AC Cobra Owners' Workshop Manual

Part-time racer and chicken farmer Carroll Shelby ordered a chassis from AC Cars in England in 1961, and asked them to install a Ford V8 engine in it. The AC Ace was fitted with the same rear diff as that used in the Jaguar E-type, and so when the car arrived in the Shelby workshop, it proved easy to modify thanks to the simple AC layout.

Carroll Shelby, pilot de curse cu jumatate de norma, a comandat un sasiu de la AC Cars din Anglia in 1961 si le-a cerut sa instaleze un motor Ford V8 in el. AC Ace a fost echipat cu acelasi diferential spate ca cel folosit in tipul Jaguar E si, astfel, cand masina a ajuns in atelierul Shelby, s-a dovedit usor de modificat datorita aspectului simplu de curent alternativ.