1000HP+ TWIN SUPERCHARGED CAMMER 427 SOHC 1965 Shelby Cobra Kirkham
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- 1000HP+ Twin Blown Cobra, Kirkham. The ultimate Cobra, Caroll Shelby Super Snake inspired twin Paxton Supercharged & big cube stroked 427 SOHC "Cammer" shoehorned into a polished aluminum Kirkham 427 Cobra. I've never seen an AC Cobra like this one. These guys are doing some fine tuning and repair work on this special bi-blown 1000HP+ AC Cobra by Kirkham Motorsports.
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That is the most beautiful coffin ive ever seen
@Chris Payne BEST COMMENT OF THE YEAR!!!
It's true though. The reason there is only one existing Super Snake is the other one was wrecked and the guy died.
100% brute force and absolute ZERO pretense at handling.
@port nut Yep.
painmonke depends on who’s driving
Damn this car is the Cobra Super Snake on a whole another level
Yes a crazy ride
There is not ONE modern production car in the world that I'd prefer over this beast PERIOD
I can't argue with that, Pale Writer. Appreciate you following Samspace81
Mr Shelby, you sir are THE automotive genius, cause there isnt a meaner more violent car on the planet that will kick your ass and leave you smiling afterward
that should sitting in a museum, what a piece of art.
It really is
OMG!!! Get the women kids and Chevy's off the streets. This is the baddest ass Cobra on the planet.
This thing is truly KING OF THE ROAD. period.
Yes I dont recall seeing another Cobra so In your face wicked. Thanks for following Samspace81
I barely know what to say.....SOHC AND TWO Paxtons.....that says it all! Great job!
Excess excellence
Of all the Ford engines I thought I'd never see a cammer motor in a Cobra chassis. With two ol' skool Paxtons to boot!!!
Me either, this car knocked my socks off. Grubbs Motorsports in Garland, Texas are the COBRA authorities around here.
Back sometime in the early 80's I went to a world of wheels car show in Denver and one of the first cars near the main entrance was an authentic Cobra with a cammer in it, and I must say it looked like it belonged there.
Hollywood knights had a cammer in that cobra
Where I worked, once in my life, lived three great tribes; tribe Ford, tribe Chevrolet, and tribe AMC. I AM NOT A CAR GUY, but, what I learned from the chiefs of these tribes was astonishing. Did you know that a Ford SOHC motor fits quite nicely in a ‘72 Maverick? Did you know that owning a Yenco Camaro with all matching numbers and original paint and tires, makes you one of the hands of God? Did you know that showing up at Laguna Seca in an ex-Folmer AMC Javelin, with the NASCAR engine and street legal papers, made you more handsome than Rock Hudson and nearly twice as gay? These are the things I found fascinating from the three great tribes. I also learned of heresy, of things that would never be done in public, of things dark and reeking of dark side evil. Such things are considered to be “OK” by the tribes, putting a Chevrolet engine in any hot rod and some Fords, sourcing a 351 Cleveland out of a city works truck to build a monster for a DeTomaso Pantera. The dark side is of such vast and complicated lore that many times a year the three tribes met to hurl insult and broken parts at one another when heresy was committed. Such things as never putting a Chevrolet engine in a Shelby Cobra, never, ever, would a Pontiac 455 be considered a high performance engine, ever! Telling a tribesmen in secret that the AMX Javelin was just average ( this heresy could get you stoned in public)! These are the things I learned working with the people of the three great tribes. And one last heresy that would never, ever, EVER, be tolerated was the most foul and degenerate heresy’s any of the tribesmen could affront the others with, driving a ‘74 Trans-Am wearing a cowboy hat and tight jeans with cowboy boots. I will have to perform penance for even letting something so vile slip from my mouth…
Dont see many real shelby cobras but this is by far the nicest iv ever seen..
absolutely stunning 😍 ❤
We agree!
