Thanks to all who contributed:
Quick review ->(possibly) Pete Brock's personal car, bodied in England and
shipped to H-M (?) Car was never raced. Many mentioned the end of
development because of Ford's "GT40" project. (wonder what ever happened to
that? haha) - but this type of big-block coupe was probably a logical
extension of the Cobra lineage.
thanks again to all!!!
> David,
>
> I'm no expert on Cobra by any means, but the car in the
> photo looks like
> the Type 65 Cobra Le Mans. Peterson Publishing Co. published
> a book called,
> Carroll Shelby's Racing Cobra, copyright 1986, that has a
> good write up on
> this car and how it came about. The car in your photo, if it
> is the same as
> the one in the book, was a project of Peter Brock. The car
> started life in
> England, but was never finished and ended up in pieces moving
> from place to
> place following all of Shelby's moves. A businessman from
> Colorado bought
> the car back in 1979 and had it finished. The car was
> completed in early
> 1981. Mike Dopudja, in Englewood, Colorado did the restoration.
>
> There was almost a 427 coupe as well before the Type 65
> came about. They
> took a 427 chassis and lengthened it to make room for the
> bigger engine. A
> body was built, but before it could be completed it was sidetracked to
> replace another coupe that had been damaged in a transporter
> accident. The
> 427 was removed and the chassis returned to the original
> specs and a 289
> installed. TOO BAD if you ask me.
>
> The above information can be found in the book I mentioned.
> The book is a
> paperback. Truthfully, I don't know if it was a book or a
> magazine. I still
> have mine, which is where I am getting this information from.
>
> Dan Eiland
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adin,David" <DavidAdin@mercydurango.org>
> To: "'tigers'" <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 3:09 PM
> Subject: csxb3054.jpg
>
>
> > OK, sports fans!
> >
> > I've only been a fan for 40 years (next month), mostly
> "sporty cars" and
> > some Fords.
> >
> > This one has me stumped! As a full fledged Cobra fanatic I
> thought (yeah,
> > 1st mistake) I pretty much had all of this history stuff sorted out.
> >
> > 427 Cobra coupe? Did this thing ever turn a wheel in anger?
> >
> > While you are there, have some fun with the stock car boys . . .
> >
> > David
> > red mixmaster
> >
> > http://www.holmanmoody.com/images/sportscar/csxb3054.jpg
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