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50th Anniversary Shelby Cobra 427 announced
 

The Shelby Cobra has already had a 50th anniversary or two, depending on the model being celebrated. This time, the half-century mark comes for the 427, and it bears some special equipment to mark the occasion—and the car’s legendary performance.

 

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/12/3...=obnetwork

Cars the way they should be built; European chassis, suspension, brakes and body, combined with an American engine. 

That's one sexy looking car!!

Quote:Cars the way they should be built; European chassis, suspension, brakes and body, combined with an American engine.

I'd think you would prefer Kia's.... :whistling:

Love the Cobras, and the 427 is a true beast, but I've just always loved the looks of the early AC/Shelby Cobras with the 289Hi-Po motor. 

 

Quote:I'd think you would prefer Kia's.... :whistling:

Actually, Kia used to make horrendous little grey boxes but recently their quality has really improved. They're still a long way from the Shelby Cobra but at least they're improving. 

Quote:Actually, Kia used to make horrendous little grey boxes but recently their quality has really improved. They're still a long way from the Shelby Cobra but at least they're improving.

But they are Korean...you should be in love.

Quote:But they are Korean...you should be in love.

Yes, I got the joke.  <_<

Quote:Yes, I got the joke.  <_<

I didn't realize I had made a joke...

Yeah, and if you read the last Paragraph, you need to add your own motor and transmission. For the price of those things, I expect a Motor at least.

Quote:Yeah, and if you read the last Paragraph, you need to add your own motor and transmission. For the price of those things, I expect a Motor at least.

Screw that. For 120 grand I except something a little better than fiberglass. 

When I was in HS, there was an old guy who used to shop at the Publix I worked at.  He had a '65 Shelby Cobra and a '64 Corvette Stingray convertible.  Both cars were pristine.  He lived on the river in Arlington, and kept the cars in a carport.  He'd chain them to these steel buckles he had installed in the driveway to assure they weren't stolen at night.

 

I asked the guy one day about the cars, and he said that at the time he was an engineer.  He really wanted a Corvette, so he bought the Stingray.  A year later, when the Shelby Cobra came out, he fell in love with the car.  He said he had to some serious negotiating with the wife, but she eventually relented and let him buy the car ONLY IF he got rid of the Corvette.  Instead, he sold her Cadillac, and told her he'd chauffeur her around from now on, and that's the way it was for the remainder of their lives.  The old guy died probably 10 years ago, and his neighbor, a retired JSO detective, helped the facilitate the sale of both cars.  A collector came from Texas to buy the Cobra from the family for $130k.  When he saw the Vette, he threw another $50k into the pot to buy both cars.  Hauled them back to Texas to be part of a private museum collection.  The guy who bought it was a former Ford executive.  When he found the Cobra he said he'd never seen one with the low miles in such condition.  He just had to have it.  

 

It was a beautiful car.  The old man would bring it every other time he'd go grocery shopping, so I got to see both vehicles on a pretty regular basis.  I asked every time if I could drive either one. He just laughed and said "Son, I wouldn't let my wife or kids drive it, and I don't care how politely you ask, you won't get behind the wheel of these machines.  I'm the only person aside from my mechanic who has ever sat behind the wheel of these cars, and that's the way I'm going to keep it."

 

So close, yet so far!