Wow 7 years ago a roller was $50k. Now a roller is $100k. One fully done is around $180k-$225k. Which is still an amazing price considering what you're getting. A slabside is number one on my lottery winnings buy list. lol Still a great video 7 years after it was produced. I never get tired of watching reviews of the Superformance cars. And this is one of the best. If not THE best.
Spot on! AC Cobra tubular shassis, hand made aluminium body.I worked at Autocraft Brooklands (Brian Angliss) for seven years in the eighties with another painter, Peter, preparing and painting them, must have done over 250 of them all by hand. Carol Shelby came over one day to deal for the 427 engine to be used which was agreed.
G'day Andrew...I'm building a kit here in Australia (not superformance) and it has cost me WAY more than 49 grand..If you are truly into cars you won't worry about the cost...you will just build it to drive.
Earlier comment by Foxtrot Oscar, he's absolutely right re AC Cars, the rest are copies the only ones that have a link to originals are the tribute Cobras that Mr Shelby was involved with in Las Vegas. Incidentally I saw Shelby at Ardmore the New Zealand Grand Prix around 1959. The family farm was nearby so we'd walk the eight or so miles across country to the event, names such as Moss, Brabham, McLaren, Schell, Bonnier, Flockhart to name a few. little did we know then what the future was for Mr Shelby. My Mother was an amatuer photographer back then, somewhere there is a photo of Shelby and the other drivers, she photographed the lot.
actually no original Cobras were 'built' by Shelby, they all came from AC Cars in England. Shelby contracted AC to provide a sportscar that would take a V8. AC engineers modified the Ace to take a Ford Windsor 260 (later 289/427). The completed cars were sent to Shelby for engine and trans re-insertion for the American market. Around 681 MK1/2/3 Cobras were manufactured by AC Cars between 1962-67 with the first 125 exclusively going to Shelby. Any re-engineering that the Shelby workshop carried out was on the 427 competition cars which AC also originally provided.
the first cobra was original from shelby which was a ace ace csx2000(with a Ford v8 260cui) COBRA wich will b sale auction watch there never was any cobra from ac only ace shelby invented i believe first time for a vehicle cobra because ist an sportscarrod originally a sportscar but hot rodder shelby put a oldschool v8 in it
Finally someone who knows about Cobras. People have no idea that the AC Cobra was designed and built across the pond in England, they also don't understand that AC was not an American manufacturer. Carol Shelby then took the car racing in the USA and by his request, AC modified the cars incrementally to improve on them...
your wrong the 2rd gen cobra and all following are original shelbys who cares i even like all more than a ferrari also is it legal to built replica cobra like this scammers before? i mean at first he not have licensed and it is a cobra Body you can write/say what you want!
A tidbit of info since somebody mentioned the old 'smallblock in an Ace' comment. It should be noted that the 427 Cobra, which is the one most people think of when they think of a Cobra, wasn't really based on an AC anything. The frame, suspension, and body were all redesigned by Ford and Shelby American to better manage the big block 427 that car would carry. AC did still build the chassis and body for Shelby on the 427, and they did build cars on this chassis, but they didn't design it.
At 14:31 Lance is drooling over my car! CSX 6016. I just found this on the web and was watching until I saw that and said to my wife (who didn't really give a shit), "That's my car !" In reality, I spent another 10K "fixing" a lot of crap that should have been caught by Shelby QA. I had a Shelby Cobra guru go bumper to bumper with a dental mirror to go through the chassis, electrical, engine, fuel, etc. We found mis-sized bolts, the chassis squeked like all hell (not a drop of grease anywhere - we ended up installing quite a few zerk fittings), and the major item that really pissed me off was that the drive shaft bolts they used were too long and cleared the rear end housing by .010 or less. A slight shift in that assembly would have made things really exciting when driving. As far as the engine/trans installation, I had to fix a a poorly adjusted carburetor (way too rich), and a throttle linkage installation that interfered with the circuit breaker block on the firewall. No oil filler was installed (a flat cover plate on the rear top of the block was there but no filler was installed). Aside from that, the rest of the installation was OK and to the installer's credit was a very neatly done (as opposed to sloppy). Now the car is a work of art but its a shame for the money Shelby charges, their QA (and Superformance who builds them) couldn't do a better job.
