What kind of a crazy person would drive an LT-1 powered German car?

[Dan DiBiase]

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From: Mike Arman <Armanmik at earthlink.net>
To: quattro at audifans.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 9:20:37 AM
Subject: What kind of a crazy person would drive an LT-1 powered German car?

Same kind of crazy person who would take a fine, elegant, refined, pedigreed British sports car and 
remove the old world hand crafted engine that the car was designed for and then take a crude, mass 
market lump of Detroit Wonder Metal (cast iron) and stuff it into the resultant available space

AC Cobra. Carroll Shelby.

Start with a completely unexceptional run of the mill boring, slow and underpowered British two 
seater, finish up with an absolute and legendary world beater.
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Well, the last isn't completely true. Once they put the 2 liter Bristol engine in the AC Ace, it really moved.
And the Ace is one of the most beautiful cars of all time, IMHO. I like the early 289 Cobras, as they didn't
mess with the body. But the 427-powered Cobras (and most of the kit cars) are really just caricatures of
the original and very cartoonish, in my view.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_Ace

I'd love an Ace-Bristol or (more unlikely) an early 289-powered Cobra. Heck, I'd even like a kit car with
the early body style and a Ford Mustang GT powertrain.

As far as others, how about an Allard-Cadillac?

Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
British Car Nut
Central NJ USA