Carroll Shelby's First Cobra

[koenig]

Originally Posted by pullmytrigger

My neighbors 502/502 Chevy Cobra. fastest car Ive ever been in. I cant remember what make it is but I know its east coast. If somebody said it I would remember

Couple companies build them. Its the most replicated car. Two biggest are Factory Five and another called ERA.

[pullmytrigger]

ERA definatly

[RogerThat99]

I came close to buying a Factory 5 kit about 10 years ago. Then I looked at one from a company out of New Zealand. Their US distributor was in Reno, NV. It was all aluminum body and the fit & finish was awesome. It was about $65 - 70K minus engine and tranny. As much as I liked it, I just couldn't see spending $80K + by the time it was finished on a kit car.

[koenig]

Originally Posted by RogerThat99

I came close to buying a Factory 5 kit about 10 years ago. Then I looked at one from a company out of New Zealand. Their US distributor was in Reno, NV. It was all aluminum body and the fit & finish was awesome. It was about $65 - 70K minus engine and tranny. As much as I liked it, I just couldn't see spending $80K + by the time it was finished on a kit car.

Jay Leno has an aluminum bodied kit car. Not sure who makes it though. A company here in Vancouver makes a replica Porsche Speedster, they are very nice cars, but they are now starting at $75K. When nice real ones being not much more can't see myself buying one. site here: http://www.intermeccanica.com/ they want $52K for a 2010, even that's too much for a replica Speedster.

[forabeer]

This guy is in Mooresville and builds em' . . . .
Superformance kits I think.

http://www.olthoffracing.com/

[TripleB]

Found another rare cobra

1963 Shelby Cooper Monaco King Cobra: One of the rarest Carroll Shelby cars to come to auction since his passing, this is one of two King Cobra cars Shelby built for road racing in 1963-64, and the only original King Cobra in existence. Two years ago, its owner sought at least $1.5 million for it at Gooding in 2012

[RogerThat99]

Let's re-kindle this AC Cobra thread.

[Takeda]

The photos in my first post were taken at Carroll Shelby's old plant, and museum that was located across from the Las Vegas speedway. In December 2013, they moved to a new location off of the south "strip". Here are some more photos of the first Cobra at the new location:


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