Carroll shelby was the creator of the Shelby cobra, he contacted Ford, presenting his idea to put a powerful v8 engine in a small british sports car. He then further contacted AC presenting his idea once again and they accepted. The engine was put into the 1950's AC Ace, a small nimble lightweight sports car. The car would not have been created if it wasn't for shelby himself.
To be fair, and i say this as an admirer of SC; the chassis *is* the car. If i took a mustang and put in an engine of my own i couldn't claim i'd invented a new car without everyone laughing at me. Shelby re-engined a fantastic chassis to make a superb race car, but he wasn't comparable to say Colin Chapman.
if we are talking about coincidences, Pete Brock designed the Daytona coupe (and some other cars), Peter Brock was killed in a replica of a Daytona Coupe.
+Mindlesslemons nope, the engine and transmission were inserted into complete cars. AC Cars designed, engineered and built 681 MK1/2/3 Cobras from 1962-67, at first these were orders exclusively for Shelby (first 125), then AC started selling the cars themselves. Shelby contracted AC engineers to produce a sportscar that would take a V8 plus transmission, the Ace sportscar was modified around a Ford UK-supplied Windsor 260 (Ace was already using a Ford inline 6) and completed cars were sent to Shelby in the States minus engine and trans for re-insertion for the American market. It only took the Shelby workshop 8 hours to have a Cobra road-ready.
So, who exactly should get credit? Obviously you have to give John Tojeiro a lot of credit for penning the shape that would eventually be the the early styling of the AC Ace and every variety of Cobra. Then AC refined the styling into the AC Ace Zephyr look which would be the basis for the styling of the 289 Cobra, after which the crew at Shelby American changed it quite a bit creating the body design for the 427 Cobra. It's not that hard to give credit where credit is due and include everybody.
What A sports car...THE sports car! Incredible lines, super-cool, perfect design(never gonna be out-styled or -designed, 'cause it can't be done...period!). And it's heart, what a heart, produce some true, awesome V8-power! We're taking THE ULTIMATE fun car folks! YEAH...I LIKE...I WANT...a lot!
The beauty of the Cobra was not that it was created by an American or it was an American car, it was a British car and a huge American V8. Before the Cobra it was basically common knowledge you either had good handling or straight line performance. The Cobra proved you could have super car handling and brutal performance in one package and it didn’t have to cost Ferrari pricing.
lol! he said maybe he will grow up and get a real job! that's the realist job you can get, driving and building a car you love almost everyday and making good money from it. we all could wish for a job like that! cool video. I love the cobra!
Less than 100 AC Cobras were ever built. AC Motors had a surplus of 43 VIN's for the AC Ace which were never titled. This allowed Shelby to manufacture these cars with fictitious VIN's due to California loop holes. This was later confirmed by Carol Shelby after an investigation was launched by the Los Angeles Times admitting the 43 VIN's were indeed not authentic AC Ace VIN's. If you don't have one of the original 50 something cars stamped with AC Ace VIN, you have a copy of the original.
I'm very familiar with Auto Carrier and Shelby history, I've never seen or heard of any such deal. As for recognition, typically Auto Carrier gets more than their fair share of credit in my experience. For example, on the big block Cobra, Mk IV in AC speak, Auto Carrier didn't actually have a lot to do with chassis or suspension development. In reality, Ford assisted Shelby American on the design in this case. How many people know that? I'm betting not a lot.
I see this soooo much... Can somebody please explain to me WHY all these youngsters say "I'm (insert age) years old..... And I blah blah blah) like when did this start and why? You say your age and then continue on about your point... What is up with this I see it every where .. Mostly car vids lol and seriously, not hating, just genuine curiosity of the origins of this lol
Ryan riachu Herb! idk what you mean really but i think people state there age because the car is old and most people tend to go for more moderns things so they state there age like im 15 and i love dis car even tho its old or something like that i guess idk when it started
thankyou for doing the story... great production and music used... very impressive and down to earth interviewing... Cheers boys! Oneday I hope to own one of these.... Sucks I live in Australia! I would purchase of these fellas (Hate to hink what the price is! EEP!)
