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THIS AC COBRA CAR HAS BEEN BUILT WITH ONLY ONE THING IN MIND: TO BE THE MOST COMPETITIVE COBRA AROUND. A HUGE AMOUNT OF TIME HAS BEEN SPENT ON MAKING THIS CAR, WE BELIEVE TO BE THE LIGHTEST COBRA AROUND WEIGHING IN WITH ALL OILS AND FLUIDS AT 934 Kg.

FITTED WITH A MATHWALL RACE ENGINE WITH DYNO SHEET SHOWING 476HP BUT WITH A HUGE TORQUE BAND, RUNNING ON THE LATEST TRICK EXHAUST DESIGN IN STAINLESS STEEL.

BAG TANK FUEL CELL, LIGHTWEIGHT WIRING LOOM, TILLETT SEAT, ALLOY RAD, CROSTHWAITE & GARDINER MAGNESIUM WHEELS, GRIPPER LSD, HEATED FRONT SCREEN, LIGHTWEIGHT ELECTRONIC TRIGGER FIRE EXTINGUISHER, ELECTRONIC MASTER CUTT OUT SWITCH, TRS FIA MAGNUM 6 POINT LIGHT WEIGHT HARNESS, TELLTALE REV COUNTER, MSD BOX. IT HAS A ALAN MANN CHASSIS NO (AMR – 65 - 001), NEW HTP WHICH EXPIRES DECEMBER 2035, FINISHED IN THE CLASSIC COBRA COLOURS OF GUARDSMAN BLUE WITH WHITE STRIPES. 

THE CAR IS A TRIBUTE TO THE WORKS COBRA ROADSTER CSX2345 WHICH SIR JOHN WHITMORE DROVE FOR ALAN MANN RACING IN 1965. IN THAT YEAR SHELBY AND ALAN MANN WORKED TOGETHER TO WIN THE WORLD SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP FOR FORD WITH COBRAS. THE MOST MEMORABLE VICTORY IN THE SEASON WAS AT OULTON PARK IN THE TT. IT WAS A TWO PART RACE, DURING THE FIRST RACE WHITMORE WON BUT WAS GASSED BY A BROKEN EXHAUST AND FELL OUT OF THE CAR AT THE END. WHILE RESTING IN THE MEDICAL TENT ON OXYGEN BETWEEN THE RACES, ALAN MANN CAME IN AND PERSUADED WHITMORE THAT THEY COULD WIN…THEY HATCHED A PLAN TO RUN TO THE END WITHOUT A PITSTOP, BUT STILL SIGNALLING AS IF THEY WOULD STOP SO THAT FERRARI WOULD BE CAUGHT OUT. ONLY MANN AND WHITMORE KNEW THE PLAN. DURING THE RACE ALL WENT TO PLAN: EVERYONE ASSUMED WHITMORE WAS IGNORING THE SIGNALS BECAUSE HE WAS STILL GASSED. FERRARI WERE CAUGHT NAPPING, AND WHITMORE TOOK MAXIMUM POINTS TOWARDS THE CHAMPIONSHIP. ONLY JUST, BECAUSE HE RAN OUT OF FUEL ON THE COOL-DOWN LAP…

IT WAS THE RACE THAT BOTH ALAN MANN AND SIR JOHN WHITMORE CONSIDERED THE BEST OF THEIR CAREERS, SO THIS CAR IS A FITTING TRIBUTE.

SOME PHOTOS OF THE 1965 TT AND ORIGINAL TEAM MEMORABILIA FROM THE RACE CAN BE INCLUDED WITH THE CAR IF THEY ARE OF INTEREST.

THIS IS A BRAND NEW CAR WITH ALL NEW PARTS WHICH ALSO HAS FANTASTIC ATTENTION TO DETAIL LIKE ALL MY OTHER RACE CARS,

THE CAR HAS ONLY DONE 1 ROLL OUT AND ONE TEST AND IS READY TO RACE BEING HUGELY COMPETITIVE

PLEASE CONTACT HENRY MANN AT ALAN MANN RACING ON

+44 (0) 1276 402299

OR EMAIL HIM AT

henry@alanmann.co.uk

OR

STEVE SOPER email . sopersteve@gmail.com

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