Photo Credit: Pawel Litwinksi, Gooding & Company
As sick as Cobras look and sound with huge fender flares and a big block stuffed in their noses, the original AC Cobra with its comparatively tiny 260 cu.in. V8 is still something to behold. It's so natural you almost find it hard to believe it didn't start out that way.
This particular example is a perfectly preserved competition model that still sports a "Flamethrower" ignition and Le Mans-style fuel filler. It was the only 260-powered Cobra to win a race when it took first place at an SCCA Divisional race at Riverside Raceway in 1963. It will go up for auction next week at the Gooding and Company event in Scottsdale which starts Friday and continues on Saturday.
firstclass says:
06:37 AM, 01/18/10
This is a beautiful example, because it’s a competition car and that means they removed the ugly grill bumpers added flared fenders in the rear (unlike the standard AC that had rear fender lips which looked much like the front fenders on this cobra). Also the side exhaust ads to its potency.
This collector may be a far cry from the big block Cobra but I couldn’t say it’s anywhere near as bland as the original street going 289 Cobra.
rick8365 says:
10:45 AM, 01/18/10
I would be quite happy with it in my garage.