I live in England so a real shelby is rare as unicorn poop this just looks timeless. If it's yours congrats 👏
4 decades ago I read a book my brother-in-law had re: "The History of AC Bristol Cobra's" Carroll Shelby etc. There are three things I've never forgotten:
1] the $7500 price tag; sure a lot back then, but not when you consider it would sell for 1M+ today; well not so much :)
2] it stated that most people who bought one didn't live to make their 1 payment [which I came to believe], when you consider #3
3] it also stated that it would hit 71 mph in 1st gear, 113mph in 2nd gear, then you're on your own after that. That's right off the showroom floor.
Wow love this, thanks Dan, great comment
@@samspace81 // My sisters husband was obsessed with anything 60's Ford muscle; especially anything 427 Cammer related. He was a [still is], a natural mechanic having fully restored [ground up], 1 model T and (2) Pantera's sitting side-by-side which he immediately sold both upon completion b/c he wouldn't drive them for fear of damage [which I can see]. Sadly, I've lost touch due to divorce, but when we last spoke while completing the model T, he was looking to do a full ground up restoration on a 66' MK I GT40, or a 67' MK III, but finding one in that condition is "$lim" to zero. Btw great video; *God bless.*
Ive been wanting to switch to another video, but i cant stop starring at this car 😍
Stay with me on Samspace81
I’m a gm guy, but this is probably the baddest car ever. MONSTER!
Right?
This is the ultimate blue blood weapon.
No gm or mopar even comes close PERIOD!
Iggy Fritz and we will never know what it sounds like above 1400 rpm....
Should be embarrassed that it's done with a donor car. That's a European car with an American engine stuffed in it. Shelby just happened to be working with ford at the time. Imagine it with the hemi or L88, or even the ZL1.....
@@frankrizzo2724 hmmm ZL1 with twin superchargers in a Sunbeam Tiger perhaps.....
Are u nutts? I am a Ford and Chevy guy,what amazes me is how guys are dedicated to one brand and say the most ridiculous things!
But never forget, Shelby went to GM first. They were stupid and turned him away. Then they had to spend a fortune on Grand Sport Corvettes, trying to beat them. If you think an SC Cobra is expensive, try to find one of those$$$!
Beautiful, Honolulu country way back when I was a teen we use to go to the junk yard often. I remember seen a lot of mustangs and galaxies and comet. I remember seen a lot of ford big block fe I remember because of the stock intake was so diffrent Empty and a high rise and monster side intakes.thoes days tons of camero z 28 funny all that cars and engine are so rare now. I seen race cars and short tracks cars. What killed a lot of nice old collector cars was the demolished races. It’s was heavy here and they took the best crash cars and destroyed classic cars. My sister was driving a falcon 4 sp with a 289 given to her. I had a few camero 69 & 70. Mustang ho, friend had a Chevy truck with a 409. My boss son at the gas station have a stock Hemi road runner black. Idei Sound just as a cammer. A friend in town had a camero with a 427 aluminum block stock. But someone stole the car. If we only stored thoes car and engine.
Appreciate you 🇺🇸 ❤️
I just keep watching it. I can't imagine how much better it looks "In Person". ....."Wow"!!!
Man that's the truth too its incredible 🙌
that is an absolute work of art. The SOHC engine gives me a special feeling
Yes, Cammer ❤️
Why someone hasn't made a progress movie of a build like this is beyond belief.
That would be 🚀
there are people in the world with amazing skills look at the mirror finish bodywork,lost for words.
My God I hope I have one in heaven waiting for me. Oh what beautiful music this machine makes.
"When I built this dual supercharged 427 Cobra in 1966, I wanted it to be the fastest, meanest car on the road," Shelby said on the Barrett-Jackson Web site. "Forty years later, it will still kick the tail of just about anything in the world. It's the fastest street legal Cobra I've ever owned." Shelby pegged the car's 0-60-mph time at just over three seconds.
Great info
Words cannot adequately describe my level of jealousy lol, beautiful car.
Aluminum Cobra with a twice blown sock motor to boot!! Very nice!! Love the sound of that cammer!!
Thanks for checking it out
2 carbs...2 blowers... makes sense to me!!! Beautiful car!!!👍👍👍
Yes! You get it
Who said money can't buy happiness?
