Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There was an AC Aceca too. Perhaps the coupe, though I am no expert, I just remember the little Ace being macho-ed out to a Cobra as a kid! --- On Fri, 19/6/09, Stasys Petravicius <stasys1 at cox.net> wrote: > From: Stasys Petravicius <stasys1 at cox.net> > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: speaking of transportation as sculpture > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Friday, 19 June, 2009, 11:22 PM > Frank- I thought it was the AC Aceca. > Stasys > On Jun 19, 2009, at 10:29 AM, FRANK DERNIE wrote: > > > > > Hi George, > > I don't know whether you know but the car is an AC > Ace, originally available in the 1950s with a 2 litre > Bristol 6 cylinder engine. Carrol Shelby persuaded AC cars > to shoehorn a 4.7 litre and later a 7 litre engine into one > either for him to race or to sell, I am not sure. They went > into production as the AC Cobra but not many were made. > There are now many companies making replicas. Real ones are > extremely valuable nowadays they look great but they do not > drive too well... > > cheers, > > Frank > > > > --- On Fri, 19/6/09, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> > wrote: > > > >> From: George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> > >> Subject: [Leica] IMG: speaking of transportation > as sculpture > >> To: "Leica Group Users" <lug at leica-users.org> > >> Date: Friday, 19 June, 2009, 5:00 PM > >> Excalibur version of Shelby Cobra > >> > >> <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=1307> > >> > >> Regards, > >> George Lottermoser > >> george at imagist.com > >> http://www.imagist.com > >> http://www.imagist.com/blog > >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > >> information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information >