The ultimate street Cobra
It was classic Carroll Shelby: a delightfully mad idea taken to new extremes. He took the already ferocious 289 Cobra and "upgraded" it with a 427-cubic-inch V8. Shelby intended to race the…
Precious Metal
Usually, valuable materials like aluminium, bronze, and copper are used merely as accents on cars, but here they form the complete iconic bodies of not one, but three very special Shelby Cobras…
Carroll Shelby's personal Cobra
One of the crown jewels of Carroll Shelby’s personal collection, this 1965 Shelby 427 Cobra, CSX3178, was owned by Shelby from the day it was assembled in March 1966 until his death in May 2012…
Pure White Snakebite
On 28 October 1963, AC Cars Limited invoiced Ford Motor Credit for a Cobra body in White with Red trim, top, tonneau, and rack-and-pinion steering. The body left the UK aboard the SS Pacific Fortune…
1966 Shelby 427 Cobra 'Semi-Competition'
It was classic Carroll Shelby, a delightfully mad idea made even madder: take the already ferocious 289…
The very first Shelby Cobra - CSX 2000
Carroll Shelby – the larger-than-life Texan and the battle-tested racing veteran – fired a shot across the bow of every sports car manufacturer in the world and, in doing so, set the car world on fire…
1964 Shelby 289 Cobra
Carroll Shelby earned his reputation on the racetrack. But his legend was truly made when cars bearing his own name started winning at motorsport’s most competitive events. In the hands of…