And if it doesn't that's a helluva way to be sad.
One word - Insane
I love it. Cool build. This is a fine example of what to do with a 427SOC. They are mostly museum pieces now days. Glad to see one shining and running :D
Likewise ❤️
Long live the hemi !
The Chrombra
my co-worker jokin: ahahah "...the lengths ppl go to avoid speed tickets, he is trying to deflect the laser beam dude!"
😆
I met an engine builder at an FE Ford meet who was showing off one of these. Beautiful engine. I have a background in small engines and noticed something that made me ask “Is that a chain oiler from a McCullough chainsaw?”
“Yep”
I wasn’t knocking it. It made perfect sense to lube the cam drive. McCullough oiling parts aren’t something you see often on engines worth as much as a house.
Great stuff
Stunning..not a ripple in sight, and that noise..
True true was a beast
Completely beautiful and absolutely incredible!
It really was a special ride , glad you enjoyed the quick look. Thanks for following Samspace81
@@samspace81 absolutely, totally enjoyed it! you did a great job!
Absolute 'effing perfect. Thank you Caroll.
Appreciate you following Samspace81, Shannon
I'm Sorry!!!! I could swear I just watched a video about one of the most iconic super cars of the last century but yet I did not hear it reach much more than an idle....
I did get test drive footage, coming soon ;)
Coolant fill
blthetube1; I know, and what was he looking for underneath, oil leaks?
Coolant fill? What?
Yes he repaired an oil leak
I saw Carroll Shelby's Super Snake (and many Cobras) at the Shelby museum in Las Vegas. It's another worthwhile stop for anyone who DID NOT give this video a thumbs down. Excuse me now, I'm on my way to Garland!
Very cool Doug
Well I see that someone is spoiled... absolutely beautiful 👍 amazing job.. thanks for sharing.👍🤙
💯 🇺🇸 ❤️
The reason I think I'm a ford man from birth till now is they seem to have always found a way to professionally fit what I would do into smallest fastest car
A special car here no doubt
My God........ So tell me again why millenials are so fascinated with Ferraris and Lamborghini ? Someone in this thread nailed it perfectly , the most beautiful coffin ive ever seen.....
Kyle if you look around my channel you'll see I couldn't give a shit about supercars. Love the classics and appreciate you watching Samspace81 very much
it is beautiful. only 2 twins were ever made. this is, again, beautiful. not either of those. Hella respect tho.
One was owned by Bill Cosby. Scared the crap out of him. Returned it. The new owner wrecked it. New owner was killed.
Those two that Shelby built for himself and Bill Cosby were supercharged sideoilers with C-6 automatics.
That's totally BADASS and overkill a the same time!! 1000HP+ is awesome, but that Cobra will never deliver that power to the ground without an impressive smokeshow! Love it man, Ford power at it's finest!!!!
No doubt!
It doesnt need to.. It just passes whoever hed racing..
Carroll Shelby would be so proud of this car!!! I could see him behind the wheel just blasting through the gears. I road with him one time in South Carolina at the Shelby dealer there (one of the best days of my life) and he scared the shit out of me with a stock cobra with a 289 in it.
Wow thats awesome! Thanks for sharing Scott.
That's HOW you grow OUT of your little boy pants.
By doing BIG BOY STUFF!
hanging around MEN!
Carroll Shelby himself would've really been proud of this one. Not only that, but this car would really whip Ferrari asses.
So true 👍
Ferraris will be goners for sure with these suckers at 1000hp chasing them.
Wow....that is absolutely stunning
✌️ ❤️ for sure thanks TheReaperVR!
beyond awesome very beautiful car and beyond awesome immortal invincible king of motors the beyond legendary 427 Sohc cammer
Yes for sure thank u Eddie
Wow. Quite awesome Cobra. I can't imagine keeping it clean and polished. I make lots of polished aluminum parts for my motorcycle but they are just bits and pieces. A whole car of polished aluminum??? Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Right? Crazy ride
A truly amazing vehicle.
