Dax Cars was founded in 1968 in Harlow Essex and is best known for producing replicas of the mighty AC 427 Cobra.

John Tojeiro was responsible for designing the original AC Ace, which became a ‘must have’ for true petrol heads, but soon became out of range for their pockets.

The replica market has proved very strong and Dax is thought to have led the field in the Cobra styled products and certainly is amongst the top echelon in terms of build quality.

Cars appeared with a wide range of running gear, popular of which were the various Jaguar and Rover engines.

This particular 1978 example was meticulously built using all new or reconditioned parts.

The build was featured in the September and October 1991 editions of ‘Car Builder’, which consisted of eleven pages of detail.

The Jaguar V12 engine and automatic transmission was reconditioned, and a limited slip differential unit was fitted, as were Spax adjustable shock absorbers.

The Dax sits on Halibrand replica wheels with polishe...