Only a tiny fraction of Shelby’s Ford Mustang-based GT350s made their way across to Europe in period, one of which was chassis SFM6S775 whose first owner was a key player in the GT40…
Read MoreCSX2174 was one of 453 Cobra road cars built with the 289-engine. Completed in left-hand drive with a Vineyard Green exterior, the new car was famously loaned to the actor, Steve McQueen, for a…
Read MoreOf the myriad Cobra variants, one of our favourites here at Supercar Nostalgia is the comparatively little known AC-badged, 427-chassis’d but 289-engined iteration sold by AC Cars in Great Britain…
Read MoreIn September 1965, Ford signed an agreement with Hertz Rental to supply 1000 special copies of the Shelby Mustang GT350. The resultant GT350H would be available to Hertz Sports Club members for…
Read MoreTo pave the way for an attack on the SCCA B Production Championship, Ford commissioned Shelby to create the GT350 Mustang, at least 100 of which would have to be manufactured in order to…
Read MoreChassis CSX2287 was the first Cobra Daytona completed and the only one whose panels were fabricated by California Metal Shaping in Los Angeles. Assembly took place at Shelby’s workshop in…
Read MoreOne of the rarest Cobra options offered by Shelby was the Dragonsnake pack. Conceived with drag racing in mind, it included items like modified rear fenders to accommodate slick-shod American…
Read MoreFord’s Total Performance programme of the 1960s spawned some legendary machinery of which the four-time Le Mans winning GT40 is particularly revered. The company’s engines were also…
Read MoreChassis P/1018 was one of two Mk1 GT40s built to race trim for promotional use. It was commissioned by Ford on behalf of Carroll Shelby whose firm had undertaken much development…
Read MoreTo get his exciting Cobra project off the ground ahead of any potential financial input from Ford, Carroll Shelby teamed up with professional racing driver and high end European car dealer, Ed…
Read MoreHaving retired from a successful driving career that most notably yielded outright victories at the 1959 Le Mans 24 Hours and Goodwood Tourist Trophy (both under the employment of the Aston…
Read MoreIn order to get the GT40 homologated into the new-for-1966 Group 4 Sports car class, Ford had to complete a minimum of 50 copies. Without sufficient demand for that number of racing variants, the…
Read MoreIn addition to the revered Shelby Cobras, AC Cars in Great Britain, who had done much development work and still handled the lion’s share of the assembly process, sold Cobras…
Read MoreSince 1962, various iterations of the AC and Shelby Cobra had been used to win myriad races and championships. However, the one title that had proven elusive was the World Sportscar…
Read MoreHaving narrowly been defeated by Ferrari in the fight for the 1964 World Sportscar Championship, Shelby returned for another crack in 1965. By this time, the American team’s fleet of Cobra Daytonas…
Read MoreWith Ferrari having so far completely dominated the Group 3 Grand Touring era of the World Sportscar Championship, the Ford-backed Shelby outfit with its trick new Cobra Daytonas went…
Read MoreIn 1965, the Essex Wire Corporation went public on the New York Stock Exchange and embarked on a marketing partnership with Ford that saw the firm go racing with the GT40, Shelby Cobra and…
Read MoreBecause Ford had commissioned Shelby to produce the GT350 as a hot Mustang to contest the SCCA B-Production championship, it was no surprise that a good number of privateer owners…
Read MorePowered by Squarespace.
