The Hooniverse is a mighty fun place... here is what Cobra Commander would drive

Those guys putting Hooniverse together are making such an enjoyable site, go check it out for a light hearted look at the Auto Enthusiast world http://hooniverse.com/

One owner 1964 Shelby AC Cobra 289 sells for 475,000

CSX 2305 is one of the few one owner Cobras that existed.  found on http://jalopnik.com/5852452/one-owner-shelby-cobra-sells-for-475000

This original Shelby Cobra was purchased by Ed Johnson at Kansas City Ford in 1964. Johnson was the county Medical Examiner, and he raced and autocrossed the Cobra on a regular basis, earning numerous trophies and awards along the way. These awards, along with extensive documentation, will accompany the car to its new home.


I know of three others. You ought to know I've already posted about them, and taken photos several times of the Hank's CSX 2227 http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/07/teres-photo-of-this-weekends-car-shows.html , and a gallery of Carroll's CSX 2001 http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/carroll-shelby-prototype-cobra-1.html . The most famous person and longest owner of a Cobra besides Carroll is Herbie Hancock CSX 2006  http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/03/herbie-hancock.html  or read the story about Herbie and his Cobra at http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/all-cobra-talk/96650-hank-williams-cobra-289-did-he-order-two-barrel-originally-2.html

Not many cars are Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupes, and of the handful of them, this stands out

For another example of a Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe chassis being built into an equally rare car, http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/home-built-shelby-cobra-daytona-was.html where an independant racer bought a chassis from Shelby, and built the car to race.

Why did Dean Jeffries' Mantaray have a 289 Cobra engine? Cool story

Dean painted the first AC Cobra several times for Carroll Shelby.... painting it in different colors in order to fool magazine editors into thinking that many cars had been built... when actually only one prototype was.

So in appreciation Carroll gave Dean a 289 Cobra engine

Below is what it looked like in 1973 from http://www.huffreport.com/archives/oldpics/the70s.htm

photos from http://www.myrideisme.com/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/701.jpg
and http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/gallery/15647/Dean-Jeffries--Mantaray.html

More great stuff from 21Studs.tumblr.com

 Ever think about all the hemi's used as industrial pumps? Air raid sirens too.

 Lincoln Futura from the movie "It Started With A Kiss" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052934/

 Vespa sidecar? Hmmm, never heard of one before

All of these from Nik's cool Tumblr, http://21studs.tumblr.com/

Covettes and Cobras still meet the first Saturday of the month in the Costco parking lot by Starbucks

Someone has burned their legs, and isn't going to let that happen again

Magnetic Brain turns up another awesome photo, Shelby American hauler with a load of GT350s, wow

http://magneticbrain.blogspot.com

1969 Ford Fairlane, might be a Cobra, or might be dressed up to look like one, because who gets an automatic Cobra?

I think these are some of the instant identifying tailights of the musclecars, ones you instantly know what the car is by seeing

To learn more about the 1969 Fairlane Cobra: http://mustangfords.automotive.com/43150/mufp-0603-1969-ford-fairlane-cobra/index.html

For a vintage commercial look at the Cobra:

1969 David Pearson #17 Holman Moody Ford Torino Cobra Talledega, is it the same car as the one in my banner?

Here's the original that I used for my banner above, it must be the following car... just different graphics due to circumstances

Holman Moody prepared Ford's first purpose-built NASCAR racer, the Torino Talledega, for Pearson, who won 11 races and his third championship.

Carroll Shelby prototype Cobra #1. The progenitor of the Shelby AC Cobra and Shelby 427 AC, it is CSX0001

read all about it: http://www.supercars.net/cars/5132.html

NYF AIM

under the numbers on the 1964 AC Cobras, these letters were put on by Shelby's employees at the LA plant.

They stand for "Next Year Ferrari's Ass Is Mine" http://nyfaim.com/



This was something Shelby said in a phone conversation in response to the dirty trick that Enzo pulled when in a losing situation that had the Ferrari team losing the Manufacturers trophy because the Cobra's so scared Enzo Ferrari that he had to get the 1964 Monza race cancelled just so Ferrari could retain the points lead and win the manufacturers championship.

Monza race to a non points race, effectively preventling the Ferrari team from losing the slim lead, and keeping the trophy for the last in a long series of wins... but pissing off Carroll and the Shelby team so much that every Cobra was tagged with NYFAIM, and it so it was to pass that History was made, the Cobras kicked the Ferraris to the curb in '65.

The April 2009 issue of Automobile Magazine had a quote by David E. Davis, Jr. stating that he was sitting across from Shelby when that NYFAIM statement was made
http://www.automobilemag.com/features/columns/0410_carroll_shelby_le_mans/index.html