+white chocolate Would you be surprised to know that back in the day at least one owner replaced the 427 Ford with a 427 Chevy. Yes I know blasphemy but it did happen. I am sure that swap was corrected but it is noted in the SAAC registry.
Roger yah chevys are cool but ford engines have a certain charactersitic that i enjoy. they sound more rev happy and playful than a chevy but chevys have so much low end its crazy
He makes sense. The Cobra even According to the Old Man Carroll Shelby himself was always intended to be a Sports Car. it was made to defeat the Corvette after all. The main essence of the Cobra was always to be a lightweight Sports Car with a very powerful engine. Muscle Cars are Mid Size and Full Size cars with Huge Engines and a Low Price. The Cobra is neither a Mid Size nor was it ever positioned at a low price.
A car built under license isnt a pre title car bearing the Shelby CSX# required by the US DOT . I own a Real Shelby and get really tired of hearing " I have a Shelby too , it was built in South Africa by Superformance and has a 302 in it " . I couldnt be more happy for someone who finally got their Cobra . But having A Shelby Cobra and having a Superformance Cobra Replica are 2 completely different things .
Would be interesting if Ford / SVT had a modern version of this to compete with the vette... and no the GT500 does not count for obvious reasons.... this car is a real Cobra (2 seater, etc...). But it would probably be too high of a price point for most.
What? The AC Ace had to be re-engineered to accomodate what effects of dropping the small block Ford did to the chassis. Brakes, suspension, transmission, cooling system and the front grille opening all had to be modified to cope. AC modded the Ace to Shelby's specs to make the process of creating a Cobra easier. It wasn't just putting a 260/289 in an Ace. As for the 427 Cobra, that was an in-house Shelby design that AC purposely built from scratch(had nothing in common with original Ace)
Does anyone can please explain why the same guy says this 2:57 and than 14:40 "it is a true Shelby Shelby Engine in a Shelby" i mean does this guy not remember what he said before the Shelby Cobra is a completly different Car ?
Its a A C Bristol with a Ford motor, Shelby did not build any part of it. I built the 427 Cobras, took the AC body & frame & made it into a running car, Shelby was a great promotor.
The 289 Cobra was, effectively, a reworked AC Ace body and chassis with an American V-8. The 427 Cobra used an entirely new chassis and suspension designed by Ford and Shelby American, not Auto Carrier. Realistically Auto Carrier simple wasn't capable of designing a suspension as advanced as the one in the 427 Cobra at that time, which is why Ford brought Bob Negstad and their resources into the picture to get the job done.
As Shelby learned, horsepower alone is not a long term solution. Ferrari came back with a more aerodynamic car and did not need as much horsepower to beat the Cobra.
The continuation cars ARE copies, they are Fiberglass and do NOT have the aluminum bodies (even the ones optioned for that) made by the original AC company. Just because Carroll made them, does not mean they are NOT copies, they ARE. In fact, as opposed to the originals, sold under different times under different rules, the 'continuation' cars were not sold road legal but as kits, or reproductions to be able to BE road legal!
***** Thanks for the Great info. Shelby did, in fact do a bit more than drop in engines, however. The 427 cars had heavily modified bodywork, done in house. The front was opened up and the shape was changed. the wheel wells were also changed. But i agree, Shelby was a modifier, not a manufacturer
***** Yeah, Ken Brock wrote a very detailed book on it. The body mods were in house and most 427 street cars had ford 428 engines that produced over 100 bhp less than the 427. Shelby's first attempt was to drop a Chevy engine, but GM refused to participate.
nicholas cremato I'd take one, myself. Still, one can get a better one, cheaper. Superformance in the USA is maybe the most true to the original out there, but you pay for it. and you can order one from any number of replica manufacturers. I would prefer one with an all aluminum DOVE Manufacturing built engine, much lighter than any iron block, improves handling just with that.
***** There is or was a replicar company that used c4 and c5 corvette suspension in front and rear, save for the fiberglass leaf spring, substituted with coil springs, used the ABS, too. was tested by one of the big 3 American Auto rags a while back, pulled something like 1.13 g on the 200 ft skidpad.
