legacy’ series.
Priced at £500,000 before taxes, the cars will be built to the exact specification of the very first 1962 Cobra, which was sold at auction in Monterey a few weeks ago.
That sale raised £10.2 million and made the original Cobra, powered by a 260-cubic-inch (4.25-litre) Ford V8, the most valuable road-going British car to have been sold at auction.
The nine new cars will be known as the AC Cobra Mk1 260 Legacy Edition. They will be handbuilt at AC Heritage, whose factory is based in the converted former Brooklands Members’ Hill restaurant and operated by car dealer and AC historian Steve Gray.
Pictures of the factory's interior and cars can be seen in the gallery.
Gray, an expert in repairing and servicing ACs of all kinds, has collected many of the company’s early plans and records and owns much of AC’s post-war tooling. AC was established in 1901 and retains the distinction of being the oldest British car maker still in operation.
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289
Blatant profiteering
About 3 years ago I spoke to Steve Gray about a 'new' 289 Mark 2....original ones being in the realms of the ridiculous already by then.
Steve had a Primrose yellow demo on the road at the time, and i had been looking at a Kirkham recreation (alloy bodied) Mark 2 at about £80k at the time.
The Gray built 289 was about 40-50% dearer than a Kirkham....so lets say £150k.
So where does the extra £350k come in now? They are not exactly swamped with orders so its not a 'supply and demand' thing!
I really hate this 'mugging of enthusiasts' in the name of some 'special edition'. The original 260 wasn't even as good as a 289, so where's the value.
Oh, and by the way the unpainted car in the pictures is not a 260....it is a mark 2 289.
This has got Lubinsky's m.o. written all over it.
275not599
Yes 289
275not599
Yes 289
brian245
Live rear axle?
289
@ brian245
Paul73
289 wrote:
Good grief! Suggest you do a bit of research....
Just because it had leaf springs doesn't mean it had a live axle...even the AC Ace had four wheel independent suspension before it!!!
Yes the mk3 had coils but the mk1 was already independently suspended at all four corners
Einarbb
Makes Bristol Bullet
Einarbb
Makes Bristol Bullet
Bob Cholmondeley
Einarbb wrote:
The crudity won't matter, they won't get driven, just locked away with the other investments.
Bullfinch
AC, Angliss, Ford, Shelby, Dubinsky, a million replicas
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