Carroll Shelby with Shelby Cobra, 1963-1964
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Carroll Shelby took the auto enthusiast world by storm when he pulled the straight-6 engine from a lightweight British AC Ace roadster, replaced it with a Ford V-8, and created the Shelby Cobra. Between the 1962 and 1967 model years, Shelby American produced just under 1,000 Cobras variously equipped with 260, 289, and 427-cubic-inch Ford engines.
Carroll Shelby took the auto enthusiast world by storm when he pulled the straight-6 engine from a lightweight British AC Ace roadster, replaced it with a Ford V-8, and created the Shelby Cobra. Between the 1962 and 1967 model years, Shelby American produced just under 1,000 Cobras variously equipped with 260, 289, and 427-cubic-inch Ford engines.
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
1963-1964
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.6174.6
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 2.375 in
Width: 2.375 in
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