ac cobras such beautiful cars

berilela


Joined: 17/07/2010
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
06/03/2011 15:53

hi has any one got a ac cobra on this island ,my ex husband owned one back in uk but never seen one here such beautiful cars

raidercruise


Joined: 07/06/2010
Posts: 237

Message Posted:
06/03/2011 16:00

If I see, will let you know..chao

hollylou


Joined: 05/01/2011
Posts: 163

Message Posted:
06/03/2011 16:03

im sure if its a sports car type ive seen one around ozankoy way

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
06/03/2011 16:11

berileta

You might want to get in touch withe the Classic Car Club out here. Although I do not have the contact details to hand I am sure someone else will provide them.

Pamperurself


Joined: 24/07/2010
Posts: 49

Message Posted:
06/03/2011 16:12

there is 2 in the kyrenia area but hardly seen on the road

berilela


Joined: 17/07/2010
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
06/03/2011 16:15

thanks to all messages id love to see one here keep looking please

Hippo


Joined: 02/02/2007
Posts: 2070

Message Posted:
06/03/2011 16:37

You should have taken the car and given him the house!

berilela


Joined: 17/07/2010
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
06/03/2011 18:59

at the prices they go for your not wrong

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
06/03/2011 19:08

Most AC Cobras are kit car copies,Most have Rover V8 Engines,a genuine AC Cobra has a Ford 4.6 V8 and is twice/thrice the price of the copy.And at 15 MPG hardly practical,or environmentally friendly

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
06/03/2011 19:24

and restricted to being driven in a straight line if possible as they are aimed not steered.

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
06/03/2011 19:35

Message 9, yes most Cobras are kits - and most of them built to a very high standard, a lot with the Ford V8.

Yes of course they don't do many miles to the gallon, but when you are driving one...who cares?

Environmentally friendly.....don't even go there....



Message 10 you missed one comment.........that they are fun..........



Absolutely awesome cars...

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
06/03/2011 20:25

Give me an original 212hp "Lotus Super Seven" any day,

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
06/03/2011 22:12

212hp - I don't think so..........

BognorBelle


Joined: 08/01/2010
Posts: 66

Message Posted:
06/03/2011 23:32

1974 Dax 5.2 Shelby engine. my car comeing to cyprus sonn (when my wife is not looking11)

shrimp


Joined: 01/09/2010
Posts: 939

Message Posted:
06/03/2011 23:37

hubby is building a Jag XK140 which one day we hope to bring over when we bite the bullet and move....would be grateful to get any info on the classic car club ......thanks x

berilela


Joined: 17/07/2010
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
07/03/2011 07:46

message 11 you are so right

pollymarples


Joined: 08/08/2010
Posts: 1778

Message Posted:
07/03/2011 07:53

Men and cars!!! Agile Chris drools over the ac cobra, couldn't afford one though

Navek



Joined: 01/06/2008
Posts: 2656

Message Posted:
07/03/2011 08:39

Hi shrimp & Co

"You could contact Tamer Konat at the Classic & Sports Car Club of North Cyprus,

His number is 0533 8611188."

See link...

http://www.cyprus44.com/forums/40534.asp

Good luck,

Navek

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
07/03/2011 09:30

Back in the 60's, I had a 'blast' in a Shelby 7 litre Cobra - Halibrand wheels - the job lot!



What can you say......... ?



'Ah sh1t - the road's full of little cars coming at me backwards!'



About 10 years ago, I helped my friend [a North Yorkshire farmer] build a 'Spartan' kit car [shoehorned in a Triumph 2.5PI!], then next project was a Cobra [the name of the kit manufacturer escapes me for the moment] - bugger the old Rover 'donk', we fitted ours with a short-block Chevvy for real 'grunt'!

shrimp


Joined: 01/09/2010
Posts: 939

Message Posted:
07/03/2011 09:40

Many thanks Navek, hubbie will be delighted to chat to anyone who will listen and talk about cars................will pass the number on.......x

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
07/03/2011 10:20

Re. msg 19: Ah, just remembered the Cobra kit manufacturer - 'Pilgrim', I think. We had to graft on a lot of gussets to strengthen the bodyshell - it was 'flimsy as', as was!

