Just a little research in the registry. :D
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Just a little research in the registry. :D
CSX3006 was converted to RHD in 1966 by The Chequered Flag. It was converted back to its original LHD layout in 1985 when it was owned by an American in Arizona. It was re-converted to its Brands...
The white 427 Cobra with the black hood was chassis CSX3006. It was independently raced by The Chequered Flag team and won the 1966 Ilford 500 at Brands Hatch, driven by Bob Bondurant. The car's...
Fair question, given the number of reproductions running around the European vintage circuit lately, but in this case it really was the original six Daytona Coupes. CSX2602 even came over from...
All six original Cobra Daytona Coupes -- CSX2287, CSX2286, CSX2299, CSX2300, CSX2601 and CSX2602 -- take to the track at the Goodwood Revival:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=Qlhru1eh3cg
Cool video of a Superformance 427 Cobra in Bavaria:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4GaH_q8cxw
Peter Klutt, owner of Legendary Motorcar and co-host of the old TV show Dream Car Garage, takes CSX3138 out for a drive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LML2NDJdYMM
This video is a couple years old already, but still, it's fun to watch Autocar journalist Steve Sutcliffe blow away his own Jaguar XKR-S with an XCS Fusion Cobra replica.
Enjoy.
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Back in 1986, PBS's long-running MotorWeek TV show did a special "retro review" of four 1980s exotic cars, including the then-new Autokraft MkIV Cobra. Watch the whole thing, or jump ahead to the...
This video, "Bitten by the Snake" was produced in 1999 by Jim Colman to help guys like me -- guys who always dreamed of owning an original Shelby Cobra, but could never afford one -- choose the Cobra...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the chilly capital of Canada. :D
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Check out this episode of How It's Made: Dream Cars (s2ep11), which features the Superformance brand of Cobra replicas built in South Africa by Hi-Tech Automotive.
The program can be viewed on...
Lynn Park is a regular participant in the Monterey Historics at Laguna Seca. I saw many of his cars there in 2012, but unfortunately didn't get to meet the man himself. Here are some of my photos...
XCARFilms features the incredible collection of "Mr. Cobra", Lynn Park.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A63kWP9DrKQ
It's CSX3134.
HOT OFF THE PRESSES!!
I just came across this video of CSX2010 being driven around Laguna Seca during this year's Monterey Historics, Friday practice session. It brought me back to 2012 when I...
If you ever get the chance to drive the Pacific Coast of the U.S., do yourself a favour and take California Highway 1 (aka Pacific Coast Highway) which wends its way hugging the coastline. A bucket...
For this video, Factory Five Racing President Dave Smith lends his personal Cobra roadster to reporter Arthur St. Antoine, who plans to take the car on a 1,000-mile journey from Seattle WA to the...
And here is video of the car's winning autocross run from 2009.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exJRwo8eDqU
Bruce Cambern, the original owner of CSX3170, talks about how he prepped the car to win the 2009 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfW-aF3SGyw
F1 World Champion Sebastien Vettel drove a Cobra (CSX4891) at the U.S. Grand Prix in Texas, Nov 2013.
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/196nsqqhpaqgyjpg/original.jpg
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Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_XaArIWfSU
In this two-part special episode of Muscle Car Of The Week (Home), we hear from David Phelan about what it was like to pilot a 289 Competition Cobra in the '67 SCCA season. The car he drove has...
...and here is episode #14.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdVpfS4xgPw
Summary: Bruce Goldsmith takes Jay Leno through his Superformance Brock Coupe, which was customized and upgraded by Steve Wood at Panavia LLC in Silicon Valley, and tells the story of how Pete Brock...