The comparison that Arch Brown hinted at in the headline of this driveReport that appeared in SIA #86, April 1985 – that between the Railton-Terraplane and the Shelby Cobra – comes close to describing this trans-Atlantic hybrid with its high-performance American power and British body, though the story is rather more complicated than that, as Brown deftly describes it. The celebrity owner of the car is just an added bonus here.