shelby cobra club

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welcome to the shelby cobra club.

since today we have a new house open to any one who want join us.
this is a new forum to any discusion about s.cobra
i will keep you updated in all the fantastic world of s.cobra

feel free to post any pic or questions about it.
also feel free to e-mail me send me pm for any question or comments about the club.

this club is a house open to any one.
so join us and be part of the club.

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this is the firts pic.
 

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Hard to believe that that was once a british car. It was called the AC Ace with a 2 liter engine under the hood.
 
i dont understand why so many people dislike this car in GT3. i think its very enjoyable to drive.

sorry for the crop-job, but the file was too large, and im on a new comp, with no good image editing tools (yet).
 

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1953 - The AC Ace, an open top two-seater sports car was produced and quickly gained a big following amongst sporting motorists. It was highly successful in British 'Club' racing, being the type of fast, tough car that a private owner could race and rally and still use for everyday motoring.
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1961 - Carroll Shelby, a Texan ex-race driver, entered negotiations with AC Cars and with the backing of The Ford Motor Company, proposed the installation of a large Ford vee eight engine in the current lightweight AC Ace. Built by AC Cars, the combination resulted in the AC Cobra, one of the fastest and most brutal sports cars ever produced.

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1964 - The AC Cobra caused a sensation by racing along the M1 motorway at 183 mph (293 Km/h) :eek: , leading to questions being raised in Parliament. Two AC Cobras were entered in the Le Mans 24 Hour Race, the AC entry was the first British car to finish. By now, the 427 AC Cobra had the distinction of being listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the fastest production car in the world, a title which it held for several years. ( Beat that you McF1 lovers!! :p:p :lol: )

1965 - Shelby wins The Sports Car World Championship. Following the previous years motorway sprint, a 70 mph legal speed limit was introduced.

1967 - AC Cars produced the 428, a seven-litre sporting model with a body design by Frua of Turin. 29 Convertible and 51 Fastback vehicles were produced up to 1973, when production ceased. :( :cry:
 
The AC Cobra 427 is part of motorsport mythology, not least for the fact that it became virtually synonymous with the 0 to 100mph to 0 test. The test began back in the Fifties when Aston Martin caught the public imagination by claiming that its then top car could complete the 0-100-0 test in less than 30 seconds. Once the AC Cobra 427 arrived on the scene expatriate Englishman Ken Miles recreated the test on Californian concrete, achieving - with a standard model with no special preparation and narrow Goodyear tyres - an amazing 13.2 seconds, according to independent witnesses. To this day, those who try this test in exotic supercars have a hard time getting near this figure - even though they have the benefit of state-of-the-art tyres and equipment.
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All above information from http://www.accars.co.uk/

I think thats enough posts from me :lol:
 
"... We headed out of the track, saluted the patrol man on the gate and motored off down the highway. Using just second and top, I adored the big-block's low-down torque as the car effortlessly swept away the black-top. British Cobra enthusiast Nick Green, bored of using the gears at a sprint, set and impressive 16.4 secs for a standing quarter mile using just top gear, which says it all..."

From an Article in the May 1999 issue of Classic and Sports Car magazine.

Oh and make sure if you ever come across some ricer talking about how fast his civic is with all his NAWWWSSS quote that to him.
 
"...Theres nothing like the way in which a big-block wakes and only a WW2 warbird's Pratt and Whitney radial can rivel that sleepy eruption of power. Hit the starter button and you can feel those fat pistons slide up and compress the mixture. It takes several revolutions - humper...humper...humper - before it suddenly fires and there's and avalanche of sound down the sidepipes..."

From the same magazine
 

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