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Carroll Shelby with Shelby Cobras, 1963-1964

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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

October 1963-February 1964

Subject Date

October 1963 - February 1964

Creators

Collection Title

Dave Friedman Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.6190.10

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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