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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.
5 Cars 2002–2007 Engine made by Ford. Car made in Malta Shelby/AC 427 Cobra V8 14 Cars 2003–2007 Engine made by Ford. Car made at Frimley works. (CSX 1001–1014) Shelby/AC FIA Cobra V8 2 Cars 2003–2007 Engine made by Ford. Car made at Frimley works. (CSX 7501, CSX 7503)
Shelby and Moon installed the V8 engine and a Borg-Warner T-10 transmission into the AC body, [3] creating the first of the cars Shelby named "Cobra". In order to expand production Shelby needed a facility of his own. Coincidentally Lance Reventlow's lease at his shop in Venice, Los Angeles, where his company built Scarab racing cars, was expiring.
For vehicles made by Carroll Shelby, Shelby-American or Carroll Shelby International ... Ford Shelby Cobra Concept; Ford Shelby GR-1; G. Shelby GLH-S; Shelby Mustang; L.
For 1968, the Cobra name was applied to both models, which were marketed as the Shelby Cobra GT350 and the Shelby Cobra GT 500. [24] The solid lifter K-code engine was discontinued by Ford, so Shelby used the hydraulic lifter 230 hp 302.
AC Cars: Cobra: 1961-1969 Roadster England/United States Also known as the Shelby Cobra AC Cars: Superblower 1997-2002 Coupé England AC Propulsion: Tzero: 1997-2003 (prototypes only) Roadster United States Ajlani: Drakuma: 2019 Coupé United Arab Emirates Acura: NSX: 1990-2005 Coupé, Targa Japan Also known as the Honda NSX Acura: NSX: 2016 ...
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 ...
Once Rootes had made the decision to put the Tiger into production an Alpine IV minus engine and transmission was shipped to Shelby, who was asked to transform the car into a racing Tiger. Shelby's competition Tiger made an early appearance in the B Production Class of Pacific Coast Division SCCA races, which resulted in some "highly successful ...