Originally Posted by dnewton3
Originally Posted by clinebarger
Originally Posted by cjcride
There are many great US muscle cars yet the AC Cobra and Pontiac GTO would be my picks.
Yet the AC Cobra isn't a American car.
Incorrect.
The Cobra was raced and credited as an American product. Sure, it was based on the Bristol AC early on. But that's where it ended. Shelby not only did power-train mods, but also suspension, brakes, etc.
Try telling Shelby, Bondurant, Miles, Yates and others that they didn't work for Shelby American.
Try explaining why Enzo cancelled the last race of the season in Monza, so that the Cobra would not win the 1964 championship for the Americans.
Try recalling that in 1965 the American team won the only FIA championship for the US, handily spanking the Ferrari team by a w-i-d-e- points margin.
Time for a history lesson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqMNR7Qe82g
Weren't the bodies and most of the rolling chassis still made by AC through the end of the deal with Ford, even for the US market? The few late ones I've seen had Smiths gauges....
Originally Posted by clinebarger
Originally Posted by cjcride
There are many great US muscle cars yet the AC Cobra and Pontiac GTO would be my picks.
Yet the AC Cobra isn't a American car.
Incorrect.
The Cobra was raced and credited as an American product. Sure, it was based on the Bristol AC early on. But that's where it ended. Shelby not only did power-train mods, but also suspension, brakes, etc.
Try telling Shelby, Bondurant, Miles, Yates and others that they didn't work for Shelby American.
Try explaining why Enzo cancelled the last race of the season in Monza, so that the Cobra would not win the 1964 championship for the Americans.
Try recalling that in 1965 the American team won the only FIA championship for the US, handily spanking the Ferrari team by a w-i-d-e- points margin.
Time for a history lesson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqMNR7Qe82g
Weren't the bodies and most of the rolling chassis still made by AC through the end of the deal with Ford, even for the US market? The few late ones I've seen had Smiths gauges....