[Lee Stewart]

Willment Cobra 427 Ghia Coupe (1965)

After his experiment with a racing coupe based on a Cobra, John Willment turned his attention to a road car project. As the owner of the UK’s largest Ford dealership at the time, Willment was fortunate enough to have a 427 Cobra chassis handy. Fancying a road car, he married this rolling frame with the abandoned body of a Fiat 8V with coachwork by Ghia. This car was known as the Supersonic in Fiat form but became known as the Willment Cobra.

Power came from a Holman and Moody race-prepared 427 engine with twin four-barrel carburettors. Willment lost interest in the car before it was finished, but it was later completed and still exists today.