That's the one! The photo does not do justice to the sheer poor quality of the bodywork. For example, I do not think that it boasted a single door lock for what was supposed to be a road car, and the interior was very spartan. Still, nice to know it is still around.
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General Forum / Willment Racing Team Cobra
November 01, 2006, 13:58:57
Looking at the other pictures on the site, the picture of the Sytner Cobra is closer to the appearance.
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General Forum / Willment Racing Team Cobra
November 01, 2006, 13:53:29
Nothing like that at all! Imagine a standard Cobra body but with a fixed hardtop instead of a soft top and you will have some idea of the general shape. Perhaps a bit like an overgrown VW Karmen Ghia.
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General Forum / Willment Racing Team Cobra
October 31, 2006, 14:22:05
I saw in Trevor Legate's book "Cobra: The First 40 Years" that the Willment Racing Team raced at least one Cobra in the 60's and may have had a chassis for another. Apparently the racing car was sold and has now ended up in a US collection.
When I was a student in 1970-3 I often worked on the pumps and cleaning cars at the John Willment Ford dealership at Streatham Road, Mitcham. One of the directors raced an Escort RS that was prepared by two of the mechanics at the rear of the showroom. Other curiosities in the workshop were a racing Ford Galaxy and a Ford Galaxy pick up used for transporting power boat engines for the power boat team.
Hidden away at the back of the showroom was a car about the size and shape of a Cobra. As far as I can recall it was built with a red fibreglass body with a fixed bulbous hardtop, apparently by an Italian company. It had perspex windows and no bumpers but chrome overriders front and rear. The boot was largely occupied by an enormous spare wheel and two batteries held in place by rough wooden wedges. I was told that John Willment was a "bit of a car nut" and this car had been built for him.
Does anybody know anything about this car? I wonder if it used up some Cobra bits that the racing team had left over. Presumably the car was sold off or carted away to the scrap yard when John Willment went into receivership (their last claim to fame being a leading case on the accountability of receivers for VAT).
When I was a student in 1970-3 I often worked on the pumps and cleaning cars at the John Willment Ford dealership at Streatham Road, Mitcham. One of the directors raced an Escort RS that was prepared by two of the mechanics at the rear of the showroom. Other curiosities in the workshop were a racing Ford Galaxy and a Ford Galaxy pick up used for transporting power boat engines for the power boat team.
Hidden away at the back of the showroom was a car about the size and shape of a Cobra. As far as I can recall it was built with a red fibreglass body with a fixed bulbous hardtop, apparently by an Italian company. It had perspex windows and no bumpers but chrome overriders front and rear. The boot was largely occupied by an enormous spare wheel and two batteries held in place by rough wooden wedges. I was told that John Willment was a "bit of a car nut" and this car had been built for him.
Does anybody know anything about this car? I wonder if it used up some Cobra bits that the racing team had left over. Presumably the car was sold off or carted away to the scrap yard when John Willment went into receivership (their last claim to fame being a leading case on the accountability of receivers for VAT).
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