Ivan Goriup Posted August 16, 2023 Share #20441  Posted August 16, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) ....and the requisite three quarter rear view. SL / 243-90 V.E. JZG Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!  5 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!  ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4836275'>More sharing options...
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stuny Posted August 16, 2023 Share #20442  Posted August 16, 2023 Ivan Thank you. One of the hints that pointed me to this car was the likelihood that you posted one displayed at Pebble, meaning it would be a very important car. I'll post one later today, but in the meantime, here's a bit of artwork drawn from the movie with McQueen making the French archer taunt to the English soldiers - Eze Village, France. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4836462'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted August 16, 2023 Share #20443  Posted August 16, 2023 This one is exceptionally rare and made by a major automaker that is still in business. Hence, two images to start:  Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4836557'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 16, 2023 Share #20444  Posted August 16, 2023 Stuart, It used to amuse me mildly that this car sometimes appeared with the WOB Li 1 number plate (wobbly one). Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indeepthought Posted August 16, 2023 Share #20445 Â Posted August 16, 2023 Design Studio Prius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted August 16, 2023 Share #20446 Â Posted August 16, 2023 6 hours ago, stuny said: ...Here's a bit of artwork drawn from the movie with McQueen making the French archer taunt to the English soldiers... Without wishing to be seen as a pedant, Stuart, I feel someone should point out that you have the two nationalities "muxed-ip"....... Philip. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted August 16, 2023 Share #20447  Posted August 16, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) 1 hour ago, pippy said: Without wishing to be seen as a pedant, Stuart, I feel someone should point out that you have the two nationalities "muxed-ip"....... Philip. Philip - So, it's the English archers who taunted the French soldiers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted August 16, 2023 Share #20448 Â Posted August 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Indeepthought said: Design Studio Prius Not Toyota, nor even Japan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted August 16, 2023 Share #20449  Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) 24 minutes ago, stuny said: Philip - So, it's the English archers who taunted the French soldiers? As a schoolkid studying History I was taught that it was a sign of defiance made by English Longbowmen under the command of King Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 but - 'Hélas!' - it now seems probable that the story seems to be nothing more than an urban myth which started doing the rounds sometime in the late 19th C. Good story though! Philip.  Edited August 16, 2023 by pippy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indeepthought Posted August 16, 2023 Share #20450 Â Posted August 16, 2023 Indian Volvo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lelmer Posted August 16, 2023 Share #20451 Â Posted August 16, 2023 The front somehow reminds me a VW... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted August 16, 2023 Share #20452  Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) 19 hours ago, Ivan Goriup said: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!  This photograph captures the essence of why the 4.9L cars were so much more elegant (IMO) than the 7.0L cars. No offence intended, of course, to those of us who have the post'65 cars in the garage.... Philip. Edited August 16, 2023 by pippy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 17, 2023 Share #20453  Posted August 17, 2023 Philip, Were not the smaller cars originally 4.7L (289 cu in). I know many of them nowadays have larger engines as the small block Ford engine can be stretched all the way up to 6 litres or more. A few years ago my brother bought a new AC Cobra made at Alan Lubinsky's plant. He bought the remains of the AC company from Brian Angliss (Autokraft) and the Hurlock family in 1996. This car was made in South Africa, so far lower taxes to buy there than imports. It had a Roush 6.4L Ford engine that I think still used the Windsor small block. It was a very unsubtle and brutish car and not remotely as nice to drive as our original 1965 Thames Ditton built lightweight AC 289 Cobra Mk.2, which is delightful.The Lubinsky organisation run Cobra tours all over South Africa, presumably to try and persuade folks to buy their less than wonderful product. I encountered a trail of Cobras every time I drove along Chapman's Peak Drive on the Cape Peninsula. Wilson 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted August 17, 2023 Share #20454  Posted August 17, 2023 17 hours ago, pippy said: As a schoolkid studying History I was taught that it was a sign of defiance made by English Longbowmen under the command of King Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 but - 'Hélas!' - it now seems probable that the story seems to be nothing more than an urban myth which started doing the rounds sometime in the late 19th C. Good story though! Philip.  