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3 days ago · July 1992 – At SAAC-17 (17th annual convention of the Shelby American Automobile Club), Carroll Shelby gives club members high-speed rides around the racetrack in his new 427 S/C Cobra. September 1992 – At the Fall Festival at Lime Rock, Shelby races a ’65 Shelby “R” model GT350 for the first time, a car belonging to SAAC’s Rick Kopec.
May 11, 2012 · January 21, 2011:Shelby American releases a special edition CSX8000 continuation Cobra in celebration of almost 50 years of the Cobra 289. February 2, 2011:Carroll Shelby is honored with the 2011 ...
Jan 17, 2021 · While not a record for the make-and-model, it was certainly an eye-opener. Shelby's Cobra wasn't the only Shelby car to land on Friday's top 10 in sales list. Coming home in sixth was this 1965 Shelby G.T. 350. Its company plate, SFM5013, identified the well-tuned Mustang as Shelby number 13, a car that was designated by Shelby American as an ...
1,727 mm (68 in) Height. 1,219 mm (48 in) Curb weight. 1,068 kg (2,355 lb) [8] The AC Cobra, sold in the United States as the Shelby Cobra and AC Shelby Cobra, is a sports car manufactured by British company AC Cars, with a Ford V8 engine. It was produced intermittently in both the United Kingdom and later the United States since 1962.
1923 - 2012. Carroll Shelby, one of America’s greatest automotive icons, once said that if he had been better at raising chickens, he never would have resorted to plan B: building and racing cars. His back-up plan brought excitement to motorsports and the excitement of motorsports to American highways. Born in Leesburg, TX, in 1923, Shelby ...
It was constructed by AC Cars in Thames Ditton, England by modifying an AC Ace with direct input from Carroll Shelby. Labeled “Carroll Shelby Experimental 2000”, the Cobra prototype received a limited-slip Salisbury rear end, inboard rear disc brakes, reinforced suspension, thicker-wall main chassis tubes and what AC Cars called a ...
