Why did Dean Jeffries' Mantaray have a 289 Cobra engine? Cool story

Dean painted the first AC Cobra several times for Carroll Shelby.... painting it in different colors in order to fool magazine editors into thinking that many cars had been built... when actually only one prototype was.

So in appreciation Carroll gave Dean a 289 Cobra engine

Below is what it looked like in 1973 from http://www.huffreport.com/archives/oldpics/the70s.htm

photos from http://www.myrideisme.com/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/701.jpg
and http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/gallery/15647/Dean-Jeffries--Mantaray.html

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Mox Miller customized a 1958 Impala right after buying it, but has never driven it, and has kept it garaged ever since

Found in Hot Rod Magazine, June 2011, Sitting Pretty dept

Why go to so much effort to have the coolest car you can make, if you will never in 60+ years ever drive it?

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