Carroll Shelby with Shelby Cobras Before the 12 Hours of Sebring Race, March 1963
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Artifact Overview
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 Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Date Made
March 1963
Subject Date
March 1963
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.2947
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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