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    • Herbie Hancock has rocked an original Cobra longer than anyone
      • That impulse buy 60 years ago has appreciated considerably; the car could be worth $2 million or more today, and Hancock is now the longest continuous owner of any Cobra. Jazz virtuoso Herbie Hancock was looking to buy a sensible car after receiving his first big royalty check.
  1. May 25, 2023 · Hancock admits he bought the 260-cubic-inch Cobra out of spite. “If he hadn’t pissed me off, I probably wouldn’t have bought it!” That impulse buy 60 years ago has appreciated considerably; the car could be worth $2 million or more today, and Hancock is now the longest continuous owner of any Cobra.

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  3. Jun 5, 2024 · Unlike other early Cobra owners, Hancock still has the roadster, which makes him the longest-time owner of a Shelby sports car. What's more, he owns one of the first Cobras ever made,...

  4. Jul 14, 2016 · Under the hood, Hancock’s Cobra has a 260 cubic-inch engine with a two-barrel carburetor. Only 75 Cobras with the 260 cubic-inch engine were made. And a 2007 Road & Track interview notes that Hancock’s is “the only known Cobra ever equipped” with a two-barrel carburetor.

  5. Jun 13, 2024 · - It’s the 6th AC Cobra ever built. - This Cobra has a 260 ci engine. - Built in Pittsburgh by Ed Hugus, before Carroll got into the builds. - Herbie learned how to drive it (manual) after he bought it. - It’s the only AC Cobra built with a 2 barrel. - Herbie still owns it today. - He’s the longest original owner of an AC Cobra on the planet.

  6. Jun 8, 2024 · Hancock, now in his mid-80s, still owns the very Cobra you see here. According to Cotter, that makes him the longest original owner of a Shelby Cobra in the world.

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  7. Jan 24, 2022 · But Herbie Hancock still owns Cobra CSX 2006, in original condition, and has the record for owning a Cobra longer than anyone else. Being it represented the first ‘real’ money earned in his illustrious music career, he said “It (CSX 2006) will never mean as much to anyone else who owns it as it does to me.”

  8. Jun 5, 2023 · #1. June 05, 2023, 07:43:19 PM. Hank Williams is now 2nd oldest original owner with his 289 he bought in late 64 or early 65.