The AC Shelby Cobra lived. There was no boom of thunder or flash of lightning when the prototype Cobra first sparked into life. Shelby's team now had a complete car, but the work was only beginning.
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Carroll Shelby will no doubt be rotating in his grave at 7000rpm at the very notion of a new all-electric AC Cobra. But that’s exactly what AC has done: a limited run of 58 ‘flat sided’ 289 ...
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The Cobra was born out of Carroll Shelby’s desire to see what would happen when you stuffed a powerful American engine (Ford’s 260-cubic-inch V-8) into a small British sports car (the AC Ace).
Carroll Shelby is undoubtedly the father of the Shelby Cobra, but Lynn Park might be the ... Instead, he built his own by fitting a Ford engine into an AC body and took it drag racing.
Shelby Cobra is a name that needs just as much introduction as its creator, Carroll Shelby. A Ford V8 mated to an AC Ace shell – and the Corvette suddenly faced proper sportscar competition.