The PIAFEIRA Touring Cap started with a problem: how to keep a cap on while driving a classic open-top car. The solution was a purpose-built chinstrap system, drawn from early racing helmets. The chinstrap was designed with two positions: down, under the chin, when driving at speed, and up, resting on top of the cap’s […]
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The PIAFEIRA Touring Cap started when I was driving the Cobra at speed and my cap kept trying to fly off my head. That was the problem. The solution was a chinstrap holding the cap on, like the old military and racing helmets. During the research, we were introduced to a living legend: Bill Vero, […]
People always ask the same question about the car: is it a real Cobra? Ian Walker, who built it, answers it best: “It’s not a Cobra. It’s my interpretation of a Cobra.” There isn’t a Cobra badge on it anywhere. It started at a set of traffic lights in Maidstone in 1963 or 1964. Ian […]
