Uncut, unrestored (until recently), and unreasonably original - this is one of the purest big-block 1966 Cobras left in the wild.

It's the "first of many" that will feature something special under the hood – the Ford Performance Godzilla V8! Usually, the AC Cars x Shelby Cobra two-door roadster doesn't need an introduction ...

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif., May 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the most intimidating cars of its era, the Shelby Cobra 427, marks its 60 th anniversary this year. Named for the 427-cubic-inch Ford ...

I’ll tell you what it’s not – an original Shelby Cobra ... a Ford V8. The chassis was sent from England, the engine (a Ford Windsor 221) from Detroit, and the first Cobra was created.

The Cobra's story is an Anglo-American one. In 1961, Carroll Shelby contacted British firm AC Cars with the intention of fitting a V8 engine into the chassis of the Ace sports car. After failing ...

For 1965, Carroll Shelby came up with a new chassis under his familiar Cobra, built from four-inch ... In competition tune, these 7.0-liter V8 monsters were rated as high as 620 horsepower.

The Shelby Cobra came into being in 1962, pairing an AC Ace chassis with a Ford 260-cubic-inch V8 that was replaced by the larger 289 engine. The ultimate iteration, the Shelby Cobra 427 — with a new ...