Shelby-American International, 1962-1963
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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
1962-1963
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.6185.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 0.875 in
Width: 1.375 in