Shelby-American International, 1962-1963

Summary

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

Collection Title

Dave Friedman Collection 

 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

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