Unless my eyes deceived me, I noticed a Series 1 in the background of one shot shortly after the beginning of the video. A great car and a colossal business failure.
I pretty much agree with everything Foxtrot Oscar is saying factually...not sure why he's so exercised about it though. Also a supercharged Jag engine is an excellent idea for an Ace! (and 427's are a nasty handful) Shall we get into how the Daytona Cobra is just a ripped off Ferrari 250, or the GT40 is a Lola GT? *grin*
No, thus creating the Shelby Cobra. He used a AC Cobra body and Chassis. AC and Shelby had a deal that the cars would have AC badges on it. But Carol only badged them with Shelby. Following a lawsuit. AC ran out of money and fell. Hence why we dont have AC cars anymore. All Carol did was Hot Rod the Cobra. Which is a shame really that AC arent really recognized for the creation of the Cobra (as body, chassis and suspension)
shame no one mentions this car is not a shelby but a superformance,both are great cars but the superformance is no close,body lines,chassis and stance are totally different .SPF is essentually a modern street rod dog leg chassis with a shell that sort of looks like a cobra.
Did you really watch the video. If you had you would know that Superformance builds cars that are both replicas and under license from Shelby with CSX numbers.
But.. it wasn't an AC Cobra, it was the AC Ace like the kid before fastlane said.. So therefore it was the "Shelby Cobra".. think before "speaking" please
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Always has been and always will be my favorite car...
This is The best show you guys have ever done,
Wow 7 years ago a roller was $50k. Now a roller is $100k. One fully done is around $180k-$225k. Which is still an amazing price considering what you're getting. A slabside is number one on my lottery winnings buy list. lol Still a great video 7 years after it was produced. I never get tired of watching reviews of the Superformance cars. And this is one of the best. If not THE best.
Spot on! AC Cobra tubular shassis, hand made aluminium body.I worked at Autocraft Brooklands (Brian Angliss) for seven years in the eighties with another painter, Peter, preparing and painting them, must have done over 250 of them all by hand. Carol Shelby came over one day to deal for the 427 engine
to be used which was agreed.
G'day Andrew...I'm building a kit here in Australia (not superformance) and it has cost me WAY more than 49 grand..If you are truly into cars you won't worry about the cost...you will just build it to drive.
I filmed a replica of the Cobra and I can now see a few differences. Beautiful car.
Earlier comment by Foxtrot Oscar, he's absolutely right re AC Cars, the rest are copies the only ones that have a link to originals are the tribute Cobras that Mr Shelby was involved with in Las Vegas. Incidentally I saw Shelby at Ardmore the New Zealand Grand Prix around 1959. The family farm was nearby so we'd walk the eight or so miles across country to the event, names such as Moss, Brabham, McLaren, Schell, Bonnier, Flockhart to name a few. little did we know then what the future was for Mr Shelby. My Mother was an amatuer photographer back then, somewhere there is a photo of Shelby and the other drivers, she photographed the lot.
I've been sitting here drooling... forgive me and my puddle.
actually no original Cobras were 'built' by Shelby, they all came from AC Cars in England. Shelby contracted AC to provide a sportscar that would take a V8. AC engineers modified the Ace to take a Ford Windsor 260 (later 289/427). The completed cars were sent to Shelby for engine and trans re-insertion for the American market. Around 681 MK1/2/3 Cobras were manufactured by AC Cars between 1962-67 with the first 125 exclusively going to Shelby. Any re-engineering that the Shelby workshop carried out was on the 427 competition cars which AC also originally provided.
the first cobra was original from shelby which was a ace ace csx2000(with a Ford v8 260cui) COBRA wich will b sale auction watch there never was any cobra from ac only ace shelby invented i believe first time for a vehicle cobra because ist an sportscarrod originally a sportscar but hot rodder shelby put a oldschool v8 in it
Shelby still had to change lots of things in the body and chassis to make it work
Finally someone who knows about Cobras. People have no idea that the AC Cobra was designed and built across the pond in England, they also don't understand that AC was not an American manufacturer. Carol Shelby then took the car racing in the USA and by his request, AC modified the cars incrementally to improve on them...
