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  2. Factory Five Racing - Wikipedia

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    The Mustang running gear was chosen for a number of reasons, but mostly because of high performance relative to cost and ready availability of parts through dealers. The earlier Mustang 302 V-8 and the 427 V-8 is exactly the same block that powered the original vintage AC Cobra and Ford GT-40 to World Championships in the 60’s. Over a million ...

  3. AC Cobra - Wikipedia

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    Some Cobra 427s were fitted with Ford's 7-litre (428 cu in) engine, a long stroke, smaller bore, lower cost engine, intended for road use rather than racing. The AC Cobra was a financial failure that led Ford and Carroll Shelby to discontinue importing cars from England in 1967.

  4. AC Cars - Wikipedia

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    AC Cars, originally incorporated as Auto Carriers Ltd., is a British specialist automobile manufacturer and one of the oldest independent car makers founded in Britain. As a result of bad financial conditions over the years, the company was renamed or liquidated many times until its latest form.

  5. Almac (automobile) - Wikipedia

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    Almac is a New Zealand–based kit car company founded in 1984 and located in Upper Hutt. [1] Almac cars started as a part of Almac Reinforced Plastics Ltd fibreglass product manufacturing a company founded in 1971 by Alex McDonald. McDonald's interest in kit cars started while he was living in England, having purchased a Jem Marsh Sirocco.

  6. Dax Cars - Wikipedia

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    Dax Cars is a British sports car manufacturer founded in 1968 and based in North Weald, Essex, England.. Dax started as a fibreglass moulding company, named DJ Sportscars Int. and became first British company to make a kit based replica of the AC 427 Cobra. [1]

  7. Kit car - Wikipedia

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    Replicas of the AC Cobra and the Lotus Seven are particularly popular examples. The right to manufacture the Lotus 7 is owned by Caterham Cars, who bought the rights to the car from Lotus founder Colin Chapman in 1973. Caterham cars are component cars and are a continued development of Chapman's design.

  8. AC Cobra GT Roadster - Wikipedia

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    The Cobra GT Roadster has a carbon/composite body placed on an extruded aluminum chassis. It offers a 5.0 L Coyote V8 engine from the Ford Mustang , [ 4 ] with a compressor and delivering 663 hp for 780 NM of torque.

  9. Ford Shelby Cobra Concept - Wikipedia

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    Ford's Advanced Product Creation team designed and built the Shelby Cobra concept in five months. The project was led by Manfred Rumpel. Like several other Ford vehicles developed in the early 2000s (such as the GT40 concept, the GT and the fifth-generation Mustang), the Shelby Cobra concept is a modern interpretation of an older vehicle.