The electron silence is pompously defeaning......NURSE!!
Perhaps that should tell you something.... Nurse, indeed....
Posted 31 May 2009 - 14:14
The electron silence is pompously defeaning......NURSE!!
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Posted 31 May 2009 - 14:39
Perhaps that should tell you something.... Nurse, indeed....
Posted 31 May 2009 - 16:28
I think we have a continuation of the English/American differences here
Edited by HDonaldCapps, 01 June 2009 - 03:55.
Posted 31 May 2009 - 21:02
Posted 31 May 2009 - 21:36
In US of A law a child is a US citizen at birth, if (at least) one parent is a US citizen.
Who's yo' Daddy, Mr Cobra?
Posted 01 June 2009 - 00:28
It is more complicated than that.
I am a US citizen, but because I have lived most of my life outside of the USA my children could not have US citizenship at birth.
Posted 01 June 2009 - 11:28
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Posted 04 June 2009 - 12:57
did any one stick any V8 in an AC ace car before shelby ?
or any other odd motors in an ace esp in races
a buddy who was the shop boy parts runner at shelby's shop
claims to have done the ruff sketch of the coupe before the big boys
took his idea and ran with it crediting the car to pete brock
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Posted 04 June 2009 - 16:22
Well my best friend had an SP250 in 1964, and every time we went over a bump the doors flew open. I think the chassis was based on the Triumph TR3 with the torsional stiffness of a wet cardboard box. So a Majestic Major engine in it would probably have been great till it got to the first corner.Now a bit off topic did Jaguar ever realise they had potential for a Cobra eater with the (completely invented by me now!) Daimler SP450? Majestic Major engine in SP250 "Dart" chassis. Would it have been feasible?
Posted 04 June 2009 - 16:58
Surely the key to this issue and, yes, I have read the net and read this thread thoroughly, is how many cars were made overall and how many were made in the UK and how many were made in USA?
Posted 04 June 2009 - 21:41
Well my best friend had an SP250 in 1964, and every time we went over a bump the doors flew open. I think the chassis was based on the Triumph TR3 with the torsional stiffness of a wet cardboard box. So a Majestic Major engine in it would probably have been great till it got to the first corner.
Great engine though. It's a pity it was never used in anything more sporty.
Chris
Posted 04 June 2009 - 21:46
Posted 05 June 2009 - 09:33
Well my best friend had an SP250 in 1964, and every time we went over a bump the doors flew open. I think the chassis was based on the Triumph TR3 with the torsional stiffness of a wet cardboard box. So a Majestic Major engine in it would probably have been great till it got to the first corner.
Great engine though. It's a pity it was never used in anything more sporty.
Chris
Posted 05 June 2009 - 10:57
did any one stick any V8 in an AC ace car before shelby ?
or any other odd motors in an ace esp in races
a buddy who was the shop boy parts runner at shelby's shop
claims to have done the ruff sketch of the coupe before the big boys
took his idea and ran with it crediting the car to pete brock
Posted 05 June 2009 - 12:42
Still irrelevant to the Cobra thread, but having seen Alvis and Standard Vanguard saloons etc racing at Goodwood Revival, I have often thought that a properly prepared Daimler Majestic might give the Fairlanes a fright.Yes I have heard from various sources that the SP250 was not exactly the stiffest chassis in the world! Also it is apparently a "copy" of the Triumph so not exactly the greatest place to start.
My thinking was that Jaguar seemed to have lost all interest in their sporting/racing tradition by about mid-1963 with the defeat of the Mk IIs and the fact that the Lightweight needed development that was never given. Had they been more interested they could have had an answer to the swelte GTO with the Low Drag Lightweight and the brute force Cobra with a re-engineered Daimler.
Still sadly never happened and of no relevance whatsover to a Cobra thread. Sorry Guys!
Posted 05 June 2009 - 13:05
Posted 05 June 2009 - 14:02
Hmmm, interesting thought. Back in the day Motor Sport were very impressed with the handling of the Majestic Major
Posted 05 June 2009 - 16:00
I thought the Ace was fitted with a 2.3 Ford Zephyr engine as standard for a few years.According to the Register of surviving Aces quite a few different engines have been fitted to Aces (of course this doesn't say when they were fitted), these include:
Triumph 2.5
Ford 4.2 & 4.7
BMW 3.0
Alfa 2.0
Ford V6
Jaguar 2.4 & 3.4
Chevrolet V8
Pontiac 4.0
Rover V8
The Bristol engined Aces tend to have stuck with their original type of engine, but a couple of have gained Ford 2.6s or V8s and the odd Chevy V8 plus a Jaguar 3.8
No idea if any raced in period with these engines but there was an Aceca raced with a Jaguar engine by Stanley Richardson.
Posted 05 June 2009 - 16:30
Correct. A couple of websites confirm that the Ace was introduced in 1953 and the Aceca in 1954, both with the AC engine. Then in 1956 the Bristol engine was offered as an option. then in 1961 the Bristol engine was discontinued so AC offered the Ruddspeed-modified 2.6 litre Ford Zephyr engine to replace the Bristol option.I thought the Ace was fitted with a 2.3 Ford Zephyr engine as standard for a few years.
Posted 05 June 2009 - 17:48
I thought the Ace was fitted with a 2.3 Ford Zephyr engine as standard for a few years.
Posted 05 June 2009 - 18:21
there was an Aceca raced with a Jaguar engine by Stanley Richardson.
Posted 21 September 2011 - 10:21
Posted 21 September 2011 - 10:53
Moving swiftly on I am wondering if any one might know which, if any, of the original six Shelby American Cobra Daytona Coupés was entered by Daniella Ellerbrock for Kenny Brack and Tom Kristensen at Goodwood last weekend ?
Relevant Answers may be duly credited and used in a forthcoming blog.
Thanking you in anticipation of your responses.
Posted 21 September 2011 - 10:55
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Edited by E1pix, 22 September 2011 - 00:50.
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Posted 22 September 2011 - 17:37
Thanks, Arti, I did look on there a while back and saw a VIN was needed. I think the VIN's been binned, sadly.If you have a VIN Vintage Mustang Forums might be able to help, if you do not you could try anyway ;)
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Posted 28 September 2011 - 12:59
There were three Daytona Coupes at Spa at the weekend, two blue and white (one was CSX2300) and one in the bare metal (which was rather crumpled by a large accident at Eau Rouge).
Posted 28 September 2011 - 13:33
Edited by Louism, 28 September 2011 - 13:44.