28.November, 2005 @08:11
Coupe News [PIC=380:left]One of the most famous and desirable of all AC Cobras has been secured for H&H’s February 2006 sale. Known the world over by its registration number (39 PH), it was entered by the factory for the 1963 Le Mans 24 Hour race, where it duly won the GT III category and finished 7th overall in the hands of Ninian Sanderson and Peter Bolton. It was then procured by John Willment for ‘Gentleman Jack’ Sears to drive, at which time its pale metallic green paint was replaced with the distinctive red body and white stripes of the Willment team – the livery it has retained to this day.
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