Author: Glenn Jacob Since most of us have some free time. Here is a previous lengthy post about Driving a Cobra. What It Means to Drive a Cobra “If you want to just gas and go, and never have to worry about replacing an alternator, or snuggling down the header bolts, or getting a wet[…]
Replica vs. Real By Tim Suddard May 14, 2019 | AC, Shelby, Kit Car & Replica, Cobra | Posted in Restoration & Renovation , Buyer’s Guides | From the Sept. 2008 issue | Never miss an article Steve McQueen didn’t wear replica Persol sunglasses. He had the real thing. His Porsches, Cobras and Ferraris were also all genuine. Big difference between McQueen and the rest[…]
55 years later, Peter Brock separates fact from fiction. by Scott Oldham // Like the gnarled reflections in the polished aluminum skin of this faithful recreation of the legendary race car, the tale of Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe, chassis number CSX2286, became distorted over the last 55 years. As the story goes, the truck carrying CSX2286, the[…]
Remember the Shelby GR-1 show car from way back in the early 2000s? That stillborn project is about to come back to life thanks to Superformance, a tuner based in Irvine, California. The company bills itself as “a distributor of complete, rolling-chassis replica and continuation race cars of the 1960s.” But Superformance appears to have[…]