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
07/03/2011 10:29

"Hunter" do a superb kit.............really authentic looking.

cavalryman


Joined: 08/11/2010
Posts: 314

Message Posted:
07/03/2011 11:39

The ccobras here are copies and ther were a few good remakes of the original that were very expensive and made almost exactly as the shelbys kraft being one.They were however very expensive a friend of mine has an original and has had it since new just covered 23000 miles.

Sid447


Joined: 15/05/2009
Posts: 141

Message Posted:
07/03/2011 11:57

Ref post #9



quote ".....a genuine AC Cobra has a Ford 4.6 V8......" unquote



They came from the factory with either a 289cid (4,735cc) or a 427cid (6,996cc) ohv V8.

Genuine ones are silly money; many good quality replica cars around, and not so good copies based on Ford Sierra floorpan and running gear (!) and the like.



Agree with the sentiment about not giving a stuff if they are politically correct or not.

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
07/03/2011 12:20

msg24..6,996cc .All those cc's to get 310 horse power.By today's standards positively stone-age technology... "Brute force and ignorance"......amazing the leap forward in engine design.eg: Audi RS2, 2,200cc 315hp...0-60 5.4sec Top speed 164 mph....And it's an "Estate" ............But the cobra made more noise

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
07/03/2011 13:27

Ya need a coupla three sacks of sand, or cement, to keep the rear end down on Cobras - they're more lethal than TR2 - 3A in the wet!



Wouldn't you agree, 'martin'?

martinD41


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Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
07/03/2011 13:35

I used to have a Mk1 Lotus Cortina ,and always had a bag of cement in the boot...And a bit of "Fluff" in the front..

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
07/03/2011 19:46

And you're not referring to 'Furry Dice', either, I guess!



Incidentally, the Cobra was derived [most say: 'Cribbed!'] from the AC Bristol, which only had a 2.2 litre motor - beautifully engineered, though, with an all aluminium body.



Has anyone spotted a Bristol 'Brigand' anywhere in Cyprus? - A pukka gentleman's 'horseless carriage' - jolly fact!

flightholiday


Joined: 19/07/2007
Posts: 3217

Message Posted:
07/03/2011 20:04

Bristol have just gone out of business! Now that was a different class of car as with Alvis. AC are fun cars

http://www.bristolcars.co.uk The fighter T was restricted to 225 MPH

http://www.alvisoc.org

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
07/03/2011 20:12

Ten, there are plenty of "Brigands" on this island and no, the "fluff" was not" fury dice"just "very nice"...and the Lotus scared the "Pants Off Them".........Ah.......the.good old days

TUTOR4U


Joined: 05/06/2007
Posts: 80

Message Posted:
07/03/2011 20:14

How about a Porsche 911 Carrera 2 or 4 Cabriolet or serious grunt the S



283 kW (385 hp) at 6,500 rpm

0-100 km/h (62 mph) in 4.9 s

Top speed: 302 km/h (188 mph)

Oh YESSSSSSSS !!!!

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
07/03/2011 21:11

Re message 31, Honda Blackbird, 0-60 about two seconds, and then onto 100 in about 3.5.

162bhp at the back wheel top speed around a 185. Although I have not tried this...

Cyprusquest


Joined: 09/12/2008
Posts: 428

Message Posted:
08/03/2011 13:24

Porsche & Honda seem slow when compared to the Brisitish Bristol Fighter T dont they.

joandjelly


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Posts: 2953

Message Posted:
08/03/2011 19:08

Wow you can positively feel the testosterone flowing around this thread

TUTOR4U


Joined: 05/06/2007
Posts: 80

Message Posted:
08/03/2011 19:08

Yeah but the parking is easier

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
08/03/2011 19:45

Not if you park it at 100 mph plus.

