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What tie could it really have to EH2068... ?
    NONE WHATSOEVER.
What happened to the real 2068... ?
    THE EH2068 REGISTRAR HAS THE KNOWN INFORMATION.

RS, ex TD Cobra Registrar

Paho,

I reviewed all sources, Swedish included, but find no evidence whatsoever that:

• AC intends to renew its long-expired car manufacturing licence.
• T-Engineering plans to make cars.

As a not-made-by-approved-manufacturer car cannot be road registered in most developed countries, AC's intentions are a riddle to many observers, me included.

RS   

Paho,

I've only just seen your post referring to 'British car manufacturer AC Cars'. AC hasn't made and hasn't been licenced to make cars for many years. Likewise, there's no record T-Engineering making or having made cars either.

A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma?

RS

This Cobra-like car isn't in ACOC's Cobra register as it doesn't have a Thames Ditton Cobra 'AC or AC-like period car number' (register introduction).

I wonder if anyone can shed light on LSV 982's creation?

RS

CobraAddict, try the MkIVetc forum which has more knowledgeable post-60s AC product users.

RS

Cobra Addict,

The ACOC website reads:
The Club Magazine, ACtion, is published monthly except for January. The back pages hold classified ads for cars as well as parts and contributions include technical articles, event reports and historical reviews from the archives.

Copies? Become a member, a must for all Cobra afficionados.

RS 

Apols,

2nd file now (hopefully) attached.

RS

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CobraAddict,

The attached may be of interest.

Angliss & Lubinsky were not the best of pals.

RD

SunDude,

The ACOC Replicas Appendix has some 100 CSX/COX/COB 'VIN Asserted' cars, all twenty first century constructions, none AC built. The Club's Cobra registrar regularly adds to the list.

As Council so wisely wrote twenty years ago 'The prime beneficiaries of an accurate register are not today's owners, but tomorrow's. A full and accurate register can show a potential purchaser the facts about a car he is proposing to buy: it will also allow an owner to confirm his car's true provenance and prevent an unscrupulous owner or dealer distorting a car's history to enhance its value.'

Perhaps European forum readers can help with VIN asserted?

RS

SunDude,

Do you know the car's VIN (car number in AC terms)?

RS

I wonder what a 'Bona Fide' Non member is, as against a Non Bona Fide member?, surely all non members are Bona Fide in being genuine non members.

Gary, a 'bona fide' non-member is one with a legitimate enquiry (no deception, no self-interest etc), from the Latin 'good faith' meaning. This legitimacy requirement was first stated by Council over twenty tears ago (31 Jan 2002): 'To provide enquirers with a car's historical information, subject to the enquirer having legitimate reason'.

RS

All members and bona-fide non-members can get Council's RP&G (ACOC Registrar Policies and Guidance) from any registrar or Council member.

"Not to pass judgement, and to include adverse as well positive information" has been Council's written policy since January 2002.

RS

The AC Factory Ledger (aka 'the bible') only records LHD car number COX6003, ex works 26 November 1963 consigned to Paris agent A Chardonnet.

The advertised RHD car (XBH 545B, DVLA 'vehicle details could not be found') was not manufactured by AC in Thames Ditton in period. Searches of published ACOC & SAAC Cobra registers show no record of Eric James and Cliff Davis owning a leaf spring period AC or Shelby Cobra.

RS

SunDude,

I don't believe there's a suggestion that AKNN are Thames Ditton Cobras. The MkIV etc forum has more knowledgeable post-60s product posters.

RS

September ACtion's Cobra Corner describes the ninth EF chassis, built by AC with engine and transmission for a UK agent. This post is to advise AC arcana enthusiasts.

RS