Cobra vs Ferrari

[@recoveringliberal5480]

I had a 66 427 AC Cobra in my youth. Nothing built at the time could touch it in a drag race or a road race. My GF talked me into trading it on a Mustang..Wish I had kept the Cobra and traded girlfriends...

[@dannymax852]

a real 1965 cobra costs more than the Ferrari, the drag strip, and the flag girl combined.

[@hapkrs]

the cobra has been kicking ass and taking names for years.

[@lolo27234]

old man Shelby is smiling in his grave

[@davidberry6046]

I was actually there at the first Cobra vs. Ferrari international race at the Nürburgring circuit in 1964. The favorites in the Sports Car class were the three factory 250 GTO Ferraris, but Carrol Shelby , along with the cooperation of Ford had three (maybe it was two, I'm getting old) original race-prepared Cobras with the 289 V8 entered. I remember sneaking into the pit area, and seeing the Cobras up close (I was 17 at the time) and those 4 2-barrel sidedraft Weber setups were impressive! Long story short, all the Cobras fell out of the race due to mechanical troubles, but while they were running, WOW! I specifically remember one of the Cobras leave the pits at the same time as one of the Ferraris, with the Cobra following the Ferrari into the hairpin at the end of the pit straight, and then when they both came out of the corner to accelerate up the hill behind the pits, that Cobra passed the Ferrari like he was tied to a stump! By the time the Cobra went out of sight, he was at least 200 ft. ahead of the Ferrari! Things like that stay with you all your life, and it made me so proud to be an American!

[@UncompressedWAVmusic]

Amazing how fast the Cobra is. I know a Master mechanic who built 1,000 HP drag engines and he said the Cobra was the fast production car he ever drove.

[@garyzielinski9682]

Carol Shelby is a Legend for a reason, even from the grave he is Kickin ass. Apart from Steve Jobs, no-one in modern times can make that claim!!!

[@ilikememesandcars217]

THE COBRA IS AN ALL-TIME WINNER

[@Ballenxj]

I good to see American Muscle is alive and well! Thumb Up!

[@thedon3836]

KZbin decides "here watch this we think you will like it" top of the recomended list 8 years later. Anyone else watching December 2019?

[@jwcadoret1]

Hey Little Cobra don't you know you're gonna shut em down!

[@harryrenner4016]

That was AWESOME!!!! and that SC 427 Shelby Cobra sounded AWESOME doing it. apparently that track was Las Vegas, it really looked like Firebird Raceway just outside of Boise Idaho. I have been to Firebird Raceway but it's been a long time ago.

[@snakepliskinsnake]

132/mph is pretty impressive.

[@Ogsonofgroo]

Yay Cobra! A beautiful shiny beast that is!

[@strangelyfamiliar1729]

Cobra's gonna run out of fuel waiting for the Ferrari to stage (lol)!

[@callang9]

this race was a $380,000 bet between Dan Bilzerian (AC Cobra) and Tom Goldstein (458 Italia)

[@isaiahr3471]

Do you have any idea how impressive it is that "Manual", "RWD", "Front Engine", "N/A", car w/o a top @that can pull a 10.74 quarter mile😱😱😵😵😍😍😎😎

[@TresLinguas]

A couple of comments for the curious, yes this is almost certainly either a Shelby continuation car or, given the bare aluminum body, a Kirkham replica (Kirkham supplies some of the bodies/chassis for Shelby American now) Somebody mentioned that the dash layout isn't 'original', it is in fact correct for a 427 SC car of which very few were made. This car is setup as a 427SC so it is obviously using the SC dash layout for that reason. Also, the same poster mentioned that the steering wheel doesn't say AC citing that as an error. That is not an error, only the 289 Cobra models were supplied with steering wheels that read AC on the button from Shelby. All big block cars except one were supplied with a steering wheel that had one of two Cobra designs in it, the one on this car reflects one of those designs and is correct in that regard.

[@gabrielmicu4085]

Cobra sound insane!

[@gremmann]

American muscle at a fraction of the cost....gotta love it.