Reaching 60 mph from a stop takes around 3.2 seconds, and the Cobra tops out at about 190 mph. Massive tires help put the power to the pavement, while six-piston Shelby front calipers and four ...

From 1961, when the first unit was completed, to 1968, when production ended, the Shelby Cobra became an icon on public roads and, especially, on race tracks around the world.

But Shelby wondered what a lightweight British car would be like with a powerful, reliable American V8 stuffed in the nose. The 1962 Shelby Cobra CSX 2000, with a 4.3-liter V8 engine under its ...

LEGO Icons Shelby Cobra 427 S/C (10357) – $159.99 / See here at LEGO.com: “The LEGO Icons Shelby Cobra 427 S/C set features an intricate, detailed 1:10 scale model of the automotive icon.

The completed car will be donated to the Ohio Cobra Club and will travel to various car shows before being raffled off next June, with proceeds from ticket sales going to fight cystic fibrosis.

The other 343 models used coil springs and 427 cubic-inch (7-liter) V8 engines. Years later, Carroll Shelby put out a new series of Cobra models, using chassis numbers that were previously unassigned.

One of the most legendary American sports cars of the 1960s has returned. The Shelby "Dragonsnake" Cobra was a version of the iconic roadster that was developed for drag racing. The V8-powered two ...

Other than a fully documented original Cobra, the Tribute Series Roadster aims to establish peak Shelby collectability with an aluminum body inspired directly by the 1962 prototype known as ...

Today’s 1965 Shelby Cobra as done by Classic Recreations is exactly that: a $1.2 million, from-the-ground-up, hand-built, contemporary redux of the legendary two-seater. “We don’t take old ...

Orders for the Shelby Dragonsnake Cobra may be placed directly at legendarygt.com. Contact Phoebe Wall Howard: 313-618-1034 or phoward@freepress.com. Follow her on Twitter @phoebesaid ...

Carroll Shelby established Shelby American in 1962 to put the Cobra into production. Between 1962 and 1963, the company built 75 Cobras with the 260 Windsor engine.

Each of Shelby's five reproduction cars will honor a distinct original. A prototype was shown during last week's 2023 Carlisle Ford Nationals in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It honors the Cobra 289 ...