The 289 Register

There's all sorts of things I could have quoted, like 'true', 'accurate'... And don't get me started on the cynical stance of the motor industry to get everyone to buy a new car that is powered by electricity, and yet no greener than what they want us to throw away, because I'll go on for hours. And...

To quote from the page in the link: 'The AC Cobra Series 1 is a true, yet improved , recreation of the AC Cobra, being provided with a modern, emissions-free electric powertrain. The other version set for release is the AC Cobra 140 Charter Edition. It is fitted with the high-powered, 2.3-liter engi...

I wouldn’t have thought an FIA car would have a washer bottle of any type, surely?

Had my Autolite 4100 off for an overhaul and clean up. They are beautiful carbs, perfectly matched to the 289 engine. There's something nice about a carb you can set the float levels on while the engine's idling... another job will be to sort the studs on the cast-iron manifold-to-collector pipe joi...

The original Shelley jack had a curved cradle that sits neatly under the chassis tubes (original chassis tubes are smaller diameter than Hawks etc., but I don't think that's critical!). They are very good, very reliable jacks which have no hydraulics to fail, but in the workshop I have a Weber troll...

They do - but they still get checked every time out!

Bolt-in spline adaptors were common in period - Minilite used them in all sorts of applications for cars normally fitted with wires, such as Healeys, TRs, Jags, MGs etc. It's the same old story - these are competition parts, and would have been checked, then stripped and reassembled if necessary aft...

Alternator? ALTERNATOR? RHD Cobras did not come with alternators.

My engine bay:

Won't work mate, the Whitworth steam-powered force field will automatically eject them.

Not one metric fastener anywhere on my car, Clive. Pretty much all the smaller fasteners on a Cobra are BA.