> >The article also said something like "...it [the car he developed]
> >could easily have been a Cheverolet powered Aston, given Shelby's
> ^^^^^
>
> I believe that should be Austin, as in Austin-Healey. Shelby approached
> Donald Healey about using the A-H chassis for his Cobra, but stuffed-shirt
> Austin wouldn't allow it. Stuff a 289 or 327 into a Big Healey chassis
> and you get a "Poor Man's Cobra."
Actually, the original poster was correct. In "The Certain Sound",
the autobiography of John Wyer (one-time general manger of Aston-Martin),
he recounts Shelby appearing with this project, and he recalls sending
him down the road to AC, as Aston's were up to their neck in work, with
the project cars, and getting the DB5 designed etc. They just didn't
have the capacity.
> Regards,
> bs
Regards,
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