Are you a car enthusiast who has a lot of money? Do you not own a Shelby Cobra? Would you like to? Well, you’ve got a chance. Did you miss the chance to buy the first AC Cobra produced? Most likely you answered yes.
AC Cars – which apparently still exists, by the way – will make nine new Cobras to exact 1962 specifications! They’ll even use the original tooling. While these continuation cars won’t be nearly as expensive as the $13.75 million original, they certainly won’t be cheap – be prepared to cough up at least $670,000 (or 500,000 GBP) for just one.
Autocar reports that these cars, which are called the AC Cobra Mk1 260 Legacy Edition, will be built at AC Heritage near the former Brooklands racing circuit in the UK. The factory is run by AC historian Steve Gray, who just happens to have acquired most of the Cobra’s original plans and tooling.
Each “new” Cobra will be built with an aluminum body, and will have a live rear axle and a 260 cubic-inch V8, just like the first Cobra. AC Cars will offer two colors: the original blue of the first Cobra chassis (CSX 2000, in case you were wondering), or yellow. Each car will be left-hand-drive, just like Carroll Shelby’s personal car.
Over the years, numerous Cobra replicas and continuation cars have been built, most notably a continuation series by Shelby American, but these Cobras are going to be very unique. While most replicas copy the more powerful and faster 289 and 427-powered Cobras, it’s incredibly rare to see one with a 260 cubic-inch V8. Plus, these cars have the distinction of quite proudly wearing the AC badge.
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On the waiting list, with my fingers crossed !
Good luck with that! Maybe, just maybe, you’ll get bumped up on your birthday…
Thia car gives new meaning to the word extravagance!
Back in the 1960s, it wasn’t the exact definition of extravagance, but it would certainly hang with any car of the era. The Shelby Cobra beat the Italians at their own game – endurance racing – in the racing circuit during the mid-1960s. Now, it won’t come close to passing a Ferrari. It’s amazing what 50 years of engine, transmission, suspension, and tire technology, let alone computer technology will do. A Shelby Cobra nowadays is like using two rocks to start a fire, when you have barrels of napalm patiently waiting for you to start a fire.