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A 1965 Shelby 427 Cobra that Carroll Shelby owned sold for $5.49 million at Mecum Auctions. Shelby was the car’s only owner, keeping it from the time it left the assembly line in March 1966 ...
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In 1993, the Los Angeles Times exposed a scheme by Shelby [23] to counterfeit the AC Cobra. With the price of an original 7 L (427 cu in) Cobra skyrocketing, Shelby had requested the California Department of Motor Vehicles (the government agency responsible for titling vehicles and issuing operator permits) to issue 43 duplicate titles for ...
The Frua is built on an AC Cobra 427 Mark III chassis extended by 6 inches (150 mm). Chassis were built at the AC plant in England then shipped to Frua's workshop in Italy where the body was fitted and then sent back to England to have the power train and trim added. Production costs were high and the cars could not be sold at a competitive price.
Cobra Mark III production began on 1 January 1965, and was used for racing into the 1970s. An original S/C sold in 2011 for US$1.5 million, making it one of the most valuable Cobra variants. [44] In 1966, the 427 cubic inch Ford GT40 Mk II dominated the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, with a one-two-three result.
1966 Shelby Cobra 427 Super Snake: CSX 3015 Barrett-Jackson: Scottsdale, Arizona, United States: US$5,500,000 $8,082,000 [247] [248] August 20, 2016 1950 Ferrari 166 MM Berlinetta 0046 M Gooding & Company: Pebble Beach, California, United States: US$5,445,000 $6,912,704 [249] August 21, 2015 1960 Porsche RS60 718-044 Gooding & Company
In 2003, Carroll Shelby International and AC Motor Holdings Ltd. announced the production of an authentic Shelby/AC Cobra, with the production vehicle arriving at dealers in July 2004. Initial models included Shelby AC 427 S/C Cobra and Shelby AC 289 FIA Cobra, which were branded as the CSX 1000 and CSX 7500 Series, respectively.
Having developed the AC Cobra/Shelby Cobra into a successful GT race car, he realised that the weakness of the open-cockpit sports cars at Le Mans was the aerodynamic drag which limited top speed on the 3.7 miles (6.0 km) long Mulsanne Straight to around 157 miles per hour (253 km/h), nearly 30 miles per hour (48 km/h) less than the Ferrari 250 ...