AC/Ford/Shelby Cobra (A Foulis motoring book) de Grainger, Rod - 1984-01-01

Haynes Publications, 1984-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Haynes Publishing Group (Super Profile Series) [Published Date: 1984. Hardcover, 56 pp. First Edition, 1984. In very good condition/ NO dust jacket. Glossy pictorial Paper over Boards have light overall scuffing and fading. Binding tight. Pages lightly aged but otherwise clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations and photos throughout with some in color. Contents include: Foreword, History and evolution, specification, Road tests, Owner's view; Buying & copy Cobras; Clubs, Specialists & Books; Photo Gallery. [From Foreword] The Cobra was, and is, a phenomenon. The mating of the elegant and simple AC Ace body to the brutal power and stump-pulling torque of a large capacity American V8 engine was an inspiration, even if not a new idea, for Sydney Allard certainly got there first. Automotive history is littered with other people's attempts to create similar packages - Sunbeam ä¸iger, Daimler SP250 (Dart), MGB V8, TR7 V8, etc - but none has succeeded as brilliantly as the Cobra. Simply, the Cobra was greater than the sum of its parts.