sporty


Joined: 06/12/2007
Posts: 685

Message Posted:
08/03/2011 23:49

i just bought myself a dodge viper! about 6 wks ago,it was the first one in uk and was showed at birmingham motor show,it had michaela stracken on the bonnet!!It was also a show car at le mans,guys its a beast of a thing,450bhp,v10,8 litre,passes everything but a petrol station! lol. 180mph,not that id do it though!! Fantastic piece of kit,i got back from a ski holiday with my son a couple of weeks ago and i didnt know which to kiss first,the car or the missus!! lol. The garage i bought it from had my money and bought an original cobra £60+k,im my view i got a better car although the cobra is nice.

ttoli


Joined: 24/03/2007
Posts: 1172

Message Posted:
09/03/2011 01:09

Tenakoutou Msg 28, I think you mean derived from the the AC Ace

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
09/03/2011 07:35

ttoli/Msg 38: You are quite correct - it was the AC 'Ace' - I think it was the engine that was Bristol.... ?



Since this thread is about 'Cobras', let's hope there's still more input from forum members to come!

skurry


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 81

Message Posted:
09/03/2011 09:52

what a great thread i had no idea there are so many petrolheads in TRNC with so much info and enthusiasm a great night out should be organised. see if any of you can do it. I CAN SMELL SHELL GOLDEN .RED X. AND CASTROL R . What a great night or even better a full day of BBQs great stories the smell of rubber and back seat adventures ???? is that in the right order ?

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
09/03/2011 12:22

Skurry, en route to the ownership of a Cobra for all the envisaged TRNC club members why not big it up , stay out of bars, and together take on the sober task of building a car with a Rolls Royce Spitfire Merlin engine and Rolls Royce grill and logos. That should p.ss off the Germans and beat the TRNC speed cameras as in the 1960s. With the money saved, and whilst the build in progress, you could all drive around the TRNC in TVRs. Not yet the beloved Cobra but for relatively little money you would have the same straight line grunt, along with hairy handling, ridiculous fuel consumption, total unreliability, and no street cred whatsoever !

cavalryman


Joined: 08/11/2010
Posts: 314

Message Posted:
09/03/2011 13:22

Already been done dd i think it was in the 80,s chap built a special with a merlin engine and drove it in germany that had the rolls grille too

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
09/03/2011 14:04

That is what I was referring to and done several times including the 1960s.

ttoli


Joined: 24/03/2007
Posts: 1172

Message Posted:
12/03/2011 14:50

The car was called the Beast and built by John Dodds, I have some photos of Me next to it in the early 70's

which I'll post (Once I know how).

ttoli


Joined: 24/03/2007
Posts: 1172

Message Posted:
12/03/2011 14:58

video



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCveRpdWLgE



BBC Top Gear



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxMxFE37Sxw&feature=related

ttoli


Joined: 24/03/2007
Posts: 1172

Message Posted:
12/03/2011 15:03

Tenakoutou Msg 39 : The early cars did use the Bristol 2.6 lump, then supplies started to dry up and AC started using the Zephyr / Zodiac six.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
12/03/2011 16:00

I used to have woodwork evening classes with an AC Cars upholsterer... so he invited me to an industrial estate where Brooklands used to be for a spin....



Went like stink! It was being built for some pop star but damned if I can remember who... might have been Rod Stewart.



Our lecturer was a bloke called Ken Obee who we all called Obi-Wan, and spoke to him like Yoda ...

'why he did not know...' As it happens, speaking like Yoda comes in very handy for formulating Turkish sentences...

Sid447


Joined: 15/05/2009
Posts: 141

Message Posted:
11/04/2011 19:31

mssg 25



Specs for the Ford 427 here:-



http://www.carmemories.com/cgi-bin/viewexperience.cgi?experience_id=133



and a quote from wiki- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_FE_engine



The Cobra's FE 427 produced almost 500 horsepower (370 kW) and attained top speeds of over 180 mph....



It's not so much the horsepower anyway, it's the torque. A 7-litre V8 will produce more than 350 ft-lbs of torque just at idle speed. With this much grunt in such a light car it would shame most modern super-saloons for acceleration ability.