Nothing short of totally bananas...Like a COBRA isn't too much with "just" a 427 side-oiler...
Exactly. Lesson in cool excess
The song, Jesus built my hotrod was propheticly written about this sneaky snake🐍
When money is no object . . .
I can't imagine an cooler engine to use and twin superchargers is so over the top.
It would be nice if Ford brought out a newer version of the SOHC 427 made from their 6.2 SOHC V-8
People today wouldn’t have a clue how to drive something like that...they’d want to drive it to work, or take it out to the grocery store “just because”. A 427 SOHC is a race engine, plain and simple.
They did its in my 2013 gt500
Gnarly
King of the road .
You know it!
This is why I love AC cobra 🐍 it’s bad ass 🤩❤️..!!!!
Love 'em too, appreciate you
That's flat-out sick. Love it. Own that and there's no need for another toy. Nicely done!
Lol that's no toy. It's a weapon.
A toy weapon, weaponized toy Cobra car
@@samspace81 Lol toys are all the plastic cars on the road these days, starting with the electric trash. I'd choose any muscle car even if I have to push it over anything else.
Truth 💪 🇺🇸
Just the detail alone of getting an aluminum body to that detail is incredible by itself. They were made from a very soft and thin aluminum. 5052 I would think. You literally could not lean on the car without damaging it. The bodies were so fragile. Probably close to one HP per pound.
My favorite cars to drive & show, thanks Mike. Shame I didn't get more time with this car proper. Enjoy the channel.
There’s no way it has 1700 hp...
@@MrJett1971 Probably closer to 800-900hp
@@destruxandexploze2552 a SOHC 427 without super charges 600 to 650 hp
Wonderful sound!
What a beast. So crammed in there, that only serving one can do is stare at it.
Yes, work of mechanical art
It shall ride eternal, Shiny and Chrome!
Forever!!
REMINDS ME of the one Bill Cosby talked about on his album " Bill Cosby at 200 mph", and after driving it, he sold it back to Shelby because it scared him too much.
Me too!
I saw this car in heaven 😋
I believe it
Should be able to power a small city with that!!!
Come on down to Cobraville!
What an amazing machine
no doubt, appreciate you
Power to weight ratio must be insane~!
I owned a CSX 4000 series Shelby with the FE side oiler engine 525 hp 535 tq and it was a handful.
You have to drive these cars, not be a distracted occupant behind the wheel.
Bill Cosby tells a story of when Carroll delivered to him a 427 S/C
supercharged Cobra and he nearly kills himself with it.
He did in fact give it back for a GT500.
That cobra did go on to kill its new owner. It was salvaged, ended up in Europe before coming home again.
I've had the most fun behind the wheel of a big block Cobra. With great power comes great responsibility, not for wussies :)
Oh, I've got a couple of those, but in the interest of humility I keep them hidden and drive my '94 Geo Metro instead.
Modesty is what it's all about.... It's like I tell my wife....Morgan Fairchild ...Yeah that's it. It's better for everyone else that they don't know the truth....
Damn straight.
Clay Loomis On Friday I go all in and bust out the Geo Storm.
blthetube1 Jon Lovitz
Faith, people laugh, but that little 3 banger has 52 stomping ponies of raw power.
As a kid, saw my first Cobra in "65 or '66. Been my #1 fave car ever since, This one, its engine setup, massive ! Reminds me of the Shelby & Cosby 'Paxtoned' cars. Kudos to its owner, nice choices.
I dig it too. Classy comment
i heard from good resources that when this thing starts up...all the chevys and mopars leave town
390merc 66 with their tails between their legs and all wet from them pissing themselves. Oh this beast
390merc 66, they don’t leave town, the bow down in respect. (Coming from a Chevy/Mopar guy)
@Paully Castallano it's because Chevy are cheap throw a ways. When you have money, knowledge of engine building, and want real reliable hp and torque you build a Ford fe or fe based engine like this one.
@Paully Castallano Fool
@Paully Castallano Oh ouch... How's it feel to be a textbook hater.. lol Such a mark
Stunning car! Wow! just Wow!
