Shelby AC Cobra : Classic Dream Car
November 7th, 2011 admin
The Shelby AC Cobra, also known as the Shelby Cobra, is an Anglo-American sports car that was produced during the 1960s
Like many British specialist manufacturers, AC Cars had been with the smooth, refined Bristol straight-6 engine in its small numbers, including its AC Ace 2-seater roadster. This is a hand-built body with a steel frame and aluminum body panels, which used English Wheeling Machine. The engine was a World War II design of BMW, which dates from the year 1960 as A. Bristol decided in 1961 to produce the engine to stop and instead used Chrysler 331 CID (5.4 L) V8 engines.
Although untrue, it is generally believed that AC was the source of power has no future, that the left and the American ex-racing driver Carroll Shelby, the company saved from bankruptcy. AC started with the 2.6-liter Ford Zephyr engine in his car. In September 1961, an airmail letter AC Shelby asked them to build him a car had been modified to a V8 engine to accept.
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