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Title: Street Cobra in vintage Brands Hatch Film
Post by: propayne on December 28, 2024, 04:51:34 PM
Nice color footage in this vintage film recently posted.

- Phillip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XvOQmEzNcI
Title: Re: Street Cobra in vintage Brands Hatch Film
Post by: SunDude on December 29, 2024, 08:54:17 AM
Cool webfind!

The car is COB6106.

Quote from: propayne on December 28, 2024, 04:51:34 PMNice color footage in this vintage film recently posted.

- Phillip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XvOQmEzNcI

Title: Re: Street Cobra in vintage Brands Hatch Film
Post by: deathsled on December 29, 2024, 10:04:30 AM
"If this were a beauty contest, we just lost..."
Title: Re: Street Cobra in vintage Brands Hatch Film
Post by: Cobra Ned on December 29, 2024, 04:40:22 PM
COB 6106 was the first AC 289 Sports built, and was retained by the AC factory as a demonstrator until its sale in '69 to David Brown. It was featured in the 10/67 issue of Motor magazine.
Title: Re: Street Cobra in vintage Brands Hatch Film
Post by: pbf777 on December 30, 2024, 11:15:15 AM
   
Quote from: Cobra Ned on December 29, 2024, 04:40:22 PM................. its sale in '69 to David Brown.

      I wonder, but I'm guessing not considering the deemed message that might have been pervaded, if that might have been the David Brown of D.B. Tractors and of Aston Martin (among others)?  :-\

      Scott.
Title: Re: Street Cobra in vintage Brands Hatch Film
Post by: Cobra Ned on December 30, 2024, 10:01:20 PM
I'm not sure we will ever know for certain, unless there are references to him in some of the AC Owner's Club notes from then.
Title: Re: Street Cobra in vintage Brands Hatch Film
Post by: 98SVT - was 06GT on December 31, 2024, 12:07:53 AM
The UnCobra - AC emblems.
Shelby didn't offer 6000 series Cobras until 2014.
Title: Re: Street Cobra in vintage Brands Hatch Film
Post by: Cobra Ned on January 01, 2025, 06:47:09 PM
Maybe. But AC Cars, who built each of the '60s Cobras, put AC emblems on all the cars sold in Europe, as they were called AC Cobras. Those sold to Shelby had these AC emblems removed and replaced with round Cobra badges.