I. A Norwegian couple got caught having sex while speeding over the weekend. Police noticed the car for going 85 mph in a 60 mph zone and weaving back and forth. Upon further inspection officers noticed that the reason for the swerving was that the driver and his girlfriend could find no better place to [...]
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OK, while most of you couldn’t even afford to buy your mistresses Xmas gifts this year, some guy just paid $4,350,000 for two Shelby Cobras. Meaning that obviously these Cobras are race pedigreed, Bob Bondurant piloted Sebring winners, right? Um… no! The first and much more expensive car is CSX 3021 (pictured above), thought to be [...]
I know this is a bad thing to say, but here goes: For this review I’m tossing the small amount of journalistic credibility I possess out the window. Behind the couch, under the bus — wherever, it’s gone. Bye-bye. Why? Years ago I read an article (don’t recall the publication) that described Bryant Gumbel’s interview [...]
They were going to call it the Brock Coupe. Then they decided to call it the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe. More of a proper name, for sure. And long one of my favorite cars. Did I mention that Superformance let me drive it, not just lean against its fiberglass shell? They let me drive it [...]
You’re looking at the king of the Shelby Cobra kit car kingdom. It’s a collaboration between Superformance and Roush, and it’s powered by a 567 horsepower 7.0-liter V8. That’s a 427 big block in real numbers. All that power is wedged down into a 2,600 lb fiberglass body, identical in every detail to the cars [...]
If there’s one thing Detroit does really well, it’s going crazy fast in a straight line. To that end, Ford has rolled out a drag package for the Mustang. Branded the FR500CJ (FR for Ford Racing, CJ for Cobra Jet), the mad-dash pony is powered by a tweaked version of the supercharged 5.4-liter V8 found [...]
When people think about American racing, they often think first of Carroll Shelby. And why not? His Cobra and Daytona Coupes were totally dominant during the first half of the 1960s. Shelby stuck real men like Ken Miles, Bob Bondurant, Dan Gurney, Phil Hill and Jack Sears at the various helms and even managed to [...]
Our favorite car we’ve never driven is already getting the aftermarket treatment from Cobra (no relation to Carol Shelby). The trick pieces include the obligatory 17-inch wheels, lowered suspension bits and a more free flowing exhaust. But the coolest Cinquecento bit is what the company is calling their ‘City Guard.’ The stainless tubing looks an [...]
I have loved the Shelby AC Cobra since before I could talk. I kid you not. My favorite Hot Wheel to drool on was a ’66 427, so the news that rally varga Lisa Klassen just had her turn behind the wheel of the electric HST EVx Shelby Cobra was almost too much to handle. [...]
Attention Cheesehead race fans: It’s not too late to scurry on over to Elkhart Lake and catch the triumphant return of Shelby Cobras to factory racing. The 2008 Kohler International Challenge, one of the largest SVRA national vintage car racing events, with several dozen classes in ten groups. Shelby Automotive, partnered with Ford and Brian [...]