I know, I used to watch Emma Peel driving about in one....Or was that roundabout in one?...
your wrong the 2rd gen cobra and all following are original shelbys who cares i even like all more than a ferrari also is it legal to built replica cobra like this scammers before? i mean at first he not have licensed and it is a cobra Body you can write/say what you want!
Amazing how quickly one can pick up a South African accent. This is my dream car!
What an absolutely GLORIOUS gathering of V8's :D
Absolutely beautiful!! I love the AC COBRA!!
A tidbit of info since somebody mentioned the old 'smallblock in an Ace' comment. It should be noted that the 427 Cobra, which is the one most people think of when they think of a Cobra, wasn't really based on an AC anything. The frame, suspension, and body were all redesigned by Ford and Shelby American to better manage the big block 427 that car would carry. AC did still build the chassis and body for Shelby on the 427, and they did build cars on this chassis, but they didn't design it.
At 14:31 Lance is drooling over my car! CSX 6016. I just found this on the web and was watching until I saw that and said to my wife (who didn't really give a shit), "That's my car !"
In reality, I spent another 10K "fixing" a lot of crap that should have been caught by Shelby QA.
I had a Shelby Cobra guru go bumper to bumper with a dental mirror to go through the chassis, electrical, engine, fuel, etc. We found mis-sized bolts, the chassis squeked like all hell (not a drop of grease anywhere - we ended up installing quite a few zerk fittings), and the major item that really pissed me off was that the drive shaft bolts they used were too long and cleared the rear end housing by .010 or less. A slight shift in that assembly would have made things really exciting when driving.
As far as the engine/trans installation, I had to fix a a poorly adjusted carburetor (way too rich), and a throttle linkage installation that interfered with the circuit breaker block on the firewall. No oil filler was installed (a flat cover plate on the rear top of the block was there but no filler was installed). Aside from that, the rest of the installation was OK and to the installer's credit was a very neatly done (as opposed to sloppy).
Now the car is a work of art but its a shame for the money Shelby charges, their QA (and Superformance who builds them) couldn't do a better job.
Carroll shelby was the creator of the Shelby cobra, he contacted Ford, presenting his idea to put a powerful v8 engine in a small british sports car. He then further contacted AC presenting his idea once again and they accepted. The engine was put into the 1950's AC Ace, a small nimble lightweight sports car. The car would not have been created if it wasn't for shelby himself.
To be fair, and i say this as an admirer of SC; the chassis *is* the car.
If i took a mustang and put in an engine of my own i couldn't claim i'd invented a new car without everyone laughing at me. Shelby re-engined a fantastic chassis to make a superb race car, but he wasn't comparable to say Colin Chapman.
if we are talking about coincidences, Pete Brock designed the Daytona coupe (and some other cars),
Peter Brock was killed in a replica of a Daytona Coupe.
Love my Superformance Cobra ,LOUD & FAST, gets attention from young and old alike
Just gorgeous.... One day this build will be on my channel ;)
If you have a garage and the disposable income this is the way to go. I bet these cars are rock solid reliable.
They were built in England and then shipped out to the US to have the engine put in by Shelby, they're English - mostly
The body used to be British, Shelby made it all American
+Mindlesslemons nope, the engine and transmission were inserted into complete cars. AC Cars designed, engineered and built 681 MK1/2/3 Cobras from 1962-67, at first these were orders exclusively for Shelby (first 125), then AC started selling the cars themselves. Shelby contracted AC engineers to produce a sportscar that would take a V8 plus transmission, the Ace sportscar was modified around a Ford UK-supplied Windsor 260 (Ace was already using a Ford inline 6) and completed cars were sent to Shelby in the States minus engine and trans for re-insertion for the American market. It only took the Shelby workshop 8 hours to have a Cobra road-ready.
They started with a British company's body but modified that chassis and body to make it fit the engine perfectly
So, who exactly should get credit? Obviously you have to give John Tojeiro a lot of credit for penning the shape that would eventually be the the early styling of the AC Ace and every variety of Cobra. Then AC refined the styling into the AC Ace Zephyr look which would be the basis for the styling of the 289 Cobra, after which the crew at Shelby American changed it quite a bit creating the body design for the 427 Cobra. It's not that hard to give credit where credit is due and include everybody.
