The Shelby Cobra is an American sports car produced from 1962 onward, created by racing driver Carroll Shelby by fitting a powerful American V8 engine into a lightweight British AC Ace roadster chassis. Built to compete against Ferrari in international sports car racing, it combined light weight with high power and became one of the most celebrated American performance cars of its era.
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SignificanceA British roadster fitted with an American Ford V8, the Cobra became one of the most celebrated sports and racing cars of the 1960s, with the ultimate 427 cubic inch version capable of a high top speed and its rarest surviving examples selling at auction for several million dollars. 1 Connections
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The AC Cobra, sold in the United States as the Shelby Cobra and Shelby AC Cobra, is a sports car manufactured by British company AC Cars, with a Ford V8 engine.
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The AC Cobra, sold in the United States as the Shelby Cobra and Shelby AC Cobra, is a sports car manufactured by British company AC Cars, with a Ford V8 engine.
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which provided a top speed of 264 km/h (164 mph) in the standard model.
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It was produced intermittently in both the United Kingdom and later the United States from 1962 to 1967.
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2-door roadster
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Shelby and Moon installed the V8 engine and a Borg-Warner T-10 transmission into the AC body, creating the first of the cars Shelby named "Cobra".
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