We are so pleased to bring to market this amazing example.

The legend of the Cobra was born when Texan Le Mans winner Carroll Shelby persuaded AC Cars to let him shoe-horn Ford's new lightweight 260ci V8 into the nose of the John Tojeiro-designed AC Ace.

What a great decision that was for the history of cars and motorsport; 289 and 427-engined variants followed along with legendary success in motorsport.

Fast forward twenty years or so, and the value of original examples had risen way beyond the reach of most enthusiasts, in some cases into the millions, creating a ready market for evocations.

This has been helped by the recent film about Carroll Shelby and the other legend that was Ken Miles, what a man he was.

First on the UK scene was the Dax of DJ Sportscars International, of which Tojeiro himself became a director in 1985.

Many people would have you believe that the Dax was and still is the best Cobra evocation on the market, a personal choice but that’s the way the world wo...