ROD KER THE MIGHTY COBRA

BIO: Having already spent a few years breaking lawn mower engines, from the age of 14 Rod concentrated on breaking motorcycles, often by falling off them. The inevitable move to cars followed, eventually leading to an accidental career in journalism.

Keeping a beady eye on the auction scene, my attention has recently been diverted by Cobras, those almost mythological monsters created by fitting a ridiculously big engine in a small sports car. The news was that one of only two 212 S/Cs made by AC went under the hammer recently for £84,560 – at