True Traveller it really is. Was lucky to have got a test drive in it too, will post soon. Thanks for checking it out
It sounds like a top fuel "Funny Car"...Awesome Build.
Yes so dang cool
An awesome machine,both in body and powerplant.
I can remember back in the late 80s there was a cobra replicar kit called the taipan that was made by an australian company,it was featured in a hot rod/street car type magazine of the time.It was powered by a twin turbo 455 pontiac v8 running on lpg[propane] of all things.
Interesting. Thanks 4 the comment
Boy, is she a beauty. That's some serious HP. in such a small car
Right? Wonder what it can do with slicks at a quarter mile
I couldn't even imagine twin-charged...I am putting down 435 in my Cobra and it's a way more than enough...
Monster, I bet you've got a nice one. Appreciate you watching my channel, Ron
My blood runs blue so when I saw this cobra the first thing I thought is;
"So this is what a cobra looks like after eating every Chevy and Mopar in the area!"
My dream car with my dream engine!
Cobra with 427sohc..
Wiping drool
Right!? insane car. Great shop too
That bodywork is awesome!
It was
That's a badass a.c. cobra I want that super snake that's my number 1 dream car to own
Love it
My God! Where on earth are you gonna' find enough tire to put all those horses 🐎 to the ground!🤔😲😵👍❤️
Ha truth
That is a handful of car. Few could drive it max out
Good stuff, thanks Guysmalley
A British car with an American engine, seemingly quite a good combination!
The Kirkham is a Polish car with an American engine.
You both ain't wrong haha Thanks for watching
That’s like putting an elevator in a 1 story house
as of now there seems to be 99 chevy guys here not liking this beast, i wonder why.
Haters gonna hate
Awesome and incredible Cobra!!😁👍🛠️
Really is
Wow best cobra I have ever seen Omg ❤
Looks like someone wanted their own version of the super snake,if I had the money i would have one just like it myself!!!
Was thinking same, bottomless pocket build and well done
That got to a monster.the coolest cobra ever.👍
Great car. I want to see those intake pipes and top hats polished though. Not sure about the wheel finish either. It be interesting to see properly sized chrome cragars mounted up to test the looks.
Right on
Crude oil prices rose by $10 a barrel once that engine fired up!!
what a beast!!!!!
What would ever keep up with this monster??? Dope ride!
Right?
Lot of Motor in that Little Engine Compartment !!!
**starts engine** "WITNESS ME!!!"
Would you look at that!
$200,000 grand hey , ummmm, i feel like i might own one one day .or a cheaper factory five kit, it will never compare to this .man ,purely art. The car gods. Kirkham
Haha thanks Garth. Party Time, Excellent
I'd like to see (and hear) some action of that infernal machine.
It's not a real one.
@@mikejustmike2557 Who gives a shit? It's a way better than the originals in every way.
Me too
Man, that sound.
cool as car. thanks for the content. just wish there was some footage of it on the road.
great job though
Appreciate you watching 👀
ok im officially in awe!...
Thank you for watching ;)
Super badass... If I could have it anyway I wanted, though, I'd opt for paint and matte black pipes.
That exhaust sounds like drums when the camera is next to it.
rumppabumbum
Beautiful
Appreciate you watching, Jimmy! Really a special Cobra
Take my wife please" but give me this car!!!!
Lol thanks Iggy! Quite a name sir
In all my years I have never seen a greater display of American excess and bourgeois thinking! Such asshattery! Keep up the great work!😂😂😂😂
American excess at its best
Carroll had 2 of these made.
The 1st one he called Super Snake.
427 FE twin Paxtons, it was blue.
The 2nd one was built for Bill Cosby.
Bill did a comedy routine about his first and only drive.
Carroll replaced it with a GT500.
This car is a Kirkham car.
They build their own replicas as well as doing some under license from Shelby American.
Good stuff Richard, thanks for the intelligent comment
Amen Brother. I have a Backdraft Cobra 427 that shakes my teeth at 500 HP !!
Dam! Way cool. Park that baby in my living room!👍👍