Garages which knowingly...

Garages which knowingly sell cloned cars risk breaching trading standards. Once police have told a dealer that a vehicle has been copied, it must make interested parties aware - even though the model is virtually unsaleable. To help fight an increasing cloning epidemic, Lancashire police are now advising traders to remove the reg plates from used stock. Criminals find these easy prey, as they can trace a duplicate make and model on the Internet.

He entered several competitions...

He entered several competitions, often racing in his stripey farmer"s boiler suit as he"d come straight from work. And those stripes appeared later on the Cobra 427. By 1954, Shelby was one of the world"s most promising drivers, and set 70 land-speed records in an Austin-Healey. But a serious heart condition, diagnosed when he was 36, forced Shelby to give up racing - and he got involved in car development. In 1961, he mailed a proposal to AC Cars of Thames Ditton, Surrey, suggesting it fit a small-block Ford V8 into the Ace - and four years later, the Shelby Cobra 427 was born. Shelby has been involved with performance Fords ever since...