AC Cobra Super Stocker

[Jeff Colvert]

Originally Posted by Alex Denysenko

If that car was built when it first hit the drawing boards in it's original conception 10-11 years ago it would have run all of the hemis and vettes out of SS/AA which was the plan at the time

Hey Alex, I also was looking at the Cobra as a SS/AA combo about that time myself. Problem was there were no autos in these cars by what NHRA info I could find but I did chase down 3 csx # that had autos in them. One was the personal car of Shelby himself and one other was the Cosby car that Shelby built for Bill Cosby both were Super Snakes with twin paxton super chargers plus one more.Still would be a wild ride with a stick.

[Jeff Lee]

They built more auto's than that. A 289 / auto Cobra just sold in the last few weeks at auction.

[Jeff Colvert]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

They built more auto's than that. A 289 / auto Cobra just sold in the last few weeks at auction.

Jeff, I was speaking of the big block cobras, the bodies and frames on the 289 cars were different.

[Jeff Lee]

Originally Posted by Jeff Colvert

Jeff, I was speaking of the big block cobras, the bodies and frames on the 289 cars were different.

Oh...then since the SC/Cobra's did come with 428's, it should be a simple swap for that bad a** 428 & 4-speed of yours to fit into a Cobra! Man, that would be scary fast!

[Greg Hill]

Jeff Colvert, you need to go ahead and get one of those bodies and chassis on order. All you would need is about 200k to have another really nice Cobra.

[Jeff Colvert]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

Jeff Colvert, you need to go ahead and get one of those bodies and chassis on order. All you would need is about 200k to have another really nice Cobra.

I could build three for that Greg. (-:

[Alex Denysenko]

Jeff in the shelby registry there are at least 2 documented BB 428 FE dual quad automatic Cobras, also back then it would have been easy enough to get a "letter" from Shelby verifying it.

[Jeff Colvert]

Originally Posted by Alex Denysenko

Jeff in the shelby registry there are at least 2 documented BB 428 FE dual quad automatic Cobras, also back then it would have been easy enough to get a "letter" from Shelby verifying it.

Yeah Alex I know but look at the class guide, it says 4spd only.At the time getting nhra change the spec. was nearly impossible.

[Alex Denysenko]

Originally Posted by Jeff Colvert

Yeah Alex I know but look at the class guide, it says 4spd only.At the time getting nhra change the spec. was nearly impossible.

not with a letter from Shelby Jeff.

[Alex Denysenko]

Another very nice article on John's Cobra

http://www.stangtv.com/features/car-...7-shelby-cobra


more S/SS ink from the non traditional drag race media is always good for us