Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Only the racing Cobras originally had the wheel arch flares. A shame that all the kits have the flares as the original Ace design is quite pleasing without them. In my "old" age, I have become a real fan of narrow tires. I like to enjoy my driving but, what with small children, stray pets and the odd moose or two, the speeds necessary to have fun with a car that can generate over a G of cornering force are crazy for public road use. Slap on a set of narrow tires and suddenly you doing four wheel drifts in school drop off round-a-bout. Heck, unplug a spark plug or two and suddenly you can drive flat out everywhere and the police smile and wave as you go by. :-) Driving fast cars slow is dull and boring. Driving slow cars fast is a heck of a lot of fun! What the h*** was the question? John Collier On Dec 8, 2004, at 12:42 AM, Frank Dernie wrote: > There are lots of kits of Cobras available here in England. In fact it > is the ideal kit car, IMO. The original was a cheap and cheerful V8 > engine shoehorned into a crude but good looking 50s English sports car > (the AC Ace I believe) with the wheelarches flared and big wheels > fitted. It is good looking in a brutal way, is fast because it is > light but handles in a "vintage" way. > This means that the kit can be as crude as you like and it is not far > from the original in feel and great fun. > I nearly built one myself years ago but bought a TVR Griffith instead > as my spare time was non existent.