This hand-crafted, aluminium-bodied AC Cobra continuation is powered by a Steve Warrior-built original steel 427 side-oiler with steel heads.

And when we say ‘original’ we mean it.

The engine was a ‘new old stock’ boxed unit, as used in 427 S/C iterations, and was sourced direct from Ford in the US.

It has dry sump lubrication and produces a fearsome 570bhp.

The car has a 3.54.1 Salisbury differential and the gearbox is the correct top loader.

We have, of course, fired it up.

After doing so, we stood in open-mouthed awe for a few moments while we tried in vain to make sense of a noise that sounds for all the world like Tom Waits and Iggy Pop yelling at each other in an electrical storm.

Every tiny incremental nudge from your right foot unleashes an apocalyptic cacophony of roars, shrieks, wails, pops and barks, all of which explode together from the side-pipes with the power and fury of a volcanic eruption.

It might just be the best exhaust note we’ve yet heard from any car tha...