AC Cobra Crendon 427 SC All Aluminium

This is a 427 SC Cobra recreation built by Crendon, and the only one the company made with a full aluminium body. It was put together by Crendon's founder, John Kerr, and registered in September 1999. The page describes it as the first Crendon Cobra built.

The body is 18-gauge aluminium from Classic Car Parts and Panels, a supplier of bodies for AC, over a steel tube frame. Underneath is a Crendon twin-tube ladder chassis with tubular double wishbone suspension and Jaguar uprights, hubs and rear drive shafts. Power comes from a Ford 428ci FE big-block V8 with an unleaded head conversion and a four-barrel Holley carburettor. It drives through a four-speed top-loader gearbox and a limited-slip Jaguar Salisbury differential.

It is finished in Guardsman Blue with Wimbledon White centre stripes, on Halibrand-style peg-drive wheels. The cabin follows the original layout, with black leather, Smiths instruments and a polished wood-rim wheel. It has covered 3,500 miles, and the history file includes receipts, photographs of the bare aluminium build, wiring diagrams and servicing records.