Great video!... I love my Cobra Replica. Delivers big time on the "Smiles Per Gallon"
What A sports car...THE sports car! Incredible lines, super-cool, perfect design(never gonna be out-styled or -designed, 'cause it can't be done...period!). And it's heart, what a heart, produce some true, awesome V8-power! We're taking THE ULTIMATE fun car folks! YEAH...I LIKE...I WANT...a lot!
BTW, Norway also built a bad-ass car back in the day, the "Troll". In fact it was as "bad-ass" they come...
thanks for the video! one of these will have a place in my post-lottery private garage
Awesome video!! One of your best classic car reviews, period! Keep on the good work!
Epic Ford GT40 and Shelby!
hahaha that smile never leaft his face when he was riding in that cobra i like seeing someone being happy we live a short life enjoy it while you can
Sorry that there was not one mention of AC though! They created that iconic shape which we all all love.
The beauty of the Cobra was not that it was created by an American or it was an American car, it was a British car and a huge American V8. Before the Cobra it was basically common knowledge you either had good handling or straight line performance. The Cobra proved you could have super car handling and brutal performance in one package and it didn’t have to cost Ferrari pricing.
you guys are the best humans on earth
lol! he said maybe he will grow up and get a real job! that's the realist job you can get, driving and building a car you love almost everyday and making good money from it. we all could wish for a job like that! cool video. I love the cobra!
Less than 100 AC Cobras were ever built.
AC Motors had a surplus of 43 VIN's for the AC Ace which were never titled. This allowed Shelby to manufacture these cars with fictitious VIN's due to California loop holes. This was later confirmed by Carol Shelby after an investigation was launched by the Los Angeles Times admitting the 43 VIN's were indeed not authentic AC Ace VIN's.
If you don't have one of the original 50 something cars stamped with AC Ace VIN, you have a copy of the original.
My dream car!
POWERED BY FORD!!!!!! Vitamins diet by Carrol Shelby!!!!!!, an American ICON !!!!!thanks for sharing
I'm very familiar with Auto Carrier and Shelby history, I've never seen or heard of any such deal. As for recognition, typically Auto Carrier gets more than their fair share of credit in my experience. For example, on the big block Cobra, Mk IV in AC speak, Auto Carrier didn't actually have a lot to do with chassis or suspension development. In reality, Ford assisted Shelby American on the design in this case. How many people know that? I'm betting not a lot.
I am 15 I found my dream car
My dream car for 5 years
scrappy kid im 15 to
and i allso love this car alot
from the moment i seen it ive been dieing to get one
I see this soooo much... Can somebody please explain to me WHY all these youngsters say "I'm (insert age) years old..... And I blah blah blah) like when did this start and why? You say your age and then continue on about your point... What is up with this I see it every where .. Mostly car vids lol and seriously, not hating, just genuine curiosity of the origins of this lol
Ryan riachu Herb!
idk what you mean really
but i think people state there age because the car is old and most people tend to go for more moderns things
so they state there age like im 15 and i love dis car even tho its old or something like that i guess
idk when it started
This is what we call American Orchestra.
thankyou for doing the story... great production and music used... very impressive and down to earth interviewing... Cheers boys! Oneday I hope to own one of these.... Sucks I live in Australia! I would purchase of these fellas (Hate to hink what the price is! EEP!)
I was just giving a basic idea, but thank you for the interesting info.
I like Cobras they look so cute!
Damn i love Cobra! if i ever get the money im coming over to CA and take one back to Sweden!
The cobra is not a muscle car its a true sports car!!! A timeless sports car !!😎😉😊
the rush 427 is probably one of the best engines you could slap in a cobra. it revs freely and makes a fuck ton of torque
+white chocolate Would you be surprised to know that back in the day at least one owner replaced the 427 Ford with a 427 Chevy. Yes I know blasphemy but it did happen. I am sure that swap was corrected but it is noted in the SAAC registry.
Roger yah chevys are cool but ford engines have a certain charactersitic that i enjoy. they sound more rev happy and playful than a chevy but chevys have so much low end its crazy
That profile pic
Great video all the way around! Thank you!
