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Re: AC Shelby Cobra and Kirkham

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I believe that Kirkham have been supplying bodies to Shelby for some time.
Kirkham (like Jerry) can supply pretty much anything to fit an "original" car too.
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Re: AC Shelby Cobra and Kirkham

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Meanwhile, AC cars’ latest incarnation are offering “composite” (ie, Glassfibre) bodies on their cars....funny how things work out isn’t it!
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Re: AC Shelby Cobra and Kirkham

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How can a Kirkham be an AC?

If Kirkham supply bodies to Shelby, then I guess it is like Shelby using Ford engines or Goodyear tyres, it is a Shelby, but if you use a Kirkham body to build your own car or have someone else manufacture it then it isn't an AC Shelby.
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Re: AC Shelby Cobra and Kirkham

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Surely that is obviously the case. Shelby have never made every single part that goes into a Cobra, but if Shelby themselves assemble parts made by others into a Cobra then it is a Shelby Cobra, if anyone else assembles exactly the same parts to build a car it is not a Shelby or a Cobra.

That is how it has always been. Every car manufacturer buys in parts made by outside suppliers.
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