Vehicle Description
The Shelby Cobra is a legendary performance car for some obvious
reasons. As Carrol Shelby put it, "It's a massive motor in a tiny
lightweight car". It is no wonder that they have been recreated so
often as both awesome looking and fun to drive road cars. Come on
down and check out what it's like to be sitting behind the wheel of
one of these American classics.
It is hard not to notice this car whether it's sitting still or
rolling down the street. It is small, but pretty obviously packs
some punch with the pumped up looks of the bulging fenders filled
up with some serious rubber. This car looks sharp in a shade of
Blue like the originals along with the twin White racing stripes
that run from the very bottom of the bodywork in the front to the
very bottom in the rear. Up front, big air intakes provide lots of
cooling for the beast of an engine within. There is a Shelby Cobra
badge front and center and of course a hood scoop. Bumper uprights
as well as the headlight trim rings are dressed in chrome. Powered
by Ford and 427 Cobra badges appear above and below the air
extraction vents in the front fenders. Chrome side pipes are always
awesome and really get peoples attention. There's a chrome
three-point roll bar and the curves all flow back together nicely
at the rear of the car.
Open the door and you will find a nicely trimmed Blue interior that
might qualify as a "luxury" package on these cars. That is because
the originals were extremely spartan. Instead of a simple aluminum
skin, this one has a fully trimmed out door panel with a wood
trimmed pull and a handy pocket to stash things in as well as a
full carpet set dressing out the interior. A wooden steering wheel
is mounted on a three spoke hub with a GT center button. The speedo
sits off to the left with the tach on the right and there are four
engine monitoring gauges for water temp, oil pressure, voltage and
fuel in the top center. Below them are control switches and below
that an FM/Cassette stereo. The bucket seats are both comfortable
with nice pleated seating surfaces and supportive with substantial
side bolster to keep you in place during spirited driving. Of
course, the racing harnesses provide an extra measure of safety as
well as looking cool and the shifter for the manual transmission
falls easily to hand.
Under the hood you will find a 427 cubic inch small block
powerhouse nestled down in a neat and clean engine bay. There is a
polished K&N air topper sitting on an Edelbrock 4-barrel
carburetor and intake manifold. Polished valve covers add a splash
of flash and the red spark plug wires are neatly loomed to provide
good hot spark to the plugs. Headers are wrapped with heat tape as
they flow down and then out to those awesome side pipes that make
this car sound awesome. Power flows back through a 4-speed manual
transmission to a solid rear axle located with trailing arm and
coil springs. Up front, a control arm suspension and coils springs
work with rack and pinion steering for precise handling and front
disc brakes provide great stopping power. The rubber meets the road
through 255/60R15s in the back and 245/60R15s in the front mounted
on black and polished wheels with spinner center caps.
These are awesome looking and fun to drive cars that attract plenty
of attention anywhere they go. Come on down and get an up-close
look at this car. And we dare you not to smile when you hear those
side pipes.