1953–1968
Ace and Cobra (260/289/427)
AC / Shelby Cobra
The car that became the Cobra began life as a purely British sports car. AC Cars of Thames Ditton launched the Ace at the 1953 Earls Court Motor Show, built around a lightweight ladder-chassis roadster originally developed by racing-car constructor John Tojeiro; AC bought the production rights, refined the bodywork…