*Historically important Cobra prototype *The first Cobra with rack-and-pinion *steering *Originally the company demonstrator *Present ownership for 30 years The car offered here, chassis number 'CS 2030', was the culmination of improvements to the front suspension and steering that the AC factory had been planning for their Cobras and thus can rightfully be termed as the second prototype; the first, and very first Cobra made, being 'CSX 2000'.

'CS 2030' appears in two sections of the Thames Ditton factory's ledger that listed all cars manufactured, and first appears among USA-bound left-hand drive Cobras that were completed in October 1962.

Unlike its export-model siblings, no completion date is entered and instead there is simply a penned memo 'instructions issued September 12th 1962'.

As this was to be not only the first right-hand drive car but also more importantly the first car to be fitted with rack-and-pinion steering, this simple statement very likely refers to the fabricati...