And here I thought the unimpeachable source was Monte Python and the Holy Grail. When we were in Barbados last winter a young girl made the gesture to me, and since it's a former British colony.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted August 17, 2023 Share #20455 Â Posted August 17, 2023 17 hours ago, Indeepthought said: Indian Volvo No, not Indian Volvo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted August 17, 2023 Share #20456  Posted August 17, 2023 17 hours ago, Lelmer said: The front somehow reminds me a VW... Yes, it is a VW, and about 250 were built, but only about 80% of them went to customers. Keep going, Alain. You're almost there. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted August 17, 2023 Share #20457 Â Posted August 17, 2023 14 hours ago, wlaidlaw said: Philip,......Were not the smaller cars originally 4.7L (289 cu in)...... I was merely factoring-in Post-Brexit Inflation, Wilson!............ Apologies and, of course, Mea Culpa. Silly me! I was trying to go all 'Mertic' when I should have stayed with the good old-fashioned 289 / 427 Rods/Chains/Perches and WhatNot. Lovely to read about your thoughts re: the 289 Mk. II. Hopefully not going too far off topic but might I ask if you have had any experience of comparing that car with one of the post '61 2.6L engined AC Ace cars? Philip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted August 17, 2023 Share #20458  Posted August 17, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, stuny said: Yes, it is a VW, and about 250 were built, but only about 80% of them went to customers. Keep going, Alain. You're almost there. I, for one, am looking forward to the 'Reveal' as I don't believe I've ever seen mention of these 250 cars anywhere! Were 50 examples retained for testing or 'given' to Directors of the company? Philip. Edited August 17, 2023 by pippy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 18, 2023 Share #20459  Posted August 18, 2023 8 hours ago, pippy said: I was merely factoring-in Post-Brexit Inflation, Wilson!............ Apologies and, of course, Mea Culpa. Silly me! I was trying to go all 'Mertic' when I should have stayed with the good old-fashioned 289 / 427 Rods/Chains/Perches and WhatNot. Lovely to read about your thoughts re: the 289 Mk. II. Hopefully not going too far off topic but might I ask if you have had any experience of comparing that car with one of the post '61 2.6L engined AC Ace cars? Philip. Philip, Before we had the Cobra, we had a 2.2L Ace-Bristol. Not a great car. It feels quite fragile compared with the Cobra which feels much more solid and all of one bit. The Bristol engine is very finicky on carburettor tune (3 x downdraft Solex) and as we were using it for classic car rallies, we found its carburation very altitude sensitive and it is not really practical to keep changing jets. The engine also has a narrow power band from around 4000 to 6000 RPM, which with a quite wide ratio 4 speed box, doesn't make life easy. We had the same problem with the Bristol engine (changed from a BMW to Bristol in 1948 to test the prototype Bristol version of thee BMW engine) in our 1939 Ex-Monte Carlo rally and Lady Betty Haig BMW 328, although not quite to the same extent as that 2 litre engine was only tuned to around 120 BHP against the 170+ of the 2.2L Ace Bristol race car. I have driven a 2.6L Ford Zephyr engined AC Greyhound coupé and my impression was that it felt a bit front heavy and the Ruddspeed tuned engine was a bit rough and crude but that may have just been that example and I only drove it a few miles. The only downside of the 1965 Cobra is its enormous thirst. It has twin 4 barrel Carter carburettors and gets around 10MPG or less. Given it only weighs about 1100kg, that is very inefficient. I was going to post a photo of the Cobra but my photo library has decided to become unavailable, as the latest version of Photos on OS Ventura, can no longer read libraries on an external FAT-32 formatted SSD. I have had to buy another SSD this morning (luckily Samsung France is having a sale at the moment and a 2TB SSD was only €109 P&P included), which I will have to format Mac OS Journaled and then copy the contents of the other SSD to it - be warned folks if you are storing photo libraries on an external hard disc or SSD. Wilson  2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lelmer Posted August 18, 2023 Share #20460  Posted August 18, 2023 21 hours ago, stuny said: Yes, it is a VW, and about 250 were built, but only about 80% of them went to customers. Keep going, Alain. You're almost there. Thanks Stuart. I didn't know this car and had to search a bit... VW XL1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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