I really like cobras because they remind me of American muscle. It's like all of American muscle cars in one car. It's so classic.
you have no idea of what you are saying. Cobras are not muscle cars, they are sports cars, like the Vette...
+Ayrton Senna you're whining
He makes sense. The Cobra even According to the Old Man Carroll Shelby himself was always intended to be a Sports Car. it was made to defeat the Corvette after all. The main essence of the Cobra was always to be a lightweight Sports Car with a very powerful engine.
Muscle Cars are Mid Size and Full Size cars with Huge Engines and a Low Price. The Cobra is neither a Mid Size nor was it ever positioned at a low price.
A car built under license isnt a pre title car bearing the Shelby CSX# required by the US DOT . I own a Real Shelby and get really tired of hearing " I have a Shelby too , it was built in South Africa by Superformance and has a 302 in it " . I couldnt be more happy for someone who finally got their Cobra . But having A Shelby Cobra and having a Superformance Cobra Replica are 2 completely different things .
Would be interesting if Ford / SVT had a modern version of this to compete with the vette... and no the GT500 does not count for obvious reasons.... this car is a real Cobra (2 seater, etc...). But it would probably be too high of a price point for most.
What? The AC Ace had to be re-engineered to accomodate what effects of dropping the small block Ford did to the chassis. Brakes, suspension, transmission, cooling system and the front grille opening all had to be modified to cope. AC modded the Ace to Shelby's specs to make the process of creating a Cobra easier. It wasn't just putting a 260/289 in an Ace. As for the 427 Cobra, that was an in-house Shelby design that AC purposely built from scratch(had nothing in common with original Ace)
ERA makes an exact copy of the 289FIA only problem is it costs more than the Superperformance.
The Cobra is the only car that ever looked better than a Ford GT40
Daytona>GT40
That place should be called the snake pitt
Thus creating the cobra
MK 4 is the last original cobra , and is also licensed by AC cars. Built in 1994 it was the last of the breed.
Cooper Cobra tires, the brand I run on my 300 HP '70 Maverick. Good tires I think.
Does anyone can please explain why the same guy says this 2:57 and than 14:40 "it is a true Shelby Shelby Engine in a Shelby" i mean does this guy not remember what he said before the Shelby Cobra is a completly different Car ?
Great stuff!! I thoroughly enjoyed this video.
Please make replicas of some Hudson Hornets!!! Super classic from the 50's !!!!!!!!
roman,you should change the porsche taking off in the intro with a cobra
Its a A C Bristol with a Ford motor, Shelby did not build any part of it. I built the 427 Cobras, took the AC body & frame & made it into a running car, Shelby was a great promotor.
The 289 Cobra was, effectively, a reworked AC Ace body and chassis with an American V-8. The 427 Cobra used an entirely new chassis and suspension designed by Ford and Shelby American, not Auto Carrier. Realistically Auto Carrier simple wasn't capable of designing a suspension as advanced as the one in the 427 Cobra at that time, which is why Ford brought Bob Negstad and their resources into the picture to get the job done.
A shelby cobra or a daytona coupe? you vote
im really planing to by one ford shelby cobra in next 10 years :D
02:36 - You're smacking your metal watchband into the finish there skippy.
God I love Cobras.
Those billboard tyres are awesome. The cars with the lower profile rubber and larger alloys ruin the bad ass look
As Shelby learned, horsepower alone is not a long term solution. Ferrari came back with a more aerodynamic car and did not need as much horsepower to beat the Cobra.
The continuation cars ARE copies, they are Fiberglass and do NOT have the aluminum bodies (even the ones optioned for that) made by the original AC company. Just because Carroll made them, does not mean they are NOT copies, they ARE. In fact, as opposed to the originals, sold under different times under different rules, the 'continuation' cars were not sold road legal but as kits, or reproductions to be able to BE road legal!
***** Thanks for the Great info. Shelby did, in fact do a bit more than drop in engines, however.
The 427 cars had heavily modified bodywork, done in house. The front was opened up and the shape was changed. the wheel wells were also changed.
But i agree, Shelby was a modifier, not a manufacturer
***** Yeah, Ken Brock wrote a very detailed book on it. The body mods were in house and most 427 street cars had ford 428 engines that produced over 100 bhp less than the 427.
Shelby's first attempt was to drop a Chevy engine, but GM refused to participate.
buzzbbird I still want one.
nicholas cremato I'd take one, myself.
Still, one can get a better one, cheaper. Superformance in the USA is maybe the most true to the original out there, but you pay for it. and you can order one from any number of replica manufacturers. I would prefer one with an all aluminum DOVE Manufacturing built engine, much lighter than any iron block, improves handling just with that.
***** There is or was a replicar company that used c4 and c5 corvette suspension in front and rear, save for the fiberglass leaf spring, substituted with coil springs, used the ABS, too. was tested by one of the big 3 American Auto rags a while back, pulled something like 1.13 g on the 200 ft skidpad.
Well done!
Unless my eyes deceived me, I noticed a Series 1 in the background of one shot shortly after the beginning of the video. A great car and a colossal business failure.
I could not believe I was smiling like an idiot the whole time watching this video. I could not imagining driving this thing. I want one so bad.
Love Cobra's!!!
what would be the price range to buy one of those?!?!!?!??!
I pretty much agree with everything Foxtrot Oscar is saying factually...not sure why he's so exercised about it though. Also a supercharged Jag engine is an excellent idea for an Ace! (and 427's are a nasty handful) Shall we get into how the Daytona Cobra is just a ripped off Ferrari 250, or the GT40 is a Lola GT? *grin*
The Daytona is simply a cobra with a fastback roof, look carefully.
No, thus creating the Shelby Cobra. He used a AC Cobra body and Chassis. AC and Shelby had a deal that the cars would have AC badges on it. But Carol only badged them with Shelby. Following a lawsuit. AC ran out of money and fell. Hence why we dont have AC cars anymore. All Carol did was Hot Rod the Cobra. Which is a shame really that AC arent really recognized for the creation of the Cobra (as body, chassis and suspension)
most amazing review you have ever done
But how do you turn this on?
damn i really hope i can get one some day
how do you turn this on?
1:21 what car is that?, the blue one..?
That's a Corvette I think. Not many Cobra owners saw one close because they only appeared in Cobra's rear view mirrors.
Can i get one with the 10 speed auto trans as im disabled
how much do these things cost
Esse chelby São todos meus sonhos😗
I want that red GT40
how come there isnt many with the hard top on them it shows a different dimention
i come from pawn stars shelby cobra episode and they said there that fiberglass made cobras are copies and are not originals.... ?
Originals can generally cost upwards of a million.
Want one
Carrol Shelby didn`t build any of those Cobras but LA based Holman-Moody did on Mr.Shelbys order
Holman-Moody was in Charlotte, NC. Shelby had at least one early Cobra shipped there, but it was already a complete car but for the engine.
The Cobra like the GT40 needed a total rebuild meaning a new strenghtened chassie to handle the hot 427
i want one
shame no one mentions this car is not a shelby but a superformance,both are great cars but the superformance is no close,body lines,chassis and stance are totally different .SPF is essentually a modern street rod dog leg chassis with a shell that sort of looks like a cobra.
Did you really watch the video. If you had you would know that Superformance builds cars that are both replicas and under license from Shelby with CSX numbers.
I saw 1 in HK before, passing the street, WTF, NO ONE DIRVE THESE IN HK I CAN'T BELIEVE IT OMG
Informative, but the burn-out at the beginning was pretty lame, don't you think?
thats why its called the SHELBY Cobra and not just, Cobra
Me and my nephew were watching this and he was like are you gonna buy this.... I replied "I wish I could'' sigh......
Am 22 so yeeaah......
I believe he said $49K and up.
But.. it wasn't an AC Cobra, it was the AC Ace like the kid before fastlane said.. So therefore it was the "Shelby Cobra".. think before "speaking" please
I just had a Shelgasm.
What's the car at 2:23?
Andre Yanez It´s a Corvette, probably 63/64 Model with loooooads of optical tuning. Check Google on it... :O)
Carsten Krampe thanks! I think I found it, it looks like grand sport replica.
you cant ask more from a replica then this